Naval stores are all products derived from pine resin, which are used to manufacture soap, paint, varnish, shoe polish, lubricants, linoleum, and roofing materials.

The term naval stores originally applies to the resin-based components used in building and maintaining wooden sailing ships, a category that includes cordage, mask, turpentine, rosin, pitch and tar.

The naval stores industry collects, processes, and markets forest products refined from the oleoresin of the slash pine and longleaf pine trees (genus Pinus).

The industry is associated with the maintenance of the wooden ships and sailing tackle of pre-twentietth century navies, which are caulked and waterproofed using the pitch (or resin, also known as tar) of the pine tree.