Statistical Classification of Economic Activities NACE Rev. 2.0

This class includes:
- manufacture of liquefied or compressed inorganic industrial or medical gases:
elemental gases
liquid or compressed air
refrigerant gases
mixed industrial gases
inert gases such as carbon dioxide
isolating gases

This class excludes:
- extraction of methane, ethane, butane or propane, see 06.20
- manufacture of fuel gases such as ethane, butane or propane in a petroleum refinery, see 19.20
- manufacture of gaseous fuels from coal, waste etc., see 35.21

This class includes:
- manufacture of dyes and pigments from any source in basic form or as concentrate
This class also includes:
- manufacture of products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores
This class excludes:
- manufacture of prepared dyes and pigments, see 20.30

This class includes the manufacture of chemicals using basic processes. The output of these processes are usually separate chemical elements or separate chemically defined compounds.

This class includes:
- manufacture of chemical elements (except industrial gases and basic metals)
- manufacture of inorganic acids except nitric acid
- manufacture of alkalis, lyes and other inorganic bases except ammonia
- manufacture of other inorganic compounds
- roasting of iron pyrites
- manufacture of distilled water
This class also includes:
- enrichment of uranium and thorium ores
This class excludes:
- manufacture of industrial gases, see 20.11
- manufacture of nitrogenous fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, see 20.15
- manufacture of ammonia, see 20.15
- manufacture of ammonium chloride, see 20.15
- manufacture of nitrites and nitrates of potassium, see 20.15
- manufacture of ammonium carbonates, see 20.15
- manufacture of aromatic distilled water, see 20.53
- manufacture of basic metals, see division 24

This class includes the manufacture of chemicals using basic processes, such as thermal cracking and distillation. The output of these processes are usually separate chemical elements or separate chemically defined compounds.

This class includes:
- manufacture of basic organic chemicals:
acyclic hydrocarbons, saturated and unsaturated
cyclic hydrocarbons, saturated and unsaturated
acyclic and cyclic alcohols
mono- and polycarboxylic acids, including acetic acid
other oxygen-function compounds, including aldehydes, ketones, quinones and dual or poly oxygen-function compounds
synthetic glycerol
nitrogen-function organic compounds, including amines
fermentation of sugarcane, corn or similar to produce alcohol and esters
other organic compounds, including wood distillation products (e.g. charcoal) etc.
- manufacture of synthetic aromatic products
- distillation of coal tar

This class excludes:
- manufacture of plastics in primary forms, see 20.16
- manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms, see 20.17
- manufacture of crude glycerol, see 20.41
- manufacture of natural essential oils, see 20.53
- manufacture of salicylic and O-acetylsalicylic acids, see 21.10

This class includes:
- manufacture of fertilisers:
straight or complex nitrogenous, phosphatic or potassic fertilisers
urea, crude natural phosphates and crude natural potassium salts
- manufacture of associated nitrogen products:
nitric and sulphonitric acids, ammonia, ammonium chloride, ammonium carbonate, nitrites and nitrates of potassium
This class also includes:
- manufacture of potting soil with peat as main constituent
- manufacture of potting soil mixtures of natural soil, sand, clays and minerals
This class excludes:
- mining of guano, see 08.91
- manufacture of agrochemical products, such as pesticides, see 20.20

This class includes the manufacture of resins, plastics materials and non-vulcanisable thermoplastic elastomers, the mixing and blending of resins on a custom basis, as well as the manufacture of non-customised synthetic resins.

This class includes:
- 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
This class also includes:
- manufacture of cellulose and its chemical derivatives
This class excludes:
- manufacture of artificial and synthetic fibres, filaments and yarn, see 20.60
- shredding of plastic products, see 38.32

This class includes:
- 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)