The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 16296.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
16296 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 1629, manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials, within division 16, manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 16Group 162Class 1629Sub-class 16296
Manufacture of articles made of palm leaf, dhak leaf, screw-pine leaf and khajoor leaf; articles of vegetables fibre etc,.
Sub-class 16296 · Class 1629 · Group 162 · Division 16 · 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.
162965 digits: 16 + 2 + 9 + 6NIC 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 16296. 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 16 covers manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of products of wood, cork, straw and plaiting materials.
Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of articles made of palm leaf, dhak leaf, screw-pine leaf and khajoor leaf; articles of vegetables fibre etc,. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
16296 is a sub-class of class 1629, manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of mats or matting of textile materials, see 1322
- - manufacture of luggage, see 1512
- - manufacture of wooden footwear, see 1520
- - manufacture of matches, see 2029
- - manufacture of clock cases, see 2652
- - manufacture of wooden spools and bobbins that are part of textile machinery, see 2826
- - manufacture of furniture, see 3100
- - manufacture of wooden toys, see 3240
- - manufacture of brushes and brooms, see 3290
- - manufacture of caskets, see 3290
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 16296 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 16296.
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
16296 is for the activity named at the top of this page. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1629. Each has its own page with the official wording.
16297Class 1629 · another sub-class of the same class16299Class 1629 · another sub-class of the same class16291Class 1629 · another sub-class of the same class16292Class 1629 · another sub-class of the same class16293Class 1629 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1629 has 8 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 16296. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of articles made of palm leaf, dhak leaf, screw-pine leaf and khajoor leaf; articles of vegetables fibre etc,., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1629, manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials.
Class 1629, manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials, has 8 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 16296, those with a page here are: 16297 (Manufacture of products of pith and shalapith); 16299 (Manufacture of other wood products n.e.c.); 16291 (Manufacture of wooden industrial goods); 16292 (Manufacture of cork and cork products); 16293 (Manufacture of wooden agricultural implements).
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 1629, 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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