This group includes the growing of non-perennial crops, i.e. plants that do not last for more than two growing seasons. Included is the growing of these plants for the purpose of seed production.

This group includes the growing of perennial crops, i.e. plants that last for more than two growing seasons, either each season or growing continuously. Included is the growing of these plants for the purpose of seed production.

This group includes raising (farming) and breeding of all animals, except aquatic animals.

It includes raising (farming) of domestic animals, such as carabao, cattle, sheep, goats, deer, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, etc.; raising (farming) of poultry such as chicken, ducks, quails, etc., provision of feed lot services; production of raw milk, bovine semen; production of butter, cheese, other dairy products in the farm; sheep shearing by the sheep owner; and stud farming.

This group includes activities incidental to agricultural production and activities similar to agriculture not undertaken for production purposes, done on a fee or contract basis. Also included are post-harvest crop activities, aimed at preparing agricultural products for the primary market.

This class includes :

Growing of standing timber : planting, replanting, transplanting, thinning and conserving of forests and timber tracts

Growing of coppice, pulpwood and fire wood

Operation of forest tree nurseries

These activities can be carried out in natural or planted forests.

This class excludes :

Growing of Christmas tree, see 0129;

Gathering of wild growing non-wood forest products, see 0230;

Production of wood chips and particles, see 1610.

This group includes capture fishery, i.e. the hunting, collecting and gathering activities directed at removing or collecting live wild aquatic organisms (predominantly fish, mollusks 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 mollusks 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.

This group includes aquaculture (or aquafarming), i.e. the production process involving the culturing or farming (including harvesting) of aquatic organisms (fish, mollusks, crustaceans, plants, crocodile, alligators and amphibians) using techniques designed to increase the production of the organisms in question beyond the natural capacity of the environment (for example regular stocking, feeding and protection from predators).

Culturing/farming refers to the rearing up to their juvenile and/or adult phase under captive conditions of the above organisms. In addition, aquaculture also encompasses individual, corporate or state ownership of the individual organisms throughout the rearing or culture stage, up to and including harvesting.

This group includes mining and preparation of non-ferrous metal ores.

This class includes:

Manufacture of oils and fats from vegetable or animal materials, except rendering and refining of lard and other edible animal fats

Processing of vegetable oils: boiling, dehydration, hydrogenation, compression such as virgin coconut oil etc.

Manufacture of crude vegetable oils: olive oil, soya-bean oil, palm oil, sunflower-seed oil, cotton-seed oil, rape, colza or mustard oil, linseed oil, etc.

Manufacture of non-defatted flour or meal of oilseeds, oil nuts or oil kernels

Manufacture of refined vegetable oils: olive oil, soya-bean oil, etc.

Manufacture of margarine

Manufacture of melanges and similar spreads

Production of partly hydrogenated oils, margarine or other table oils or cooking fats

Manufacture of compound cooking fats

Manufacture of non-edible animal oils and fats

Extraction of oil from fish or fish livers and marine mammal oils

Production of cotton linters, oilcakes and other residual products of oil production

This class excludes :

Rendering and refining of lard and other edible animal fats, see 1012;

Wet corn milling, see 1063;

Production of essential oils, see 2029;

Treatment of oil and fats by chemical processes, see 2029.

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 yoghurt

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 milk-based drinks

Manufacture of whey

Manufacture of casein or lactose such as manufacture of ice cream and other edible ice such as sorbet

This class excludes :

Production of raw milk (cattle, 0141); (sheep, goats, horses, assess, etc. 0142; 0143);

Manufacture of non-dairy milk and cheese substitutes, see 1079;

Activities of ice cream parlors, see 5610.

This group includes the milling of flour or meal from grains or vegetables, the milling, cleaning and polishing of rice, as well as the manufacture of flour mixes or doughs from these products. Also included in this group is the wet milling of corn and vegetables and the manufacture of starch and starch products.

The group includes the manufacture and blending of alcoholic beverage such as whisky, brandy, gin, distilled spirits and neutral spirits; wines, fermented but not distilled alcoholic beverage; malt liquors such as beer, ale etc. including manufacture of low alcohol or non-alcohol. This also includes manufacture of soft drinks, mineral waters and other bottled waters.

