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- Class 2593
Manufacture of cutlery, hand tools and GENERAL hardware
This class includes:
~ manufacture of domestic cutlery such as knives, forks, spoons etc.
~ manufacture of other articles of cutlery:
~ cleavers and choppers
~ razors and razor blades
~ scissors and hair clippers
~ manufacture of knives and cutting blades for machines or for mechanical appliances
~ manufacture of hand tools such as pliers, screwdrivers etc.
~ manufacture of non-power-driven agricultural hand tools
~ manufacture of saws and saw blades, including circular saw blades and chainsaw blades
~ manufacture of interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools: drills, punches, milling cutters etc.
~ manufacture of press tools
~ manufacture of blacksmiths' tools: forges, anvils etc.
~ manufacture of moulding boxes and moulds (except ingot moulds)
~ manufacture of vices, clamps
~ manufacture of padlocks, locks, keys, hinges and the like, hardware for buildings, furniture, vehicles etc.
~ manufacture of cutlasses, swords, bayonets etc.
- Class 2819
Manufacture of other GENERAL,purpose machinery
This class includes:
~ manufacture of industrial refrigerating or freezing equipment, including assemblies of major components
~ manufacture of air-conditioning machines, including for motor vehicles
~ manufacture of non-domestic fans
~ manufacture of weighing machinery (other than sensitive laboratory balances):
~ household and shop scales, platform scales, scales for continuous weighing, weighbridges, weights etc.
~ manufacture of filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids
~ manufacture of equipment for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders:
~ spray guns, fire extinguishers, sandblasting machines, steam cleaning machines etc.
~ manufacture of packing and wrapping machinery:
~ filling, closing, sealing, capsuling or labeling machines etc.
~ manufacture of machinery for cleaning or drying bottles and for aerating beverages
~ manufacture of distilling or rectifying plant for petroleum refineries, chemical industries, beverage industries etc.
~ manufacture of heat exchangers
~ manufacture of machinery for liquefying air or gas
~ manufacture of gas generators
~ manufacture of calendering or other rolling machines and cylinders thereof (except for metal and glass)
~ manufacture of centrifuges (except cream separators and clothes dryers)
~ manufacture of gaskets and similar joints made of a combination of materials or layers of the same material
~ manufacture of automatic goods vending machines
~ manufacture of parts for GENERAL,purpose machinery
~ manufacture of attic ventilation fans (gable fans, roof ventilators, etc.)
~ manufacture of levels, tape measures and similar hand tools, machinists' precision tools (except optical)
~ manufacture of non-electrical welding and soldering equipment
- Class 4719
Other retail sale in non-specialized stores
This class includes:
~ retail sale of a large variety of goods of which food products, beverages or tobacco are not predominant, such as:
~ retail sale activities of department stores carrying a GENERAL line of goods, including wearing apparel, furniture, appliances, hardware, cosmetics, jewellery, toys, sports goods etc.
- Class 5210
Warehousing and storage
This class includes:
~ operation of storage and warehouse facilities for all kind of goods:
~ operation of grain silos, GENERAL merchandise warehouses, refrigerated warehouses, storage tanks etc.
This class also includes:
~ storage of goods in foreign trade zones
~ blast freezing
- Class 7911
Travel agency activities
This class includes:
~ activities of agencies primarily engaged in selling travel, tour, transportation and accommodation services to the GENERAL public and commercial clients
- Class 3312
Repair of machinery
This class includes the repair and maintenance of industrial machinery and equipment like sharpening or installing commercial and industrial machinery blades and saws; the provision of welding (e.g. automotive, general) repair services; the repair of agricultural and other heavy and industrial machinery and equipment (e.g. forklifts and other materials handling equipment, machine tools, commercial refrigeration equipment, construction equipment and mining machinery), comprising machinery and equipment of division 28.
