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- Class 0111
Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
This class includes all forms of growing of cereals, leguminous crops and oil seeds in open fields, including those considered organic farming and the growing of genetically modified crops. The growing of these crops is often combined within agricultural UNITS.
This class includes:
~ growing of cereals such as:
~ wheat
~ grain maize
~ sorghum
~ barley
~ rye
~ oats
~ millets
~ other cereals n.e.c.
~ growing of leguminous crops such as:
~ beans
~ broad beans
~ chick peas
~ cow peas
~ lentils
~ lupins
~ peas
~ pigeon peas
~ other leguminous crops
~ growing of oil seeds such as:
~ soya beans
~ groundnuts
~ castor bean
~ linseed
~ mustard seed
~ niger seed
~ rapeseed
~ safflower seed
~ sesame seed
~ sunflower seed
~ other oil seeds
- Class 4741
Retail sale of computers, peripheral UNITS, software and telecommunications equipment in specialized stores
This class includes:
~ retail sale of computers
~ retail sale of computer peripheral equipment
~ retail sale of video game consoles
~ retail sale of non-customized software, including video games
~ retail sale of telecommunication equipment
- Class 2310
Manufacture of glass and glass products
This class includes the manufacture of glass in all forms, made by any process and the manufacture of articles of glass.
This class includes:
~ manufacture of flat glass, including wired, coloured or tinted flat glass
~ manufacture of toughened or laminated flat glass
~ manufacture of glass in rods or tubes
~ manufacture of glass paving blocks
~ manufacture of glass mirrors
~ manufacture of multiple-walled insulating UNITS of glass
~ manufacture of bottles and other containers of glass or crystal
~ manufacture of drinking glasses and other domestic glass or crystal articles
~ manufacture of glass fibres, including glass wool and non-woven products thereof
~ manufacture of laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware
~ manufacture of clock or watch glasses, optical glass and optical elements not optically worked
~ manufacture of glassware used in imitation jewellery
~ manufacture of glass insulators and glass insulating fittings
~ manufacture of glass envelopes for lamps
~ manufacture of glass figurines
- Class 2710
Manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus
This class includes the manufacture of power, distribution and specialty transformers; electric motors, generators and motor generator sets; switchgear and switchboard apparatus; relays and industrial controls. The electrical equipment manufactured in this class is for distribution level voltages.
This class includes:
~ manufacture of distribution transformers, electric
~ manufacture of arc-welding transformers
~ manufacture of fluorescent ballasts (i.e. transformers)
~ manufacture of substation transformers for electric power distribution
~ manufacture of transmission and distribution voltage regulators
~ manufacture of electric motors (except internal combustion engine starting motors)
~ manufacture of power generators (except battery charging alternators for internal combustion engines)
~ manufacture of motor generator sets (except turbine generator set units)
~ manufacture of prime mover generator sets
~ rewinding of armatures on a factory basis
~ manufacture of power circuit breakers
~ manufacture of surge suppressors (for distribution level voltage)
~ manufacture of control panels for electric power distribution
~ manufacture of electrical relays
~ manufacture of duct for electrical switchboard apparatus
~ manufacture of electric fuses
~ manufacture of power switching equipment
~ manufacture of electric power switches (except pushbutton, snap, solenoid, tumbler)
- Class 2750
Manufacture of domestic appliances
This class includes the manufacture of small electric appliances and electric housewares, household-type fans, household-type vacuum cleaners, electric household-type floor care machines, household-type cooking appliances, household-type laundry equipment, household-type refrigerators, upright and chest freezers and other electrical and non-electrical household appliances, such as dishwashers, water heaters and garbage disposal UNITS. This class includes the manufacture of appliances with electric, gas or other fuel sources.
This class includes:
~ manufacture of domestic electric appliances:
~ refrigerators
~ freezers
~ dishwashers
~ washing and drying machines
~ vacuum cleaners
~ floor polishers
~ waste disposers
~ grinders, blenders, juice squeezers
~ tin openers
~ electric shavers, electric toothbrushes and other electric personal care device
~ knife sharpeners
~ ventilating or recycling hoods
~ manufacture of domestic electrothermic appliances:
~ electric water heaters
~ electric blankets
~ electric dryers, combs, brushes, curlers
~ electric smoothing irons
~ space heaters and household-type fans, portable
~ electric ovens
~ microwave ovens
~ cookers, hotplates
~ toasters
~ coffee or tea makers
~ fry pans, roasters, grills, hoods
~ electric heating resistors etc.
