The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For artificial dehydration of fruit and vegetables, that activity is 10302.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
10302 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for artificial dehydration of fruit and vegetables: a sub-class of class 1030, processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables, within division 10, manufacture of food products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 10Group 103Class 1030Sub-class 10302
Artificial dehydration of fruit and vegetables
Sub-class 10302 · Class 1030 · Group 103 · Division 10 · Section C, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
103025 digits: 10 + 3 + 0 + 2NIC 2025 · Notice dated 16 October 2026
On 18 November 2025 the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released NIC 2025, which uses 6-digit codes aligned with the UN's ISIC Revision 5. This page shows the NIC 2008 code 10302. The matching NIC 2025 code will be added here once it is mapped from MoSPI's official concordance.
How to read it
An NIC code is built in layers. Each digit narrows the one before it: the division, the group, the class, and finally the 5-digit sub-class. Divisions themselves are grouped under lettered sections.
The broadest numbered layer. Division 10 covers manufacture of food products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables.
Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Artificial dehydration of fruit and vegetables. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
10302 is a sub-class of class 1030, processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of flour or meal of dried leguminous vegetables, see 1061
- - preservation of fruit and nuts in sugar, see 1073
- - manufacture of prepared vegetable dishes, see 1075
- - manufacture of artificial concentrates, see 1079
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 10302 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For artificial dehydration of fruit and vegetables, that activity is 10302.
The company incorporation form asks for the main industrial activity of the proposed company by NIC code.
Not GST. GST registration does not use NIC codes; goods and services there are classified by HSN and SAC codes.
Choosing the right code
10302 is for artificial dehydration of fruit and vegetables. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1030. Each has its own page with the official wording.
10303Class 1030 · another sub-class of the same class10304Class 1030 · another sub-class of the same class10305Class 1030 · another sub-class of the same class10306Class 1030 · another sub-class of the same class10307Class 1030 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1030 has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 10302. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Artificial dehydration of fruit and vegetables, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1030, processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables.
Class 1030, processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables, has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 10302, those with a page here are: 10303 (Radiation preservation of fruit and vegetables); 10304 (Manufacture of fruit or vegetable juices and their concentrates, squashes and powder); 10305 (Manufacture of sauces, jams, jellies and marmalades); 10306 (Manufacture of pickles, chutney etc.); 10307 (Canning of fruits and vegetables).
In Udyam Registration, which asks for the business activity by NIC code, and in the SPICe+ company incorporation form, which asks for the main industrial activity by NIC code. GST registration does not use NIC codes.
About this page
The section, division, group, class and sub-class on this page, and the explanatory note for class 1030, are taken word for word from the official document “National Industrial Classification (All Economic Activities) 2008”, Central Statistical Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.
This is reference information on the classification of a business activity. It is not advice on which code your own business should declare, and the official NIC document prevails if the two ever differ. A change in the classification, including the MoSPI concordance to NIC 2025, re-opens this page for checking.
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