This class includes:
~ repair and maintenance of non-automotive engines, e.g. ship or rail engines
~ repair and maintenance of pumps and related equipment
~ repair and maintenance of fluid power equipment
~ repair of valves
~ repair of gearing and driving elements
~ repair and maintenance of industrial process furnaces
~ repair and maintenance of materials handling equipment
~ repair and maintenance of commercial refrigeration equipment and air purifying equipment
~ repair and maintenance of commercial-type GENERAL,purpose machinery
~ repair of other power-driven hand-tools
~ repair and maintenance of metal cutting and metal forming machine tools and accessories
~ repair and maintenance of other machine tools
~ repair and maintenance of agricultural tractors
~ repair and maintenance of agricultural machinery and forestry and logging machinery
~ repair and maintenance of metallurgy machinery
~ repair and maintenance of mining, construction, and oil and gas field machinery
~ repair and maintenance of food, beverage, and tobacco processing machinery
~ repair and maintenance of textile apparel, and leather production machinery
~ repair and maintenance of papermaking machinery
~ repair and maintenance of other special-purpose machinery of division 28
~ repair and maintenance of weighing equipment
~ repair and maintenance of vending machines
~ repair and maintenance of cash registers
~ repair and maintenance of photocopy machines
~ repair of calculators, electronic or not
~ repair of typewriters
- Class 4711
Retail sale in non-specialized stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
This class includes:
~ retail sale of a large variety of goods of which, however, food products, beverages or tobacco should be predominant, such as:
~ retail sale activities of GENERAL stores that have, apart from their main sales of food products, beverages or tobacco, several other types of goods such as wearing apparel, furniture, appliances, hardware, cosmetics etc.
- Class 5110
Passenger air transport
This class includes:
~ transport of passengers by air over regular routes and on regular schedules
~ charter flights for passengers
~ scenic and sightseeing flights
This class also includes:
~ renting of air-transport equipment with operator for the purpose of passenger transportation
~ GENERAL aviation activities, such as:
~ transport of passengers by aero clubs for instruction or pleasure
- Class 6020
Television programming and broadcasting activities
This class includes:
~ creation of a complete television channel programme, from purchased programme components (e.g. movies, documentaries etc.), self produced programme components (e.g. local news, live reports) or a combination thereof
This complete television programme can be either broadcast by the producing unit or produced for transmission by third party distributors, such as cable companies or satellite television providers.
The programming may be of a GENERAL or specialized nature (e.g. limited formats such as news, sports, education or youth oriented programming), may be made freely available to users or may be available only on a subscription basis.
This class also includes:
~ programming of video-on-demand channels
~ data broadcasting integrated with television broadcasting
- Class 6311
Data processing, hosting and related activities
This class includes:
~ provision of infrastructure for hosting, data processing services and related activities
~ specialized hosting activities such as:
~ Web hosting
~ streaming services
~ application hosting
~ application service provisioning
~ GENERAL time-share provision of mainframe facilities to clients
~ data processing activities:
~ complete processing of data supplied by clients
~ generation of specialized reports from data supplied by clients
~ provision of data entry services
- Class 6910
Legal activities
This class includes:
~ legal representation of one party's interest against another party, whether or not before courts or other judicial bodies by, or under supervision of, persons who are members of the bar:
~ advice and representation in civil cases
~ advice and representation in criminal cases
~ advice and representation in connection with labour disputes
~ GENERAL counselling and advising, preparation of legal documents:
~ articles of incorporation, partnership agreements or similar documents in connection with company formation
~ patents and copyrights
~ preparation of deeds, wills, trusts etc.
~ other activities of notaries public, civil law notaries, bailiffs, arbitrators, examiners and referees
- Class 8110
Combined facilities support activities
This class includes:
~ provision of a combination of support services within a client's facility, such as GENERAL interior cleaning, maintenance, trash disposal, guard and security, mail routing, reception, laundry and related services to support operations within facilities
Units classified here provide operating staff to carry out these support activities, but are not involved with or responsible for the core business or activities of the client.
- Class 8121
General cleaning of buildings
This class includes:
~ GENERAL (non-specialized) cleaning of all types of buildings, such as:
~ offices
~ houses or apartments
~ factories
~ shops
~ institutions
~ GENERAL (non-specialized) cleaning of other business and professional premises and multiunit residential buildings
These activities cover mostly interior cleaning although they may include the cleaning of associated exterior areas such as windows or passageways.
