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- Class 1050
Manufacture of dairy products
This class includes:
~ manufacture of fresh liquid milk, pasteurized, sterilized, homogenized and/or ultra heat treated
~ manufacture of milk-based drinks
~ manufacture of cream from fresh liquid milk, pasteurized, sterilized, homogenized
~ manufacture of dried or concentrated milk WHETHER or not sweetened
~ manufacture of milk or cream in solid form
~ manufacture of butter
~ manufacture of yoghurt
~ manufacture of cheese and curd
~ manufacture of whey
~ manufacture of casein or lactose
~ manufacture of ice cream and other edible ice such as sorbet
- Class 1071
Manufacture of bakery products
This class includes the manufacture of fresh, frozen or dry bakery products.
This class includes:
~ manufacture of bread and rolls
~ manufacture of fresh pastry, cakes, pies, tarts etc.
~ manufacture of rusks, biscuits and other dry bakery products
~ manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes
~ manufacture of snack products (cookies, crackers, pretzels etc.), WHETHER sweet or salted
~ manufacture of tortillas
~ manufacture of frozen bakery products: pancakes, waffles, rolls etc.
- Class 1074
Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products
This class includes:
~ manufacture of pastas such as macaroni and noodles, WHETHER or not cooked or stuffed
~ manufacture of couscous
~ manufacture of canned or frozen pasta products
- Class 5012
Sea and coastal freight water transport
This class includes:
~ transport of freight over seas and coastal waters, WHETHER scheduled or not
~ transport by towing or pushing of barges, oil rigs etc.
- Class 1394
Manufacture of cordage, rope, twine and netting
This class includes:
~ manufacture of twine, cordage, rope and cables of textile fibres or strip or the like, WHETHER or not impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics
~ manufacture of knotted netting of twine, cordage or rope
~ manufacture of products of rope or netting: fishing nets, ships' fenders, unloading cushions, loading slings, rope or cable fitted with metal rings etc.
- Class 1399
Manufacture of other textiles n.e.c.
This class includes all activities related to the manufacture of textiles or textile products, not specified elsewhere in division 13 or 14, involving a large number of processes and a great variety of goods produced.
This class includes:
~ manufacture of narrow woven fabrics, including fabrics consisting of warp without weft assembled by means of an adhesive
~ manufacture of labels, badges etc.
~ manufacture of ornamental trimmings: braids, tassels, pompons etc.
~ manufacture of felt
~ manufacture of tulles and other net fabrics, and of lace and embroidery, in the piece, in strips or in motifs
~ manufacture of fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics
~ manufacture of metallized yarn or gimped yarn, rubber thread and cord covered with textile material, textile yarn or strip covered, impregnated, coated or sheathed with rubber or plastics
~ manufacture of tyre cord fabric of high-tenacity man-made yarn
~ manufacture of other treated or coated fabrics: tracing cloth, canvas prepared for use by painters, buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics, fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances
~ manufacture of diverse textile articles: textile wicks, incandescent gas mantles and tubular gas mantle fabric, hosepiping, transmission or conveyor belts or belting (whether or not reinforced with metal or other material), bolting cloth, straining cloth
~ manufacture of automotive trimmings
~ manufacture of pressure sensitive cloth-tape
~ manufacture of artists' canvas boards and tracing cloth
~ manufacture of shoe-lace, of textiles
~ manufacture of powder puffs and mitts
- Class 8230
Organization of conventions and trade shows
This class includes:
~ organization, promotion and/or management of events, such as business and trade shows, conventions, conferences and meetings, WHETHER or not including the management and provision of the staff to operate the facilities in which these events take place
- Class 1622
Manufacture of builders' carpentry and joinery
This class includes:
~ manufacture of wooden goods intended to be used primarily in the construction industry:
~ beams, rafters, roof struts
~ glue-laminated or metal connected prefabricated wooden roof trusses
~ doors, windows, shutters and their frames, WHETHER or not containing metal fittings, such as hinges, locks etc.
~ stairs, railings
~ wooden beadings and mouldings, shingles and shakes
~ parquet floor blocks, strips etc., assembled into panels
~ manufacture of prefabricated buildings, or elements thereof, predominantly of wood
~ manufacture of mobile homes
~ manufacture of wood partitions (except free standing)
- Class 2220
Manufacture of plastics products
This class includes the processing of new or spent (i.e. recycled) plastics resins into intermediate or final products, using such processes as compression molding, extrusion molding, injection molding, blow molding and casting. For most of these, the production process is such that a wide variety of products can be made.