This group includes :

Manufacture of tobacco products and products of tobacco substitutes :

cigarettes

cigars

pipe tobacco

cigarette tobacco; chewing tobacco; snuff

Manufacture of "homogenized" or "reconstituted" tobacco

Stemming and redrying of tobacco

This group excludes growing or preliminary processing of tobacco, see 0115, 0157.

This group includes preparatory operations, spinning, weaving and finishing of textiles and the weaving of textiles. This can be done from varying raw materials, such as silk, wool, other animal, vegetable or manmade fibers, paper or glass etc. Also included is the finishing of textiles and wearing apparel such as bleaching, dyeing, and similar activities.

This group includes the manufacture of products produced from textiles, except wearing apparel, such as knitted and crocheted fabrics, made-up textile articles, carpets and rugs; cordage, rope, twine and netting, coated fabrics, narrow woven fabrics, trimmings, curtains, blinds, tents, camping goods, sails and loose covers of cars, flags, life jackets and parachutes.

This class includes :

Manufacture of wearing apparel made of leather or composition leather including leather industrial work accessories as welderNULLs leather aprons

Manufacture of work wear

Manufacture of other outerwear made of woven, knitted or crocheted fabric, lace etc. for men, women and children; coat, suits, ensembles, jackets, trousers, skirts, etc.

Manufacture of underwear and nightwear made of woven, knitted or crocheted fabric, lace etc. for men, women and children: shirts, T-shirts, underpants, briefs, pajamas, nightdresses, dressing gowns, blouses, slips, brassieres, corsets, etc.

Manufacture of babiesNULL garments, tracksuits, ski suits, swimwear, etc.

Manufacture of hats and caps

Manufacture of other clothing accessories: gloves, belts, shawls, ties, cravats, hairnets, etc.

Custom tailoring

Manufacture of headgear of fur skins

Manufacture of footwear of textile material without applied soles

Manufacture of parts of the products listed

This class excludes :

Manufacture of wearing apparel of fur skins (except headgear), see 1440;

Manufacture of footwear, see 152;

Manufacture of wearing apparel of rubber or plastic not assembled by stitching but merely sealed together, see 2219, 2220;

Manufacture of leather sports gloves and sports headgear, see 3230;

Manufacture of safety headgear (except sports headgear), see 3299;

Manufacture of fire-resistant and protective safety clothing, see 329;

Repair of wearing apparel, see 9529.

This group includes the manufacture of leather and fur and products thereof.

This class includes :

Manufacture of footwear for all purposes, of any material, by any process, including molding (see below for exceptions)

Manufacture of leather parts of footwear: manufacture of uppers and parts of uppers, outer and inner soles, heels, etc.

Manufacture of gaiters, leggings and similar articles

This class excludes :

Manufacture of footwear of textile material without applied soles, see 141;

Manufacture of plastic footwear parts, see 2220;

Manufacture of rubber boot and shoe heels and soles and other rubber footwear parts, see 2219.

Manufacture of wooden shoe parts (e.g. heels and lasts), see 1629.

This group includes printing of products, such as newspapers, books, periodicals, business forms, greeting cards, and other materials, and associated support activities, such as bookbinding, plate-making services, and data imaging. Printing can be done using various techniques and on different materials.

This group includes the manufacture of chemical products other than basic chemicals and man-made fibers. It also includes the manufacture of a variety of goods such as pesticides, paints, varnish and similar coatings, printing inks, and mastics; soap and detergents, cleaning preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations; and other chemical products such as explosives and pyrotechnic products, glue, chemical preparations for photographic uses (including film and sensitized paper), gelatins, composite diagnostic preparations, etc.

This group includes the manufacture of intermediate and final products from mined or quarried non-metallic minerals, such as sand, gravel, stone or clay.