- Class 8411
General public administration activities
This class includes:
~ executive and legislative administration of central, regional and local bodies
~ administration and supervision of fiscal affairs:
~ operation of taxation schemes
~ duty/tax collection on goods and tax violation investigation
~ customs administration
~ budget implementation and management of public funds and public debt:
~ raising and receiving of moneys and control of their disbursement
~ administration of overall (civil) R&D policy and associated funds
~ administration and operation of overall economic and social planning and statistical services at the various levels of government
- Class 8413
Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of businesses
This class includes:
~ public administration and regulation, including subsidy allocation, for different economic sectors:
~ agriculture
~ land use
~ energy and mining resources
~ infrastructure
~ transport
~ communication
~ hotels and tourism
~ wholesale and retail trade
~ administration of R&D policies and associated funds to improve economic performance
~ administration of GENERAL labour affairs
~ implementation of regional development policy measures, e.g. to reduce unemployment
- Class 8521
General secondary education
This class includes provision of the type of education that lays the foundation for lifelong learning and human development and is capable of furthering education opportunities. Such units provide programmes that are usually on a more subject-oriented pattern using more specialized teachers, and more often employ several teachers conducting classes in their field of specialization. Education can be provided in classrooms or through radio, television broadcast, Internet, correspondence or at home.
Subject specialization at this level often begins to have some influence even on the educational experience of those pursuing a GENERAL programme. Such programmes are designated to qualify students either for technical and vocational education or for entrance to higher education without any special subject prerequisite.
This class includes:
~ GENERAL school education in the first stage of the secondary level corresponding more or less to the period of compulsory school attendance
~ GENERAL school education in the second stage of the secondary level giving, in principle, access to higher education
This class also includes:
~ special education for handicapped students at this level
- Class 8522
Technical and vocational secondary education
This class includes education typically emphasizing subject-matter specialization and instruction in both theoretical background and practical skills generally associated with present or prospective employment. The aim of a programme can vary from preparation for a GENERAL field of employment to a very specific job. Instruction may be provided in diverse settings, such as the unit's or client's training facilities, educational institutions, the workplace, or the home, and through correspondence, television, Internet, or other means.
This class includes:
~ technical and vocational education below the level of higher education as defined in 853
This class also includes:
~ instruction for tourist guides
~ instruction for chefs, hoteliers and restaurateurs
~ special education for handicapped students at this level
~ cosmetology and barber schools
~ computer repair training
~ driving schools for occupational drivers e.g. of trucks, buses, coaches
- Class 8530
Higher education
This class includes the provision of post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education, including granting of degrees at baccalaureate, graduate or post-graduate level. The requirement for admission is at least a high school diploma or equivalent GENERAL academic training. Education can be provided in classrooms or through radio, television broadcast, Internet or correspondence.
This class includes:
~ post-secondary non-tertiary education
~ first stage of tertiary education (not leading to an advanced research qualification)
~ second stage of tertiary education (leading to an advanced research qualification)
This class also includes:
~ performing arts schools providing higher education
- Class 8549
Other education n.e.c.
This class includes the provision of instruction and specialized training, generally for adults, not comparable to the GENERAL education in groups 851-853. This class does not include activities of academic schools, colleges, and universities. Instruction may be provided in diverse settings, such as the unit's or client's training facilities, educational institutions, the workplace, or the home, and through correspondence, radio, television, Internet, in classrooms or by other means. Such instruction does not lead to a high school diploma, baccalaureate or graduate degree.
