ISIC 2013—Manufacture of plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms

Where 2013 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. 2013 Manufacture of plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms

What 2013 includes

• The manufacture of resins, plastics materials and non-vulcanizable thermoplastic elastomers, the mixing and blending of resins on a custom basis, as well as the manufacture of non-customized synthetic resins
• Manufacture of plastics in primary forms • polymers, including those of ethylene, propylene, styrene, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate and acrylics • polyamides • phenolic and epoxide resins and polyurethanes • alkyd and polyester resins and polyethers • silicones • ion-exchangers based on polymers
• Manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms • synthetic rubber • factice
• Manufacture of mixtures of synthetic rubber and natural rubber or rubber-like gums (e.g. balata)
• Manufacture of cellulose and its chemical derivatives
• Manufacture of plastics powders, granules or flakes by compounding or reformulating plastics resins from recovered plastic waste
• Manufacture of recycled plastic by flaking and/or pelletising pre-treated plastic waste following material recovery operations
• Remelting of plastics to produce granulates or compounds

What 2013 excludes

• Manufacture of artificial and synthetic fibres, filaments and yarn, see 2030
• Processing of shredding, cleaning, melting, grinding of plastic waste, see 3830
• Pelleting of plastic to produce secondary raw materials for tubes, flower pots, pallets and the like, see 3830
• Sorting, shredding, cleaning, grinding and pelletising of rubber waste, see 3830

2013 in other systems