The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For finishing of silk and blended silk textiles., that activity is 13132.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
13132 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for finishing of silk and blended silk textiles.: a sub-class of class 1313, finishing of textiles, within division 13, manufacture of textiles. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 13Group 131Class 1313Sub-class 13132
Finishing of silk and blended silk textiles.
Sub-class 13132 · Class 1313 · Group 131 · Division 13 · 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.
131325 digits: 13 + 1 + 3 + 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 13132. 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 13 covers manufacture of textiles. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Spinning, weaving and finishing of textiles.
Finishing of textiles. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Finishing of silk and blended silk textiles. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
13132 is a sub-class of class 1313, finishing of textiles. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes bleaching, dyeing, dressing, drying, steaming, shrinking, printing if not self produced textile fibres, mending of textile fibres, yarns, fabrics and textile articles including wearing apparel.
This class also includes waterproofing, coating, rubberizing purchsed garments
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of textile fabric impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, where rubber is the chief constituent, see 2219
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 13132 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For finishing of silk and blended silk textiles., that activity is 13132.
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
13132 is for finishing of silk and blended silk textiles. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1313. Each has its own page with the official wording.
13134Class 1313 · another sub-class of the same class13135Class 1313 · another sub-class of the same class13136Class 1313 · another sub-class of the same class13139Class 1313 · another sub-class of the same class13131Class 1313 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1313 has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 13132. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Finishing of silk and blended silk textiles., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1313, finishing of textiles.
Class 1313, finishing of textiles, has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 13132, those with a page here are: 13134 (Finishing of man-made and blended man-made textiles.); 13135 (Finishing of jute, mesta and other vegetable textiles fabrics); 13136 (Activity related to screen printing); 13139 (Other activities relating to finishing of textile n.e.c.); 13131 (Finishing of cotton and blended cotton textiles.).
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 1313, 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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