The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of fibre optic cables for data transmission or live transmission of images, that activity is 27310.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
27310 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of fibre optic cables for data transmission or live transmission of images: a sub-class of class 2731, manufacture of fibre optic cables for data transmission or live transmission of images, within division 27, manufacture of electrical equipment. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 27Group 273Class 2731Sub-class 27310
Manufacture of fibre optic cables for data transmission or live transmission of images
Sub-class 27310 · Class 2731 · Group 273 · Division 27 · 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.
273105 digits: 27 + 3 + 1 + 0NIC 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 27310. 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 27 covers manufacture of electrical equipment. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of wiring and wiring devices.
Manufacture of fibre optic cables for data transmission or live transmission of images. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of fibre optic cables for data transmission or live transmission of images. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
27310 is a sub-class of class 2731, manufacture of fibre optic cables for data transmission or live transmission of images. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes manufacture of fiber optic cable for data transmission or live transmission of images
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of glass fibres or strand, see 2310
- - manufacture of optical cable sets or assemblies with connectors or other attachments, see depending on application e.g. 2610
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 27310 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of fibre optic cables for data transmission or live transmission of images, that activity is 27310.
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
27310 is for manufacture of fibre optic cables for data transmission or live transmission of images. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 273. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 273, manufacture of wiring and wiring devices. 27310 itself is in class 2731. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Manufacture of fibre optic cables for data transmission or live transmission of images, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2731, manufacture of fibre optic cables for data transmission or live transmission of images.
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 2731, 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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