This class includes operations of conversion by reduction of iron ore in blast furnaces and oxygen converters or of ferrous waste and scrap in electric are furnaces or by direct reduction of iron ore without fusion to obtain crude steel which is smelted and refined in a ladle furnace and then poured and solidified in a continuous caster in order to produce semi-finished flat or long products, which are used, after reheating, in rolling, drawing and extruding operations to manufacture finished products such as plate, sheet, strip, bars, rods, wire, tubes, pipes and hollow profiles.

This class includes :

Operation of blast furnaces, steel converters, rolling and finishing mills

Production of pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms

Production of ferro-alloys

Production of ferrous products by direct reduction of iron and other spongy ferrous products

Production of iron of exceptional purity by electrolysis or other chemical processes

Production of granular iron and iron powder

Production of steel in ingots or other primary forms

Remelting of scrap ingots of iron or steel

Production of semi-finished products of steel

Manufacture of hot-rolled and cold-rolled flat rolled products of steel

Manufacture of hot-rolled bars and rods of steel

Manufacture of hot-rolled open sections of steel

Manufacture of steel bars and solid sections of steel by cold drawing, grinding or turning

Manufacture of open sections by progressive cold forming on a roll mill or folding on a press of flat-rolled products of steel

Manufacture of wire of steel by cold drawing or stretching

Manufacture of sheet piling of steel, and welded open sections of steel

Manufacture of railway track materials (unassembled rails) of steel

Manufacture of seamless tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of steel, by hot rolling, hot extrusion or hot drawing, or by cold drawing or cold rolling

Manufacture of welded tubes and pipes of steel, by cold or hot forming and welding, delivered as welded or further processed by cold drawing or cold rolling or manufactured by hot forming, welding and reducing

Manufacture of tube fittings of steel, such as flat flanges and flanges with forged collars, butt-welded fittings, threaded fittings and socket-welded fittings

This class excludes :

Manufacture of tubes, pipes and hollow profiles and of tube or pipe fittings of cast-iron, see 2431;

Manufacture of seamless tubes and pipes of steel by centrifugal casting, see 2431;

Manufacture of tube or pipe fittings of cast-steel, see 2431.

This class includes :

Production of basic precious metals : production and refining of unwrought or wrought precious metals - gold, silver, platinum, etc. from ore and scrap

Production of precious metal alloys

Production of precious metal semi-products

Production of silver rolled onto base metals

Production of gold rolled onto base metals or silver

Production of platinum and platinum group metals rolled onto gold, silver or base metals

Production of aluminum from alumina

Production of aluminum from electrolytic refining of aluminum waste and scrap

Production of aluminum alloys

Semi-manufacturing of aluminum

Production of lead, zinc and tin from ores

Production of lead, zinc and tin from electrolytic refining of lead, zinc and tin waste and scrap

Production of lead, zinc and tin alloys

Semi-manufacturing of lead, zinc and tin

Production of copper from ores

Production of copper from electrolytic refining of copper waste and scrap

Production of copper alloys

Manufacture of fuse wire or strip

Semi-manufacturing of copper

Production of chrome, manganese, nickel etc. from ores or oxides

Production of chrome, manganese, nickel, etc. from electrolytic and aluminothermic refining of chrome, manganese, nickel etc. from waste and scrap

Production of alloys of chrome, manganese, nickel, etc.

Semi-manufacturing of chrome, manganese, nickel, etc.

Production of mattes of nickel

Production of uranium metal from pitchblende or other ores

Smelting and refining of uranium

This class also includes :

Manufacture of wire of these metals by drawing

Production of aluminum oxide (alumina)

Production of aluminum wrapping foil

Manufacture of aluminum (tin) foil laminates made from aluminum (tin) foil as primary component

Manufacture of precious metal foil laminates

This class excludes :

Casting of non-ferrous metals, see 2432;

Manufacture of precious metal jewelry, see 3211.

This group includes the manufacture of semi-finished products and various castings by a casting process.

This group includes the manufacture of structural metal products (such as metal frameworks or parts for construction), as well as metal container-type objects (such as reservoirs, tanks, central heating boilers) and steam generators.