~ manufacture of domestic non-electric cooking and heating equipment:
~ non-electric space heaters, cooking ranges, grates, stoves, water heaters, cooking appliances, plate warmers
- Class 5510
Short term accommodation activities
This class includes the provision of accommodation, typically on a daily or weekly basis, principally for short stay by visitors. This includes the provision of furnished accommodation in guest rooms and suites or complete self-contained UNITS with kitchens, with or without daily or other regular housekeeping services, and may often include a range of additional services such as food and beverage services, parking, laundry services, swimming pools and exercise rooms, recreational facilities and conference and convention facilities.
This class includes the provision of short-term accommodation provided by:
~ hotels
~ resort hotels
~ suite / apartment hotels
~ motels
~ motor hotels
~ guesthouses
~ pensions
~ bed and breakfast units
~ visitor flats and bungalows
~ time-share units
~ holiday homes
~ chalets, housekeeping cottages and cabins
~ youth hostels and mountain refuges
- Class 5610
Restaurants and mobile food service activities
This class includes the provision of food services to customers, whether they are served while seated or serve themselves from a display of items, whether they eat the prepared meals on the premises, take them out or have them delivered. This includes the preparation and serving of meals for immediate consumption from motorized vehicles or non-motorized carts.
This class includes activities of:
~ restaurants
~ cafeterias
~ fast-food restaurants
~ pizza delivery
~ take-out eating places
~ ice cream truck vendors
~ mobile food carts
~ food preparation in market stalls
This class also includes:
~ restaurant and bar activities connected to transportation, when carried out by separate units
- Class 6130
Satellite telecommunications activities
This class includes:
~ operating, maintaining or providing access to facilities for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound and video using a satellite telecommunications infrastructure
~ delivery of visual, aural or textual programming received from cable networks, local television stations or radio networks to consumers via direct-to-home satellite systems (The UNITS classified here do not generally originate programming material.)
This class also includes:
~ provision of Internet access by the operator of the satellite infrastructure
- Class 6202
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities
This class includes:
~ planning and designing of computer systems that integrate computer hardware, software and communication technologies
The UNITS classified in this class may provide the hardware and software components of the system as part of their integrated services or these components may be provided by third parties or vendors. The UNITS classified in this class often install the system and train and support the users of the system.
This class also includes:
~ provision of on-site management and operation of clients' computer systems and/or data processing facilities, as well as related support services
- Class 6420
Activities of holding companies
This class includes the activities of holding companies, i.e. UNITS that hold the assets (owning controlling-levels of equity) of a group of subsidiary corporations and whose principal activity is owning the group. The holding companies in this class do not provide any other service to the businesses in which the equity is held, i.e. they do not administer or manage other UNITS.
- Class 7010
Activities of head offices
This class includes the overseeing and managing of other UNITS of the company or enterprise; undertaking the strategic or organizational planning and decision making role of the company or enterprise; exercising operational control and manage the day-to-day operations of their related UNITS.
This class includes activities of:
~ head offices
~ centralized administrative offices
~ corporate offices
~ district and regional offices
~ subsidiary management offices
- Class 7830
Other human resources provision
This class includes:
~ provision of human resources for client businesses
This provision of human resources is typically done on a long-term or permanent basis and the UNITS classified here may perform a wide range of human resource and personnel management duties associated with this provision.
The UNITS classified here represent the employer of record for the employees on matters relating to payroll, taxes, and other fiscal and human resource issues, but they are not responsible for direction and supervision of employees.
- Class 8020
Security systems service activities
This class includes:
~ monitoring or remote monitoring of electronic security alarm systems, such as burglar and fire alarms, including their maintenance
~ installing, repairing, rebuilding, and adjusting mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes and security vaults
The UNITS carrying out these activities may also engage in selling such security systems, mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes and security vaults.
- Class 8423
Public order and safety activities
This class includes:
~ administration and operation of regular and auxiliary police forces supported by public authorities and of port, border, coastguards and other special police forces, including traffic regulation, alien registration, maintenance of arrest records
~ firefighting and fire prevention:
~ administration and operation of regular and auxiliary fire brigades in fire prevention, firefighting, rescue of persons and animals, assistance in civic disasters, floods, road accidents etc.