This class includes:
~ manufacture of semi-manufactures of plastic products:
~ plastic plates, sheets, blocks, film, foil, strip etc. (whether self-adhesive or not)
~ manufacture of finished plastic products:
~ plastic tubes, pipes and hoses; hose and pipe fittings
~ manufacture of plastic articles for the packing of goods:
~ plastic bags, sacks, containers, boxes, cases, carboys, bottles etc.
~ manufacture of builders' plastics ware:
~ plastic doors, windows, frames, shutters, blinds, skirting boards
~ tanks, reservoirs
~ plastic floor, wall or ceiling coverings in rolls or in the form of tiles etc.
~ plastic sanitary ware, such as:
~~ plastic baths, shower baths, washbasins, lavatory pans, flushing cisterns etc.
~ manufacture of plastic tableware, kitchenware and toilet articles
~ cellophane film or sheet
~ manufacture of resilient floor coverings, such as vinyl, linoleum etc.
~ manufacture of artificial stone (e.g. cultured marble)
~ manufacture of plastic signs (non-electrical)
~ manufacture of diverse plastic products:
~ plastic headgear, insulating fittings, parts of lighting fittings, office or school supplies, articles of apparel (if only sealed together, not sewn), fittings for furniture, statuettes, transmission and conveyer belts, self-adhesive tapes of plastic, plastic wall paper, plastic shoe lasts, plastic cigar and cigarette holders, combs, plastics hair curlers, plastics novelties, etc.
- 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 2813
Manufacture of other pumps, compressors, taps and valves
This class includes:
~ manufacture of air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors
~ manufacture of pumps for liquids WHETHER or not fitted with a measuring device
~ manufacture of pumps designed for fitting to internal combustion engines: oil, water and fuel pumps for motor vehicles etc.
This class also includes:
~ manufacture of industrial taps and valves, including regulating valves and intake taps
~ manufacture of sanitary taps and valves
~ manufacture of heating taps and valves
~ manufacture of hand pumps
- Class 2816
Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment
This class includes:
~ manufacture of hand-operated or power-driven lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery:
~ pulley tackle and hoists, winches, capstans and jacks
~ derricks, cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers etc.
~ works trucks, WHETHER or not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, WHETHER or not self-propelled, of the type used in factories (including hand trucks and wheelbarrows)
~ mechanical manipulators and industrial robots specifically designed for lifting, handling, loading or unloading
~ manufacture of conveyors, telfers (téléphériques) etc.
~ manufacture of lifts, escalators and moving walkways
~ manufacture of parts specialized for lifting and handling equipment
- Class 2824
Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction
This class includes:
~ manufacture of continuous-action elevators and conveyors for underground use
~ manufacture of boring, cutting, sinking and tunnelling machinery (whether or not for underground use)
~ manufacture of machinery for treating minerals by screening, sorting, separating, washing, crushing etc.
~ manufacture of concrete and mortar mixers
~ manufacture of earth-moving machinery:
~ bulldozers, angle-dozers, graders, scrapers, levellers, mechanical shovels, shovel loaders etc.
~ manufacture of pile drivers and pile extractors, mortar spreaders, bitumen spreaders, concrete surfacing machinery etc.
~ manufacture of tracklaying tractors and tractors used in construction or mining
~ manufacture of bulldozer and angle-dozer blades
~ manufacture of off-road dumping trucks
- Class 2826
Manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production
This class includes:
~ manufacture of textile machinery:
~ machines for preparing, producing, extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting man-made textile fibres, materials or yarns
~ machines for preparing textile fibres: cotton gins, bale breakers, garnetters, cotton spreaders, wool scourers, wool carbonizers, combs, carders, roving frames etc.
~ spinning machines
~ machines for preparing textile yarns: reelers, warpers and related machines
~ weaving machines (looms), including hand looms
~ knitting machines
~ machines for making knotted net, tulle, lace, braid etc.
~ manufacture of auxiliary machines or equipment for textile machinery:
~ dobbies, jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms, spindles and spindle flyers etc.