This group includes general activities for the treatment of metal, such as forging or pressing, plaiting, coating engraving, boring polishing, welding, etc., which are typically carried out on a fee or contract basis. This group also includes the manufacture of a variety of metal products, such as cutlery; metal hand tools and general hardware; cans and buckets; nails, bolts and nuts; metal household articles; metal fixtures; ships propellers and anchors; assembled railway track fixtures, etc. for a variety of household and industrial uses.

This class includes :

Manufacture of electron tubes

Manufacture of capacitors, electronic

Manufacture of resistors, electronic

Manufacture of microprocessors

Manufacture of bare printed circuit boards

Manufacture of electronic connectors

Manufacture of integrated circuits (analog, digital or hybrid)

Manufacture of diodes, transistors, and related discrete devices

Manufacture of inductors (e.g. chokes, coils, transformers), electronic component type

Manufacture of electronic crystals and crystal assemblies

Manufacture of solenoids, switches, and transducers for electronic applications

Manufacture of dice or wafers, semiconductor, finished or semi-finished

Manufacture of interface cards (e.g. sound video, controllers, network, modems)

Loading of components onto printed circuit boards

Manufacture of display components (plasma, polymer, LCD)

Manufacture of light emitting diodes (LED)

Manufacture of printer cables, monitor cables, USB cables, connectors, etc.

This class excludes :

Printing of smart cards, see 1811;

Manufacture of modems (carrier equipment), see 2630;

Manufacture of computer and television displays, see 2620, 2640;

Manufacture of X-ray tubes and similar irradiation devices, see 2660;

Manufacture of optical equipment and instruments, see 2670;

Manufacture of similar devices for electrical applications, see division 27;

Manufacture of lighting ballasts, see 2712;

Manufacture of electrical relays, see 2712;

Manufacture of electrical wiring devices, see 2733;

Manufacture of complete equipment is classified elsewhere based on complete equipment classification.

This group includes the manufacture of measuring, testing, navigating and control equipment for various industrial and non-industrial purposes, including time-based measuring devices such as watches and clocks and related devices.

This class includes the manufacture of power, distribution and specialty transformers; electric motors, generators and motor generator sets; switchgear and switchboard apparatus, relays and industrial controls. The electrical equipment manufactured in this class is for distribution level voltages.

This class includes :

Manufacture of distribution transformers, electric

Manufacture of arc-welding transformers

Manufacture of fluorescent ballasts (i.e. transformers)

Manufacture of substation transformers for electric power distribution

Manufacture of transmission and distribution voltage regulators

Manufacture of electric motors (except internal combustion engine starting motors)

Manufacture of power generators (except battery charging alternators for internal combustion engines)

Manufacture of motor generator sets (except turbine generator set units)

Manufacture of power circuit breakers

Manufacture of control panels for electric power distribution

Manufacture of electrical relays

Manufacture of duct for electrical switchboard apparatus

Manufacture of electric fuses

Manufacture of power switching equipment

Manufacture of electric power switches (except pushbutton, snap, solenoid, tumbler)

Manufacture of prime mover generator sets

Rewinding of armatures on a factory basis

Manufacture of surge suppressors (for distribution level voltage)

This class excludes :

Manufacture of electronic component-type transformers and switches, see 2612;

Manufacture of environmental controls and industrial process control instruments, see 2651;

Manufacture of switches for electrical circuits, such as pushbutton and snap switches, see 2733;

Manufacture of electric welding and soldering equipment, see 2790;

Manufacture of solid state inverters, rectifiers and converters, see 2790;

Manufacture of turbine-generator sets, see 2811;

Manufacture of starting motors and generators for internal combustion engines, see 2930.

This group includes the manufacture of current-carrying wiring devices and non current-carrying wiring devices for wiring electrical circuits regardless of material. This group also includes the insulating of wire and the manufacture of fiber optic cables.

This group includes the manufacture of general-purpose machinery, i.e. machinery that is being used in a wide range of PSIC industries. This can include the manufacture of components used in the manufacture of a variety of other machinery or the manufacture of machinery that support the operation of other businesses.

