The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For grinding and processing of spices, that activity is 10795.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
10795 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for grinding and processing of spices: a sub-class of class 1079, manufacture of other food products n.e.c., 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 107Class 1079Sub-class 10795
Grinding and processing of spices
Sub-class 10795 · Class 1079 · Group 107 · 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.
107955 digits: 10 + 7 + 9 + 5NIC 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 10795. 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.
Manufacture of other food products.
Manufacture of other food products n.e.c. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Grinding and processing of spices. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
10795 is a sub-class of class 1079, manufacture of other food products n.e.c. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - growing of spice crops, see 0128
- - manufacture of inulin, see 1062
- - manufacture of frozen pizza, see 1075
- - manufacture of spirits, beer, wine and soft drinks, see division 11
- - preparation of botanical products for pharmaceutical use, see 2100
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 10795 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For grinding and processing of spices, that activity is 10795.
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
10795 is for grinding and processing of spices. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1079. Each has its own page with the official wording.
10796Class 1079 · another sub-class of the same class10797Class 1079 · another sub-class of the same class10798Class 1079 · another sub-class of the same class10799Class 1079 · another sub-class of the same class10791Class 1079 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1079 has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 10795. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Grinding and processing of spices, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1079, manufacture of other food products n.e.c.
Class 1079, manufacture of other food products n.e.c., has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 10795, those with a page here are: 10796 (Manufacture of papads, appalam and similar food products); 10797 (Manufacture of vitaminised high protein flour, frying of dal and other cereals); 10798 (Processing of salt into food-grade salt, e.g. iodized salt); 10799 (Other semi-processed, processed or instant foods n.e.c. except farinaceous products and malted foods and manufacturing activities like manufacture of egg powder, sambar powder etc. (this excludes the activities covered under 10619)); 10791 (Processing and blending of tea including manufacture of instant tea).
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 1079, 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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