~ manufacture of textile printing machinery
~ manufacture of machinery for fabric processing:
~ machinery for washing, bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing, coating or impregnating textile fabrics
~ manufacture of machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics
~ manufacture of laundry machinery:
~ ironing machines, including fusing presses
~ commercial washing and drying machines
~ dry-cleaning machines
~ manufacture of sewing machines, sewing machine heads and sewing machine needles (whether or not for household use)
~ manufacture of machines for producing or finishing felt or non-wovens
~ manufacture of leather machines:
~ machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather
~ machinery for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins, leather or fur skins
- Class 3211
Manufacture of jewellery and related articles
This class includes:
~ production of worked pearls
~ production of precious and semi-precious stones in the worked state, including the working of industrial quality stones and synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones
~ working of diamonds
~ manufacture of jewellery of precious metal or of base metals clad with precious metals, or precious or semi-precious stones, or of combinations of precious metal and precious or semi-precious stones or of other materials
~ manufacture of goldsmiths' articles of precious metals or of base metals clad with precious metals:
~ dinnerware, flatware, hollowware, toilet articles, office or desk articles, articles for religious use etc.
~ manufacture of technical or laboratory articles of precious metal (except instruments and parts thereof): crucibles, spatulas, electroplating anodes etc.
~ manufacture of precious metal watch bands, wristbands, watch straps and cigarette cases
~ manufacture of coins, including coins for use as legal tender, WHETHER or not of precious metal
This class also includes:
~ engraving of personal precious and non-precious metal products
- Class 3290
Other manufacturing n.e.c.
This class includes:
~ manufacture of protective safety equipment
~ manufacture of fire-resistant and protective safety clothing
~ manufacture of linemen's safety belts and other belts for occupational use
~ manufacture of cork life preservers
~ manufacture of plastics hard hats and other personal safety equipment of plastics (e.g. athletic helmets)
~ manufacture of fire-fighting protection suits
~ manufacture of metal safety headgear and other metal personal safety devices
~ manufacture of ear and noise plugs (e.g. for swimming and noise protection)
~ manufacture of gas masks
~ manufacture of brooms and brushes, including brushes constituting parts of machines, hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, mops and feather dusters, paint brushes, paint pads and rollers, squeegees and other brushes, brooms, mops etc.
~ manufacture of shoe and clothes brushes
~ manufacture of pens and pencils of all kinds WHETHER or not mechanical
~ manufacture of pencil leads
~ manufacture of date, sealing or numbering stamps, hand-operated devices for printing, or embossing labels, hand printing sets, prepared typewriter ribbons and inked pads
~ manufacture of globes
~ manufacture of umbrellas, sun-umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks
~ manufacture of buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners, press-studs, slide fasteners
~ manufacture of cigarette lighters
~ manufacture of articles of personal use: smoking pipes, scent sprays, vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels for personal or household use, wigs, false beards, eyebrows
~ manufacture of miscellaneous articles: candles, tapers and the like; bouquets, wreaths and floral baskets; artificial flowers, fruit and foliage; jokes and novelties; hand sieves and hand riddles; tailors' dummies; burial caskets etc.
~ taxidermy activities
- Class 5011
Sea and coastal passenger water transport
This class includes:
~ transport of passengers over seas and coastal waters, WHETHER scheduled or not:
~ operation of excursion, cruise or sightseeing boats
~ operation of ferries, water taxis etc.
This class also includes:
~ renting of pleasure boats with crew for sea and coastal water transport (e.g. for fishing cruises)
- 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 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 8292
Packaging activities
This class includes:
~ packaging activities on a fee or contract basis, WHETHER or not these involve an automated process:
~ bottling of liquids, including beverages and food
~ packaging of solids (blister packaging, foil-covered etc.)
~ security packaging of pharmaceutical preparations
~ labeling, stamping and imprinting
~ parcel-packing and gift-wrapping
- Class 8421
Foreign affairs
This class includes:
~ administration and operation of the ministry of foreign affairs and diplomatic and consular missions stationed abroad or at offices of international organizations
~ administration, operation and support for information and cultural services intended for distribution beyond national boundaries
~ aid to foreign countries, WHETHER or not routed through international organizations
~ provision of military aid to foreign countries
~ management of foreign trade, international financial and foreign technical affairs
- 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 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 9312
Activities of sports clubs
This class includes the activities of sports clubs, which, WHETHER professional, semi-professional or amateur clubs, give their members the opportunity to engage in sporting activities.