This group includes the manufacture of special-purpose machinery, i.e. machinery for exclusive use in an PSIC industry or a small cluster of PSIC industries. While most of these are used in other manufacturing processes, such as food manufacturing or textile manufacturing, this group also includes the manufacture of machinery specific for other (non-manufacturing industries), such as aircraft launching gear or amusement park equipment.

This group includes the building of ships, boats and other floating structures for transportation and other commercial purposes, as well as for special recreational purposes.

This group includes the manufacture of transport equipment other than motor vehicles and rail water, air or space transport equipment and military vehicles.

This class includes manufacture of furniture of any kind, any material (except stone, concrete or ceramic) for any place and various purposes.

This class includes :

Manufacture of chairs and seats for offices, workrooms, hotels, restaurants, public and domestic premises

Manufacture of chairs and seats for theaters, cinemas and the like

Manufacture of sofas, sofa beds and sofa sets

Manufacture of garden chairs and seats

Manufacture of special furniture for shops, counters, display cases, shelves, etc.

Manufacture of furniture for churches, schools, restaurants

Manufacture of office furniture

Manufacture of kitchen furniture

Manufacture of furniture for bedrooms, living rooms, gardens, etc.

Manufacture of cabinets for sewing machines, televisions, etc.

Manufacture of laboratory benches, stools and other laboratory seating, laboratory furniture (e.g. cabinets and tables)

This class also includes :

Finishing such as upholstery of chairs and seats

Finishing of furniture such as spraying, painting, polishing and upholstering

Manufacture of mattress supports

Manufacture of mattresses : mattresses fitted with springs or stuffed or internally fitted with a supporting material; uncovered cellular rubber or plastic mattresses

Decorative restaurant carts, such as a dessert cart, food wagons

This class excludes :

Manufacture of pillows, pouffes, cushions, quilts and eiderdowns, see 1392;

Manufacture of inflatable rubber mattresses, see 2219;

Manufacture of furniture of ceramics, concrete and stone, see 2393, 2395, 2396;

Manufacture of lighting fittings or lamps, see 2740;

Blackboard, see 2817;

Manufacture of car seats, railway seats, aircraft seats, see 2930, 3020, 3030;

Modular furniture attachment and installation, partition installation, laboratory equipment furniture installation, see 4330.

This group includes the manufacture of jewelry and imitation jewelry articles.

This class includes :

Manufacture of protective safety equipment :

manufacture of fire-resistant and protective safety clothing

manufacture of linemenNULLs safety belts and other belts for occupational use

manufacture of cork life preservers

manufacture of plastic hard hats and other personal safety equipment of plastic (e.g. athletic helmets)

manufacture of fire-fighting protection suits

manufacture of metal safety headgear and other metal 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, squeezers 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 typewriters 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, combs, hair slides, 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, tailorsNULL dummies, burial caskets, etc.

Taxidermy activities

This class excludes :

Manufacture of lighter wicks, see 1399;

Manufacture of workwear and service apparel (e.g. laboratory costs, work overalls, uniforms), see 1419;

Manufacture of paper novelties, see 1709.

Manufacture of plastic novelties, see 2220.

This group includes the specialized repair of goods produced in the manufacturing sector with the aim to restore these metal products, machinery, equipment and other products to working order. The provision of general or routine maintenance (i.e. servicing) on such products to ensure they work efficiently and to prevent breakdown and unnecessary repair is included.

This group excludes :

Rebuilding or remanufacturing of machinery and equipment, see corresponding class in division 25-31;

Cleaning of industrial machinery, see 8129;

Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment, see 951;

Repair and maintenance of household goods, see 952.

This group includes the collection of waste from households and businesses by means of refuse bins, wheeled bins, containers, etc. It includes collection of non-hazardous waste and hazardous waste, e.g. waste from households, used batteries, used cooking oils and fats, waste oil from ships and used oil from garages, as well as construction and demolition waste.