~ administration and operation of administrative civil and criminal law courts, military tribunals and the judicial system, including legal representation and advice on behalf of the government or when provided by the government in cash or services
~ rendering of judgements and interpretations of the law
~ arbitration of civil actions
~ prison administration and provision of correctional services, including rehabilitation services, regardless of whether their administration and operation is done by government UNITS or by private UNITS on a contract or fee basis
~ provision of supplies for domestic emergency use in case of peacetime disasters
- 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 8542
Cultural education
This class includes provision of instruction in the arts, drama and music. Units giving this type of instructions might be named schools, studios, classes, etc. They provide formally organized instruction, mainly for hobby, recreational or self-development purposes, but such instruction does not lead to a professional diploma, baccalaureate or graduate degree.
This class includes:
~ piano teachers and other music instruction
~ art instruction
~ dance instruction and dance studios
~ drama schools (except academic)
~ fine arts schools (except academic)
~ performing arts schools (except academic)
~ photography schools (except commercial)
- Class 8730
Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
This class includes the provision of residential and personal care services for the elderly and disabled who are unable to fully care for themselves and/or who do not desire to live independently. The care typically includes room, board, supervision, and assistance in daily living, such as housekeeping services. In some instances these UNITS provide skilled nursing care for residents in separate on-site facilities.
This class includes:
~ activities of:
~ assisted-living facilities
~ continuing care retirement communities
~ homes for the elderly with minimal nursing care
~ rest homes without nursing care
- Group 941
Activities of business, employers and professional membership organizations
This group includes the activities of UNITS that promote the interests of the members of business and employers organizations. In the case of professional membership organizations, it also includes the activities of promoting the professional interests of members of the profession.
- Group 949
Activities of other membership organizations
This group includes the activities of UNITS (except business and employers organizations, professional organizations, trade unions) that promote the interests of their members.
- Group 821
Office administrative and support activities
This group includes the provision of a range of day-to-day office administrative services, such as financial planning, billing and record keeping, personnel and physical distribution and logistics for others on a contract or fee basis.
This group includes also support activities for others on a contract or fee basis, that are ongoing routine business support functions that businesses and organizations traditionally do for themselves.
Units classified in this group do not provide operating staff to carry out the complete operations of a business. Units engaged in one particular aspect of these activities are classified according to that particular activity.
- Group 932
Other amusement and recreation activities
This group includes the activities of a wide range of UNITS that operate facilities or provide services to meet the varied recreational interests of their patrons, including the operation of a variety of attractions, such as mechanical rides, water rides, games, shows, theme exhibits and picnic grounds.
- Division 19
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products
This division includes the transformation of crude petroleum and coal into usable products. The dominant process is petroleum refining, which involves the separation of crude petroleum into component products through such techniques as cracking and distillation. This division also includes the manufacture for own account of characteristic products (e.g. coke, butane, propane, petrol, kerosene, fuel oil etc.) as well as processing services (e.g. custom refining).
This division includes the manufacture of gases such as ethane, propane and butane as products of petroleum refineries.
Not included is the manufacture of such gases in other UNITS (2011), manufacture of industrial gases (2011), extraction of natural gas (methane, ethane, butane or propane) (0600), and manufacture of fuel gas, other than petroleum gases (e.g. coal gas, water gas, producer gas, gasworks gas) (35420).
The manufacture of petrochemicals from refined petroleum is classified in division 20.
- Division 25
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
This division includes the manufacture of pure metal products (such as parts, containers and structures), usually with a static, immovable function, as opposed to the following divisions 26-30, which cover the manufacture of combinations or assemblies of such metal products (sometimes with other materials) into more complex UNITS that, unless they are purely electrical, electronic or optical, work with moving parts.
The manufacture of weapons and ammunition is also included in this division.
This division excludes specialized repair and maintenance activities (see group 331) and the specialized installation of manufactured goods produced in this division in buildings, such as central heating boilers (see 4322).
