CLANAE 20.231—Manufacture of soaps and cleaning preparations

Where 20.231 sits

1. C Manufacturing industry
2. 20 Manufacturing of chemical substances and products
3. 20.2 Manufacture of chemical products n.e.c.
4. 20.23 Manufacture of soaps and detergents, cleaning preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations
5. 20.231 Manufacture of soaps and cleaning preparations

What 20.231 includes

• The manufacture of soap in the form of: - bars - tablets - loaves - molded pieces - liquids - paste - other forms
• The manufacture of: - organic surfactants and preparations for washing and cleaning - crude glycerin - glycerol with a purity of less than 95% - toilet soap - bleach - organic surfactants, such as LAB or Linear Alkyl Benzene (detergent base) - paper, wadding, felt, and other materials impregnated, coated, or covered with soap or detergent
• The manufacture of: - shoe polishes and creams - polishes and creams for floors, car bodies, glass, and metal - artificial waxes - prepared waxes composed of wax mixtures - abrasive pastes and powders - similar products in the form of paper, felt, wadding, nonwoven fabrics, cellular plastics, and cellular rubber, impregnated, coated, or covered with polishes or Abrasive creams, pastes, and powders
• The manufacture of preparations for perfuming and deodorizing environments.

What 20.231 excludes

• The manufacture of glycerol with a purity greater than 95% (subclass 20.119).
• The manufacture of synthetic glycerol from petroleum products (subclass 20.119).
• The extraction and refining of essential oils (subclass 20.290).

20.231 in other systems