This group includes the disposal and treatment prior to disposal of various forms of waste by different means, such as waste treatment of organic waste with the aim of disposal; treatment and disposal of toxic live or dead animals and other contaminated waste; treatment and disposal of transition radioactive waste from hospitals, etc.; dumping of refuse on land or in water; burial or ploughing under of refuse; disposal of used goods such as refrigerators to eliminate harmful waste by incineration or combustion.

Included also is the generation of electricity resulting from waste incineration processes.

This group includes activities of preparing a site for subsequent construction activities, including the removal of previously existing structures.

This group includes installation activities that support the functioning of a building as such, including installation of electrical systems, plumbing (water, gas and sewage systems), heat and air-conditioning systems, elevators, etc.

This group includes the wholesale of households goods, including textiles.

This group includes the wholesale of computers, telecommunications equipment, specialized machinery for all kinds of industries and general-purpose machinery.

This group includes other specialized wholesale activities not classified in other groups of this division. This group includes the wholesale of intermediate products, except agricultural, typically not for household use.

This group includes the retail sale of a variety of product lines in the same unit (non-specialized stores), such as supermarkets or department stores.

This group includes retail sale in stores specialized in selling food, beverage or tobacco products.

This group includes retail sale of information and communications equipment, such as computers and peripheral equipment, telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics, by specialized stores.

This group includes the retail sale of household equipment, such as textiles, hardware, floor coverings, electrical appliances or furniture, in specialized stores. This includes the retail sale of articles for lighting, household utensils and glassware, musical instruments, security systems, and other household articles and equipment, n.e.c.

This group includes the retail sale in specialized stores of cultural and recreation goods, such as books, newspapers, music and video recordings, sporting equipment, games and toys.

This group includes the sale in specialized stores carrying a particular line of products not included in other parts of the classification, such as clothing, footwear and leather articles, pharmaceutical and medical goods, watches, souvenirs, cleaning materials, weapons, flowers and pets and others. Also included is the retail sale of used goods in specialized stores.

This group includes the retail sale of any kind of new or second hand product in a usually movable stall either along a public road or at a fixed marketplace.

This group includes retail sale activities by mail order houses, over the internet, through door-to-door sales, vending machines, etc.

This group comprises rail transportation of passengers and/or freight using railroad rolling stock on mainline networks, usually spread over an extensive geographic area. Freight rail transport over short-line railroads is included here.

This group excludes :

Urban and suburban passenger land transport, see 4931;

Related articles such as switching and shunting, see 5221;

Operation of railroad infrastructure, see 5221.

This group includes all land-based transport activities other than rail and bus transport.

This group includes the transport of passengers or freight on vessels designed for operating on sea or coastal waters. Also included is the transport of passengers or freight on great lakes, etc. when similar types of vessel are used.

This group includes the transport of passengers or freight on inland waters, involving vessels that are not suitable for sea transport.

This group includes activities supporting the transport of passengers or freight, such as operation of parts of the transport infrastructure or activities related to handling freight immediately before or after transport or between transport segments. The operation and maintenance of all transport facilities is also included.

This group includes catering activities for individual events or for a specified period of time and the operation of food concessions, such as sports or similar facilities.

This group includes activities of publishing books, newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, directories and mailing lists, and other works such as photos, engravings, postcards, timetables, forms, posters and reproductions of works of art. These works are characterized by the intellectual creativity required in their development and are usually protected by copyright.

This group includes the activities of providing infrastructure for hosting, data processing services and related activities, as well as the provision of search facilities and other portals for the internet.

This group includes the activities of news agencies, libraries and archives and all other remaining information service activities., such as telephone based information services, information search services on a contract or fee basis, news clipping services, press clipping services, etc.

This group includes the obtaining of funds in the form of transferable deposits, i.e. funds that are fixed in money terms, and obtained on a day-to-day basis and, apart from central banking, obtained from financial sources.

This group includes financial service activities, other than that conducted by monetary institutions.

This group excludes insurance and pension funding activities, see Division 65.

This group includes life insurance and life insurance with or without a substantial savings element and other non-life insurance.

This group includes the furnishing of physical or electronic marketplaces for the purpose of facilitating the buying and selling of stocks, stock options, bonds or commodity contracts.