- Division 50
Water transport
This division includes the transport of passengers or freight over water, whether scheduled or not. Also included are the operation of towing or pushing boats, excursion, cruise or sightseeing boats, ferries, water taxis etc. Although the location is an indicator for the separation between sea and inland water transport, the deciding factor is the type of vessel used. All transport on sea-going vessels is classified in group 501, while transport using other vessels is classified in group 502.
This division excludes restaurant and bar activities on board ships (see class 5610, 5630), if carried out by separate UNITS.
- Division 55
Accommodation
This division includes the provision of short-stay accommodation for visitors and other travellers. Also included is the provision of longer-term accommodation for students, workers and similar individuals. Some UNITS may provide only accommodation while others provide a combination of accommodation, meals and/or recreational facilities.
This division excludes activities related to the provision of long-term primary residences in facilities such as apartments typically leased on a monthly or annual basis classified in Real Estate (section L).
- 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 46
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
This division includes wholesale trade on own account or on a fee or contract basis (commission trade) related to domestic wholesale trade as well as international wholesale trade (import/export).
Wholesale is the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods to retailers, business-to-business trade, such as to industrial, commercial, institutional or professional users, or resale 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.
This division excludes the wholesale of motor vehicles, caravans and motorcycles, as well as motor vehicle accessories (see division 45), the renting and leasing of goods (see division 77) and the packing of solid goods and bottling of liquid or gaseous goods, including blending and filtering, for third parties (see class 8292).
- 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 70
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
This division includes the provision of advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations on management issues, such as strategic and organizational planning; financial planning and budgeting; marketing objectives and policies; human resource policies, practices, and planning; production scheduling; and control planning. It also includes the overseeing and managing of other UNITS of the same company or enterprise, i.e. the activities of head offices.
- Section B
Mining and quarrying
This section includes the extraction of minerals occurring naturally as solids (coal and ores), liquids (petroleum) or gases (natural gas). Extraction can be achieved by different methods such as underground or surface mining, well operation, seabed mining etc.
This section also includes supplementary activities aimed at preparing the crude materials for marketing, for example, crushing, grinding, cleaning, drying, sorting, concentrating ores, liquefaction of natural gas and agglomeration of solid fuels. These operations are often carried out by the UNITS that extracted the resource and/or others located nearby.
Mining activities are classified into divisions, groups and classes on the basis of the principal mineral produced. Divisions 05, 06 are concerned with mining and quarrying of fossil fuels (coal, lignite, petroleum, gas); divisions 07, 08 concern metal ores, various minerals and quarry products.
Some of the technical operations of this section, particularly related to the extraction of hydrocarbons, may also be carried out for third parties by specialized UNITS as an industrial service, which is reflected in division 09.
This section excludes the processing of the extracted materials (see section C - Manufacturing), which also covers the bottling of natural spring and mineral waters at springs and wells (see class 1104) or the crushing, grinding or otherwise treating certain earths, rocks and minerals not carried out in conjunction with mining and quarrying (see class 2399). This section also excludes the usage of the extracted materials without a further transformation for construction purposes (see section F - Construction), the collection, purification and distribution of water (see class 3600), separate site preparation activities for mining (see class 4312) and geophysical, geologic and seismic surveying activities (see class 7110).
- 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 E
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
This section includes activities related to the management (including collection, treatment and disposal) of various forms of waste, such as solid or non-solid industrial or household waste, as well as contaminated sites. The output of the waste or sewage treatment process can either be disposed of or become an input into other production processes. Activities of water supply are also grouped in this section, since they are often carried out in connection with, or by UNITS also engaged in, the treatment of sewage.
- 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 O
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
This section includes activities of a governmental nature, normally carried out by the public administration. This includes the enactment and judicial interpretation of laws and their pursuant regulation, as well as the administration of programmes based on them, legislative activities, taxation, national defence, public order and safety, immigration services, foreign affairs and the administration of government programmes. This section also includes compulsory social security activities.
The legal or institutional status is not, in itself, the determining factor for an activity to belong in this section, rather than the activity being of a nature specified in the previous paragraph. This means that activities classified elsewhere in ISIC do not fall under this section, even if carried out by public entities. For example, administration of the school system (i.e. regulations, checks, curricula) falls under this section, but teaching itself does not (see section P), and a prison or military hospital is classified to health (see section Q). Similarly, some activities described in this section may be carried out by non-government UNITS.