This class includes:
~ education that is not definable by level
~ academic tutoring services
~ college board preparation
~ learning centres offering remedial courses
~ professional examination review courses
~ language instruction and conversational skills instruction
~ speed reading instruction
~ religious instruction
This class also includes:
~ automobile driving schools
~ flying schools
~ lifeguard training
~ survival training
~ public speaking training
~ computer training
- Class 8610
Hospital activities
This class includes:
~ short- or long-term hospital activities, i.e. medical, diagnostic and treatment activities, of GENERAL hospitals (e.g. community and regional hospitals, hospitals of non-profit organizations, university hospitals, military-base and prison hospitals) and specialized hospitals (e.g. mental health and substance abuse hospitals, hospitals for infectious diseases, maternity hospitals, specialized sanatoriums)
The activities are chiefly directed to inpatients, are carried out under the direct supervision of medical doctors and include:
~ services of medical and paramedical staff
~ services of laboratory and technical facilities, including radiologic and anaesthesiologic services
~ emergency room services
~ provision of operating room services, pharmacy services, food and other hospital services
~ services of family planning centres providing medical treatment such as sterilization and termination of pregnancy, with accommodation
- Class 8620
Medical and dental practice activities
This class includes:
~ medical consultation and treatment in the field of GENERAL and specialized medicine by GENERAL practitioners and medical specialists and surgeons
~ dental practice activities of a GENERAL or specialized nature, e.g. dentistry, endodontic and pediatric dentistry; oral pathology
~ orthodontic activities
~ family planning centres providing medical treatment, such as sterilization and termination of pregnancy, without accommodation
These activities can be carried out in private practice, group practices and in hospital outpatient clinics, and in clinics such as those attached to firms, schools, homes for the aged, labour organizations and fraternal organizations, as well as in patients' homes.
This class also includes:
~ dental activities in operating rooms
~ private consultants' services to inpatients
- Class 9101
Library and archives activities
This class includes:
~ documentation and information activities of libraries of all kinds, reading, listening and viewing rooms, public archives providing service to the GENERAL public or to a special clientele, such as students, scientists, staff, members as well as operation of government archives:
~ organization of a collection, whether specialized or not
~ cataloguing collections
~ lending and storage of books, maps, periodicals, films, records, tapes, works of art etc.
~ retrieval activities in order to comply with information requests etc.
~ stock photo libraries and services
- Class 9601
Washing and (dry-) cleaning of textile and fur products
This class includes:
~ laundering and dry-cleaning, pressing etc., of all kinds of clothing (including fur) and textiles, provided by mechanical equipment, by hand or by self-service coin-operated machines, whether for the GENERAL public or for industrial or commercial clients
~ laundry collection and delivery
~ carpet and rug shampooing and drapery and curtain cleaning, whether on clients' premises or not
~ provision of linens, work uniforms and related items by laundries
~ diaper supply services
This class also includes:
~ repair and minor alteration of garments or other textile articles when done in connection with cleaning
- Group 259
Manufacture of other fabricated metal products; metalworking service activities
This group includes GENERAL activities for the treatment of metal, such as forging or pressing, plating, coating, engraving, boring, polishing, welding etc., which are typically carried out on a fee or contract basis. This group also includes the manufacture of a variety of metal products, such as cutlery; metal hand tools and GENERAL hardware; cans and buckets; nails, bolts and nuts; metal household articles; metal fixtures; ships propellers and anchors; assembled railway track fixtures etc. for a variety of household and industrial uses.
- Group 281
Manufacture of GENERAL,purpose machinery
This group includes the manufacture of GENERAL,purpose machinery, i.e. machinery that is being used in a wide range of ISIC industries. This can include the manufacture of components used in the manufacture of a variety of other machinery or the manufacture of machinery that support the operation of other businesses.
- Group 331
Repair of fabricated metal products, machinery and equipment
This group includes the specialized repair of goods produced in the manufacturing sector with the aim to restore these metal products, machinery, equipment and other products to working order. The provision of GENERAL or routine maintenance (i.e. servicing) on such products to ensure they work efficiently and to prevent breakdown and unnecessary repairs is included.
- Group 465
Wholesale of machinery, equipment and supplies
This group includes the wholesale of computers, telecommunications equipment, specialized machinery for all kinds of industries and GENERAL,purpose machinery.
- Group 791
Travel agency and tour operator activities
This group includes the activities of agencies, primarily engaged in selling travel, tour, transportation and accommodation services to the GENERAL public and commercial clients and the activity of arranging and assembling tours that are sold through travel agencies or directly by agents such as tour operators.
- Group 841
Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community
This group includes GENERAL administration (e.g. executive, legislative, financial administration etc. at all levels of government) and supervision in the field of social and economic life.
