Where does Softwood Veneer sit on the thin-tail industry band?

Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing ranks #499 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $17.0M (TRACE · MFG).

How much federal contract spending sits under Softwood Veneer?

USAspending.gov records show $17.0M in calendar-2024 federal contract awards under NAICS 321212.

Where does the MFG sector placement for Softwood Veneer come from?

Placement is computed from our USAspending.gov calendar-2024 extract ordered by total contract dollars descending (same basis as /industries/).

USAspending.gov · NAICS 321212 · Manufacturing

Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing

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Thin-tail NAICS industry on the industries board — code 321212 in Manufacturing.

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CY2024 awards: $17.0M
Corpus rank: #499 of 499
Award plate: TRACE
Sector: MFG · NICHE

Softwood Veneer federal industry awards

Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing is a thin-tail industry on the NAICS board at $17.0M CY2024 (#499 of 499).

PlainFedContract attributes calendar-2024 contract dollars to NAICS 321212, not firm revenue. Stamp board: TRACE · MFG. See /methodology/#naics.

Year-over-year change, 2021–2024

Across the calendar years on file, Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing’s annual contract dollars fell from $18.7M in 2023 to $17.0M in 2024. 8.9% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2022 at $29.0M.

Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing annual contract dollars, calendar 2021-2024

Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures use the same NAICS classification basis as the CY2024 headline above.

Source: USAspending.gov spending_by_category

How Softwood Veneer shows up on the thin-tail award band

$17.0M · #499 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , thin-tail on the NAICS award board (same order as the industries listing). See methodology.

$17.0M under NAICS 321212 · #499 of 499 , TRACE · MFG · NICHE · DRIFT. Nearest ABS peer: Support Activities at $17.1M (TRACE).

Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 321212 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. Sector weight is light within MFG. Populations, lag, and NAICS/SBA rules: methodology.

Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury

Thin-tail industry peers nationwide

Cross-sector peers from the USAspending NAICS extract: nearest thin-tail calendar-2024 award dollars and nearest sector-weight share. Not recommendations.

Closest CY2024 award dollars

Support Activities for Rail Transportation $17.1M
Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from… $17.2M
Media Streaming Distribution Services $17.5M
Investment Banking and Securities Dealing $17.7M
Services for the Elderly $17.8M
Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing $17.8M

Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Industry spending amounts are aggregated from contract awards and may not reflect the most current data. Always verify with official sources.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Compiled from USAspending.gov by the PlainFedContract editorial process.

Compiled by PlainFedContract, Government Agencies Editorial Process · August 14, 2026

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