The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of biscuits, cakes, pastries, rusks etc., that activity is 10712.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
10712 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of biscuits, cakes, pastries, rusks etc.: a sub-class of class 1071, manufacture of bakery products, 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 1071Sub-class 10712
Manufacture of biscuits, cakes, pastries, rusks etc.
Sub-class 10712 · Class 1071 · 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.
107125 digits: 10 + 7 + 1 + 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 10712. 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 bakery products. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of biscuits, cakes, pastries, rusks etc. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
10712 is a sub-class of class 1071, manufacture of bakery products. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of farinaceous products (pastas), see 1074
- - manufacture of potato snacks, see 1030
- - heating up of bakery items for immediate consumption, see division 56
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 10712 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of biscuits, cakes, pastries, rusks etc., that activity is 10712.
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
10712 is for manufacture of biscuits, cakes, pastries, rusks etc. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1071. Each has its own page with the official wording.
10719Class 1071 · another sub-class of the same class10711Class 1071 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1071 has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 10712.
Questions
Manufacture of biscuits, cakes, pastries, rusks etc., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1071, manufacture of bakery products.
Class 1071, manufacture of bakery products, has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 10712, they are: 10719 (Manufacture of other bakery products n.e.c.); 10711 (Manufacture of bread).
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 1071, 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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