- Group 852
Secondary education
This group includes the provision of GENERAL secondary and technical and vocational secondary education.
- Group 812
Cleaning activities
This group includes the activities of GENERAL interior cleaning of all types of buildings, exterior cleaning of buildings, specialized cleaning activities for buildings or other specialized cleaning activities, cleaning of industrial machinery, cleaning of the inside of road and sea tankers, disinfecting and extermination activities for buildings and industrial machinery, bottle cleaning, street sweeping, snow and ice removal.
- Group 854
Other education
This group includes GENERAL continuing education and continuing vocational education and training for any profession. Instruction may be oral or written and may be provided in classrooms or by radio, television, Internet, correspondence or other means of communication. This group also includes the provision of instruction in athletic activities to groups or individuals, foreign language instruction, instruction in the arts, drama or music or other instruction or specialized training, not comparable to the education in groups 851 - 853.
- Division 28
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
This division includes the manufacture of machinery and equipment that act independently on materials either mechanically or thermally or perform operations on materials (such as handling, spraying, weighing or packing), including their mechanical components that produce and apply force, and any specially manufactured primary parts. This includes the manufacture of fixed and mobile or hand-held devices, regardless of whether they are designed for industrial, building and civil engineering, agricultural or home use. The manufacture of special equipment for passenger or freight transport within demarcated premises also belongs within this division.
This division distinguishes between the manufacture of special-purpose machinery, i.e. machinery for exclusive use in an ISIC industry or a small cluster of ISIC industries, and GENERAL,purpose machinery, i.e. machinery that is being used in a wide range of ISIC industries.
This division also includes the manufacture of other special-purpose machinery, not covered elsewhere in the classification, whether or not used in a manufacturing process, such as fairground amusement equipment, automatic bowling alley equipment, etc.
This division excludes the manufacture of metal products for GENERAL use (division 25), associated control devices, computer equipment, measurement and testing equipment, electricity distribution and control apparatus (divisions 26 and 27) and GENERAL,purpose motor vehicles (divisions 29 and 30).
- Division 33
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
This division includes the specialized repair of goods produced in the manufacturing sector with the aim to restore machinery, equipment and other products to working order. The provision of GENERAL or routine maintenance (i.e. servicing) on such products to ensure they work efficiently and to prevent breakdown and unnecessary repairs is included.
This division does only include specialized repair and maintenance activities. A substantial amount of repair is also done by manufacturers of machinery, equipment and other goods, in which case the classification of units engaged in these repair and manufacturing activities is done according to the value-added principle which would often assign these combined activities to the manufacture of the good. The same principle is applied for combined trade and repair.
The rebuilding or remanufacturing of machinery and equipment is considered a manufacturing activity and included in other divisions of this section.
Repair and maintenance of goods that are utilized as capital goods as well as consumer goods is typically classified as repair and maintenance of household goods (e.g. office and household furniture repair, see 9524).
Also included in this division is the specialized installation of machinery. However, the installation of equipment that forms an integral part of buildings or similar structures, such as installation of electrical wiring, installation of escalators or installation of air-conditioning systems, is classified as construction.
This division excludes the cleaning of industrial machinery (see class 8129) and the repair and maintenance of computers, communications equipment and household goods (see division 95).
- Division 41
Construction of buildings
This division includes GENERAL construction of buildings of all kinds. It includes new work, repair, additions and alterations, the erection of pre-fabricated buildings or structures on the site and also construction of temporary nature.
Included is the construction of entire dwellings, office buildings, stores and other public and utility buildings, farm buildings, etc.
- Division 42
Civil engineering
This division includes GENERAL construction for civil engineering objects. It includes new work, repair, additions and alterations, the erection of pre-fabricated structures on the site and also construction of temporary nature.
Included is the construction of heavy constructions such as motorways, streets, bridges, tunnels, railways, airfields, harbours and other water projects, irrigation systems, sewerage systems, industrial facilities, pipelines and electric lines, outdoor sports facilities, etc. This work can be carried out on own account or on a fee or contract basis. Portions of the work and sometimes even the whole practical work can be subcontracted out.