This group includes activities of those acting as agents (i.e. broker) in selling annuities and insurance policies or providing other employee benefits and insurance and pension related services such as claims adjustment and third party administration.

This group includes :

Buying, selling, renting and operating of self-owned or leased real estate such as :

apartment buildings and dwellings

non-residential buildings, including exhibition halls, self-storage facilities, malls and shopping centers

land

Provision of homes and furnished or unfurnished flats or apartments for more permanent use, typically on a monthly or annual basis

This group also includes :

Development of building projects for own operation, i.e. for renting of space in these buildings

Subdividing real estate into lots, without land improvement

Operation of residential mobile home sites

Development and sale of land and cemetery lots and operation of apartelles.

This group excludes :

Development of building projects for sale, see 4100;

Subdividing and improving of land, see 4290;

Operation of hotels, suite hotels and similar accommodations, see 5510;

Operation of campgrounds, trailer parks and similar accommodation, see 5510;

Operation of workers hostels, rooming houses and similar accommodations, see 5590.

This group includes the renting of personal and household goods as well as renting of recreational and sports equipment and video tapes. Activities generally include short-term renting of goods although in some instances, the goods may be leased for longer periods of time.

This group includes the activities of agencies, primarily engaged in selling travel, tour, transportation and accommodation services to the general public and commercial clients and the activity of arranging and assembling tours that are sold through travel agencies or directly by agents such as tour operators.

This group includes the activities of general interior cleaning of all types of buildings, exterior cleaning of buildings, specialized cleaning activities for buildings or other specialized cleaning activities, cleaning of industrial machinery, cleaning of the inside of road and sea tankers, disinfecting and extermination activities for buildings and industrial machinery, bottle cleaning, street sweeping.

This group excludes :

Agricultural pest control, see 0153;

Cleaning of new buildings immediately after construction, see 4330.

Steam-cleaning, sand blasting and similar activities for building exteriors, see 4390.

Carpet and rug shampooing, drapery and curtain cleaning, see 9621.

This group includes the provision of a range of day-to-day office administrative services, such as financial planning, billing and record keeping, personnel and physical distribution and logistics for others on a contract or fee basis.

This group includes also support activities for others on a contract or fee basis, that are ongoing routine business support functions that businesses and organizations traditionally do for themselves.

Units classified in this group do not provide operating staff to carry out the complete operations of a business. Units engaged in one particular aspect of these activities are classified according to that particular activity.

This group includes the activities of collection agencies, credit bureaus and all support activities typically provided to businesses not elsewhere classified.

This group includes general administration (e.g. executive, legislative, financial administration etc. at all levels of government) and supervision in the field of social and economic life.

This group includes foreign affairs, defense and public order and safety activities.

This group include activities to prepare young children to the first level of education, second stage. Such programs are directed mainly towards children becoming accustomed to group activities such as singing, dancing, participation in rhythm groups and group games to promote healthy and socially desirable habits. Also stressed is the development of skills in handling coloring, molding, lettering and similar materials as well as simple tools. Introduction to basic educational programs includes readiness in the learning areas. The entry to this level of education may begin at age three or four. The pre-primary/pre-school level may last from one to four years.

Also included in this group are programs covering the initial stages of organized instruction for special children including the gifted and those who, due to mental, psycho-social or physical handicaps, are unable to participate in the same groups along with other children. Programs for the differently-abled children while having the same objectives as the core program, may be given in hospitals or in special schools or training centers or special classes in regular schools. Age of entry at this level cannot be specified for special children and the differently-abled.

Elementary education refers to the stage of compulsory formal education primarily concerned with providing basic education, and usually corresponding to six or seven grades.

The core at this level consists of education for children, the customary or normal age of entrance to which is seven years. Programs in this level are designed to give the pupils a sound basic education in reading, writing, and arithmetic along with an elementary understanding of other subject areas such as social studies, science, arts and music, practical arts, and values education.

This group also includes special education for children with special needs, e.g., the gifted and the mentally, psycho-socially and differently-abled.

