MSIC 2011—Manufacture of basic chemicals

Where 2011 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
3. 201 Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms
4. 2011 Manufacture of basic chemicals

Contains 4 narrower codes

• 20111 Manufacture of liquefied or compressed inorganic industrial or medical gases
• 20112 Manufacture of basic organic chemicals
• 20113 Manufacture of inorganic compounds
• 20119 Manufacture of other basic chemicals n.e.c.

What 2011 includes

• Manufacture of chemicals using basic processes, such as thermal cracking and distillation whereby the output of these processes are usually separate chemical elements or separate chemically defined compounds

What 2011 excludes

• Extraction of methane, ethane, butane or propane, see 0620
• Extraction of natural gas, consisting predominately of methane, see 0620
• Liquefaction and regasification of natural gas for purpose of transport, done at the mine site, see 0910
• Manufacture of fuel gases such as ethane, butane or propane in a petroleum refinery, see 1920
• Manufacture of nitrogenous fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, see 20121
• Manufacture of ammonia, see 20129
• Manufacture of ammonium chloride, see 20129
• Manufacture of nitrites and nitrates of potassium, see 20129
• Manufacture of ammonium carbonates, see 20129
• Manufacture of plastics in primary forms, see 20131
• Manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms, see 20132
• Manufacture of prepared dyes and pigments, see 20221
• Manufacture of crude glycerol, see 20231
• Manufacture of natural essential oils, see 20299
• Manufacture of aromatic distilled waters, see 20299
• Manufacture of liquid biofuels, e.g. bioethanol fuel, see 20293
• Manufacture of ethanol from biomass, see 20293
• Manufacture of salicylic and O-acetylsalicylic acids, see 21001
• Production of methane for the provision as a gaseous fuel through a permanent supply network, see 3520

2011 in other systems