WZ 20—Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products

Where 20 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products

Contains 6 narrower codes

• 20.1 Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms
• 20.2 Manufacture of pesticides, disinfectants and other agrochemical products
• 20.3 Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics
• 20.4 Manufacture of washing, cleaning and polishing preparations
• 20.5 Manufacture of other chemical products
• 20.6 Manufacture of man-made fibres

What 20 includes

• This division includes the transformation of organic and inorganic raw materials by a chemical process and the formation of products. It distinguishes the production of basic chemical materials, which is the first group of industrial activities, and the production of Intermediate and end products produced by further processing of basic chemicals that in the other classes.
• Production of liquid biofuels

20 in other systems