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

Where 2013 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 20 Manufacture of Chemical 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

Contains 4 narrower codes

• 201301 Manufacture of plastic in primary forms (includes amino-resins, polyurethanes etc.)
• 201302 Manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms
• 201303 Manufacture of mixture of synthetic rubber and natural or rubber-like gums
• 201399 Manufacture of other plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms n.e.c.

What 2013 includes

• This class 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.

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
• Manufacture of plastics powders, granules or flakes by compounding or reformulating plastics resins from recovered plastic waste, see 3830
• Manufacture of recycled plastic by flaking and/or pelletising pre-treated plastic waste following material recovery operations, see 3830
• Remelting of plastics to produce granulates or compounds, see 3830

2013 in other systems