HSIC C—Manufacturing

Where C sits

1. C Manufacturing

Contains 24 narrower codes

• 10 Manufacture of food products
• 11 Manufacture of beverages
• 12 Manufacture of tobacco products
• 13 Manufacture of textiles
• 14 Manufacture of wearing apparel
• 15 Manufacture of leather and related products
• 16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, articles of straw and plaiting materials (except furniture and toys)
• 17 Manufacture of paper and paper products
• 18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media
• 19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products
• 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
• 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products
• 22 Manufacture of rubber and plastics products (except furniture, toys, sports goods and stationery)
• 23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
• 24 Manufacture of basic metals
• 25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products (except machinery and equipment)
• 26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
• 27 Manufacture of electrical equipment
• 28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
• 29 Body assembly of motor vehicles
• 30 Manufacture of other transport equipment
• 31 Manufacture of furniture
• 32 Other manufacturing
• 33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment

What C includes

• Manufacturing includes the physical or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products. Substantial alteration, renovation and reconstruction of goods are generally considered to be manufacturing. Also included in the Industry Section is specialised repair and maintenance of industrial and commercial machinery and equipment.
• Establishments engaged in manufacturing are often described as factories 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 Industry Section. Manufacturing units may process materials by themselves or may contract with other units to process their materials for them. Both types of units are considered as manufacturing.
• The output of a manufacturing process may be finished in the sense that it is ready for utilisation or consumption, or it may be semi-finished in the sense that it is to become an input for another manufacturing process. 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 aluminium wire products.
• Manufacture of specialised 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 that type of machinery and equipment. Manufacture of unspecialised components and parts of machinery and equipment, e.g. engines, electric motors, valves, gears, is yet classified in the appropriate class of manufacturing without regard to that type of machinery and equipment.
• Assembly of the component parts of manufactured products is considered manufacturing, irrespective of from self-produced or purchased components.
• However, the assembly on the site of prefabricated, integral parts into structures such as bridges, water tanks, lift and central heating, etc. is classified as construction, i.e. Industry Section F. The assembly and installation of signboards from component parts
• Manufactured by other establishments, or the erection of signboards requiring structural steel work are also classified as construction. But establishments responsible only for making a signboard to its finished form for clients are classified as manufacturing.
• Finishing work performed on ships/ocean going vessels such as wood work of a decorative nature are classified to the ship building trade, i.e. Industry Group 301 (Building of ships and boats).
• Separately located depots for collection of raw materials from a manufacturing establishment and despatching of such materials to households or individuals for assembly of finished goods are also classified to manufacturing.
• The recovery of waste (i.e. the processing of waste into secondary raw materials) is classified in Industry Group 383 (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 of waste and they are therefore classified in Industry Section E (Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities). However, the manufacturing 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.
• Maintenance and repair of industrial and commercial machinery and equipment, when carried out as a specialised activity, is classified in Industry Division 33 (Repair and installation of machinery and equipment). However, the repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles, computers, personal and household goods is classified in Industry Division 95.
• Printing agents who have all the constituent printing processes subcontracted out, and as such do not actually involved in the manufacturing process, are classified to 829300 under Industry Section N (Administrative and support service activities).

C in other systems