This group includes formal education following the elementary education level usually corresponding to four years of high school, concerned primarily with continuing basic education and expanding it to prepare the students for higher education and/or the world of work through the acquisition of employable/gainful skills. The students at this level normally begin at age 13.

Also included is the special education for exceptional students including the gifted, the mentally, psycho-socially and differently-abled which is similar to that at the first level but more advanced in terms of subject matter.

This group includes general continuing education and continuing vocational education and training for any profession. Instruction my be oral or written and may be provided in classrooms or by radio, television, Internet, correspondence or other means of communication. This group also includes the provision of instruction in athletic activities to groups or individuals, foreign language instructions, instruction in the arts, drama or music or other instruction or specialized training, not comparable to the education in groups 851-853.

This group excludes provision of primary education, secondary education or higher education, see group 852, 853 and 854.

This class includes :

Short-or long-term hospital activities, i.e. medical, diagnostic and treatment activities, of general hospitals (e.g. community and regional hospitals, hospital of non-profit organizations, university hospitals, military-base and prison hospitals) and specialized hospitals (e.g. mental health and substance abuse hospitals, hospitals for infectious diseases, maternity hospitals, specialized sanitaria).

The activities which are chiefly directed to inpatients are carried out under the direct supervision of medical doctors and include :

services of medical and paramedical staff

services of laboratory and technical facilities, including radiologic and anaesthesiologic services

emergency room services

provision of operating room services, pharmacy services, food and other hospital services

services of family planning centers providing medical treatment such as sterilization and termination of pregnancy, with accommodation.

This class excludes :

Laboratory testing and inspection of all types of materials and products, except medical, see 7120;

Veterinary activities, see 7500;

Health activities for military personnel in the field, see 8422;

Dental practice activities of a general or specialized nature, e.g. dentistry, endodontic and pediatric dentistry; oral pathology, orthodontic activities, see 862;

Private consultantNULLs services to inpatients, see 862;

Medical laboratory testing, see 8690;

Ambulance transport activities, see 8690.

This group includes :

Medical consultation and treatment in the field of general and specialized medicine by general practitioners and medical specialists and surgeons

Dental practice activities of a general or specialized nature, e.g. dentistry, endodontic and pediatric dentistry; oral pathology

Orthodontic activities

Family planning centers providing medical treatment such as sterilization and termination of pregnancy, without accommodation.

These activities can be carried out in private practice, group practices and in hospital outpatient clinics, and in clinics such as those attached to firms, schools, homes for the aged, labor organizations and fraternal organizations, as well as in patientNULLs home.

This class also includes :

Dental activities in operating rooms

Private consultants services to inpatients

This class excludes :

Production of artificial teeth, denture and prosthetic appliances by dental laboratories, see 3250;

Inpatient hospital activities, see 861;

Paramedical activities such as those of midwives, nurses and physiotherapists, see 8690.

This group includes the operation of sports facilities; activities of sports teams or clubs primarily participating in live sports events before a paying audience; independent athletes engaged in participating in live sporting or racing events before a paying audience; owners of racing participants such as cars, dogs, horses, etc. primarily engaged in entering them in racing events or other spectator sports events; sports trainers providing specialized services to support participants in sports events or competitions; operators of arenas and stadiums; other activities of organizing, promoting or managing sports events, n.e.c.

This group includes the activities of a wide range of units that operate facilities or provide services to meet the varied recreational interests of their patrons, including the operation of a variety of attractions, such as mechanical rides, water rides, games, shows, theme exhibits and picnic grounds.

This group excludes :

Sports activities, see group 931;

Dramatic arts, music and other arts and entertainment activities, see 9000.

This group includes the activities of units that promote the interests of the members of business and employers organization. In the case of professional membership organizations, it also includes the activities of promoting the professional interests of members of the profession.

This group includes the activities of units (except business and employers organizations, professional organizations, trade unions) that promote the interests of their members.

This group includes the repair and maintenance of computers and peripheral equipment and communications equipment.

This group includes the repair and servicing of personal and household goods.