- Division 58
Publishing activities
This division includes the publishing of books, brochures, leaflets, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, atlases, maps and charts; publishing of newspapers, journals and periodicals; directory and mailing list and other publishing, as well as software publishing.
Publishing includes the acquisition of copyrights to content (information products) and making this content available to the GENERAL public by engaging in (or arranging for) the reproduction and distribution of this content in various forms. All the feasible forms of publishing (in print, electronic or audio form, on the Internet, as multimedia products such as CD-ROM reference books etc.), except publishing of motion pictures, are included in this division.
This division excludes the publishing of motion pictures, video tapes and movies on DVD or similar media (division 59) and the production of master copies for records or audio material (division 59). Also excluded are printing (see 1811) and the mass reproduction of recorded media (see 1820).
- Division 47
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
This division includes the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods mainly to the GENERAL public for personal or household consumption or utilization, by shops, department stores, stalls, mail-order houses, hawkers and peddlers, consumer cooperatives etc.
Retail trade is classified first by type of sale outlet (retail trade in stores: groups 471 to 477; retail trade not in stores: groups 478 and 479). Retail trade in stores includes the retail sale of used goods (class 4774). For retail sale in stores, there exists a further distinction between specialized retail sale (groups 472 to 477) and non-specialized retail sale (group 471). The above groups are further subdivided by the range of products sold. Sale not via stores is subdivided according to the forms of trade, such as retail sale via stalls and markets (group 478) and other non-store retail sale, e.g. mail order, door-to-door, by vending machines etc. (group 479).
The goods sold in this division are limited to goods usually referred to as consumer goods or retail goods. Therefore goods not usually entering the retail trade, such as cereal grains, ores, industrial machinery etc., are excluded. This division also includes units engaged primarily in selling to the GENERAL public, from displayed goods, products such as personal computers, stationery, paint or timber, although these sales may not be for personal or household use. Some processing of goods may be involved, but only incidental to selling, e.g. sorting or repackaging of goods, installation of a domestic appliance etc.
This division also includes the retail sale by commission agents and activities of retail auctioning houses.
This division excludes:
~ sale of farmers' products by farmers, see division 01
~ manufacture and sale of goods, which is generally classified as manufacturing in divisions 10-32
~ sale of motor vehicles, motorcycles and their parts, see division 45
~ trade in cereal grains, ores, crude petroleum, industrial chemicals, iron and steel and industrial machinery and equipment, see division 46
~ sale of food and drinks for consumption on the premises and sale of takeaway food, see division 56
~ renting of personal and household goods to the GENERAL public, see group 772
- Division 79
Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities
This division includes the activity of selling travel, tour, transportation and accommodation services to the GENERAL public and commercial clients and the activity of arranging and assembling tours that are sold through travel agencies or directly by agents such as tour operators, as well as other travel-related services including reservation services. The activities of tourist guides and tourism promotion activities are also included.
- Division 81
Services to buildings and landscape activities
This division includes the provision of a number of GENERAL support services, such as the provision of a combination of support services within a client's facilities, the interior and exterior cleaning of buildings of all types, cleaning of industrial machinery, cleaning of trains, buses, planes, etc., cleaning of the inside of road and sea tankers, disinfecting and exterminating activities for buildings, ships, trains, etc., bottle cleaning, street sweeping, snow and ice removal, provision of landscape care and maintenance services and provision of these services along with the design of landscape plans and/or the construction (i.e. installation) of walkways, retaining walls, decks, fences, ponds, and similar structures.
- Division 86
Human health activities
This division includes activities of short- or long-term hospitals, GENERAL or specialty medical, surgical, psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals, sanatoria, preventoria, medical nursing homes, asylums, mental hospital institutions, rehabilitation centres, leprosaria and other human health institutions which have accommodation facilities and which engage in providing diagnostic and medical treatment to inpatients with any of a wide variety of medical conditions. It also includes medical consultation and treatment in the field of GENERAL and specialized medicine by GENERAL practitioners and medical specialists and surgeons. It includes dental practice activities of a GENERAL or specialized nature and orthodontic activities. Additionally, this division includes activities for human health not performed by hospitals or by practicing medical doctors but by paramedical practitioners legally recognized to treat patients.