This class includes:
~ operation of sports clubs:
~ football clubs
~ bowling clubs
~ swimming clubs
~ golf clubs
~ boxing clubs
~ body-building clubs
~ winter sports clubs
~ chess clubs
~ track and field clubs
~ shooting clubs, etc.
- 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 031
Fishing
This group includes capture fishery, i.e. the hunting, collecting and gathering activities directed at removing or collecting live wild aquatic organisms (predominantly fish, molluscs and crustaceans) including plants from the oceanic, coastal or inland waters for human consumption and other purposes by hand or more usually by various types of fishing gear such as nets, lines and stationary traps. Such activities can be conducted on the intertidal shoreline (e.g. collection of molluscs such as mussels and oysters) or shore based netting, or from home-made dugouts or more commonly using commercially made boats in inshore, coastal waters or offshore waters. Unlike in aquaculture (group 032), the aquatic resource being captured is usually common property resource irrespective of WHETHER the harvest from this resource is undertaken with or without exploitation rights. Such activities also include fishing restocked water bodies.
- Group 591
Motion picture, video and television programme activities
This group includes production of theatrical and non-theatrical motion pictures WHETHER on film, videotape, DVD or other media, including digital distribution, for direct projection in theatres or for broadcasting on television; supporting activities such as film editing, cutting, dubbing etc.; distribution of motion pictures or other film productions (video tapes, DVDs, etc) to other industries; as well as their projection. Buying and selling of motion picture or any other film production distribution rights is also included.
- Division 03
Fishing and aquaculture
This division includes capture fishery and aquaculture, covering the use of fishery resources from marine, brackish or freshwater environments, with the goal of capturing or gathering fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other marine organisms and products (e.g. aquatic plants, pearls, sponges etc).
Also included are activities that are normally integrated in the process of production for own account (e.g. seeding oysters for pearl production).
This division does not include building and repairing of ships and boats (3011, 3315) and sport or recreational fishing activities (9319). Processing of fish, crustaceans or molluscs is excluded, WHETHER at land-based plants or on factory ships (1020).
- 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 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 56
Food and beverage service activities
This division includes food and beverage serving activities providing complete meals or drinks fit for immediate consumption, WHETHER in traditional restaurants, self-service or take-away restaurants, WHETHER as permanent or temporary stands with or without seating. Decisive is the fact that meals fit for immediate consumption are offered, not the kind of facility providing them.
Excluded is the production of meals not fit for immediate consumption or not planned to be consumed immediately or of prepared food which is not considered to be a meal (see divisions 10: Manufacture of food products and 11: Manufacture of beverages). Also excluded is the sale of not self-manufactured food that is not considered to be a meal or of meals that are not fit for immediate consumption (see section G: Wholesale and retail trade; ...).
- Division 59
Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities
This division includes production of theatrical and non-theatrical motion pictures WHETHER on film, videotape or disc for direct projection in theatres or for broadcasting on television; supporting activities such as film editing, cutting, dubbing etc.; distribution of motion pictures and other film productions to other industries; as well as motion picture or other film productions projection. Also included is the buying and selling of distribution rights for motion pictures or other film productions.
This division also includes the sound recording activities, i.e. production of original sound master recordings, releasing, promoting and distributing them, publishing of music as well as sound recording service activities in a studio or elsewhere.
- Division 69
Legal and accounting activities
This division 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, such as advice and representation in civil cases, advice and representation in criminal actions, advice and representation in connection with labour disputes. It also includes preparation of legal documents such as articles of incorporation, partnership agreements or similar documents in connection with company formation, patents and copyrights, preparation of deeds, wills, trusts, etc. as well as other activities of notaries public, civil law notaries, bailiffs, arbitrators, examiners and referees. It also includes accounting and bookkeeping services such as auditing of accounting records, preparing financial statements and bookkeeping.
- Section H
Transportation and storage
This section includes the provision of passenger or freight transport, WHETHER scheduled or not, by rail, pipeline, road, water or air and associated activities such as terminal and parking facilities, cargo handling, storage etc. Included in this section is the renting of transport equipment with driver or operator. Also included are postal and courier activities.
This section excludes maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and other transportation equipment (see classes 4520 and 3315, respectively), the construction, maintenance and repair of roads, railroads, harbours, airfields (see classes 4210 and 4290), as well as the renting of transport equipment without driver or operator (see classes 7710 and 7730).
- 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.