Statistical Classification of Economic Activities NACE Rev. 2.0

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