- Division 94
Activities of membership organizations
This division includes activities of organizations representing interests of special groups or promoting ideas to the GENERAL public. These organizations usually have a constituency of members, but their activities may involve and benefit non-members as well. The primary breakdown of this division is determined by the purpose that these organizations serve, namely interests of employers, self-employed individuals and the scientific community (group 941), interests of employees (group 942) or promotion of religious, political, cultural, educational or recreational ideas and activities (group 949).
- Section C
Manufacturing
This section includes the physical or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products, although this cannot be used as the single universal criterion for defining manufacturing (see remark on processing of waste below). The materials, substances, or components transformed are raw materials that are products of agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining or quarrying as well as products of other manufacturing activities. Substantial alteration, renovation or reconstruction of goods is generally considered to be manufacturing.
Units engaged in manufacturing are often described as plants, factories or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and materials-handling equipment. However, units that transform materials or substances into new products by hand or in the worker's home and those engaged in selling to the GENERAL public of products made on the same premises from which they are sold, such as bakeries and custom tailors, are also included in this section. Manufacturing units may process materials or may contract with other units to process their materials for them. Both types of units are included in manufacturing.
The output of a manufacturing process may be finished in the sense that it is ready for utilization or consumption, or it may be semi-finished in the sense that it is to become an input for further manufacturing. For example, the output of alumina refining is the input used in the primary production of aluminium; primary aluminium is the input to aluminium wire drawing; and aluminium wire is the input for the manufacture of fabricated wire products.
Manufacture of specialized components and parts of, and accessories and attachments to, machinery and equipment is, as a GENERAL rule, classified in the same class as the manufacture of the machinery and equipment for which the parts and accessories are intended. Manufacture of unspecialized components and parts of machinery and equipment, e.g. engines, pistons, electric motors, electrical assemblies, valves, gears, roller bearings, is classified in the appropriate class of manufacturing, without regard to the machinery and equipment in which these items may be included. However, making specialized components and accessories by moulding or extruding plastics materials is included in class 2220.
Assembly of the component parts of manufactured products is considered manufacturing. This includes the assembly of manufactured products from either self-produced or purchased components.
The recovery of waste, i.e. the processing of waste into secondary raw materials is classified in class 3830 (Materials recovery). While this may involve physical or chemical transformations, this is not considered to be a part of manufacturing. The primary purpose of these activities is considered to be the treatment or processing of waste and they are therefore classified in Section E (Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities). However, the manufacture of new final products (as opposed to secondary raw materials) is classified in manufacturing, even if these processes use waste as an input. For example, the production of silver from film waste is considered to be a manufacturing process.
Specialized maintenance and repair of industrial, commercial and similar machinery and equipment is, in GENERAL, classified in division 33 (Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment). However, the repair of computers and personal and household goods is classified in division 95 (Repair of computers and personal and household goods), while the repair of motor vehicles is classified in division 45 (Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles).
The installation of machinery and equipment, when carried out as a specialized activity, is classified in 3320.
Remark: The boundaries of manufacturing and the other sectors of the classification system can be somewhat blurry.
- Section N
Administrative and support service activities
This section includes a variety of activities that support GENERAL business operations. These activities differ from those in section M, since their primary purpose is not the transfer of specialized knowledge.
- Section R
Arts, entertainment and recreation
This section includes a wide range of activities to meet varied cultural, entertainment and recreational interests of the GENERAL public, including live performances, operation of museum sites, gambling, sports and recreation activities.
- Section F
Construction
This section includes GENERAL construction and specialized construction activities for buildings and civil engineering works. It includes new work, repair, additions and alterations, the erection of prefabricated buildings or structures on the site and also construction of a temporary nature.
General construction is the construction of entire dwellings, office buildings, stores and other public and utility buildings, farm buildings etc., or the construction of civil engineering works such as motorways, streets, bridges, tunnels, railways, airfields, harbours and other water projects, irrigation systems, sewerage systems, industrial facilities, pipelines and electric lines, sports facilities etc.
This work can be carried out on own account or on a fee or contract basis. Portions of the work and sometimes even the whole practical work can be subcontracted out. A unit that carries the overall responsibility for a construction project is classified here.
Also included is the repair of buildings and engineering works.
This section includes the complete construction of buildings (division 41), the complete construction of civil engineering works (division 42), as well as specialized construction activities, if carried out only as a part of the construction process (division 43).
The renting of construction equipment with operator is classified with the specific construction activity carried out with this equipment.
This section also includes the development of building projects for buildings or civil engineering works by bringing together financial, technical and physical means to realize the construction projects for later sale. If these activities are carried out not for later sale of the construction projects, but for their operation (e.g. renting of space in these buildings, manufacturing activities in these plants), the unit would not be classified here, but according to its operational activity, i.e. real estate, manufacturing etc.
- Section G
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
This section includes wholesale and retail sale (i.e. sale without transformation) of any type of goods and the rendering of services incidental to the sale of these goods. Wholesaling and retailing are the final steps in the distribution of goods. Goods bought and sold are also referred to as merchandise.
Also included in this section are the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
Sale without transformation is considered to include the usual operations (or manipulations) associated with trade, for example sorting, grading and assembling of goods, mixing (blending) of goods (for example sand), bottling (with or without preceding bottle cleaning), packing, breaking bulk and repacking for distribution in smaller lots, storage (whether or not frozen or chilled), cleaning and drying of agricultural products, cutting out of wood fibreboards or metal sheets as secondary activities.
Division 45 includes all activities related to the sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, while divisions 46 and 47 include all other sale activities. The distinction between division 46 (wholesale) and division 47 (retail sale) is based on the predominant type of customer.
Wholesale is the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional or professional users, or to other wholesalers, or involves acting as an agent or broker in buying goods for, or selling goods to, such persons or companies. The principal types of businesses included are merchant wholesalers, i.e. wholesalers who take title to the goods they sell, such as wholesale merchants or jobbers, industrial distributors, exporters, importers, and cooperative buying associations, sales branches and sales offices (but not retail stores) that are maintained by manufacturing or mining units apart from their plants or mines for the purpose of marketing their products and that do not merely take orders to be filled by direct shipments from the plants or mines. Also included are merchandise brokers, commission merchants and agents and assemblers, buyers and cooperative associations engaged in the marketing of farm products. Wholesalers frequently physically assemble, sort and grade goods in large lots, break bulk, repack and redistribute in smaller lots, for example pharmaceuticals; store, refrigerate, deliver and install goods, engage in sales promotion for their customers and label design.
Retailing is the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods mainly to the GENERAL public for personal or household consumption or utilization, by shops, department stores, stalls, mail-order houses, door-to-door sales persons, hawkers and peddlers, consumer cooperatives, auction houses etc. Most retailers take title to the goods they sell, but some act as agents for a principal and sell either on consignment or on a commission basis.
- Section J
Information and communication
This section includes the production and distribution of information and cultural products, the provision of the means to transmit or distribute these products, as well as data or communications, information technology activities and the processing of data and other information service activities.
The main components of this section are publishing activities (division 58), including software publishing, motion picture and sound recording activities (division 59), radio and TV broadcasting and programming activities (division 60), telecommunications activities (division 61) and information technology activities (division 62) and other information service activities (division 63).
Publishing includes the acquisition of copyrights to content (information products) and making this content available to the GENERAL public by engaging in (or arranging for) the reproduction and distribution of this content in various forms. All the feasible forms of publishing (in print, electronic or audio form, on the internet, as multimedia products such as CD-ROM reference books etc.) are included in this section.
Activities related to production and distribution of TV programming span divisions 59, 60 and 61, reflecting different stages in this process. Individual components, such as movies, television series etc. are produced by activities in division 59, while the creation of a complete television channel programme, from components produced in division 59 or other components (such as live news programming) is included in division 60. Division 60 also includes the broadcasting of this programme by the producer. The distribution of the complete television programme by third parties, i.e. without any alteration of the content, is included in division 61. This distribution in division 61 can be done through broadcasting, satellite or cable systems.