The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of gas mantles, that activity is 13994.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
13994 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of gas mantles: a sub-class of class 1399, manufacture of other textiles n.e.c., 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 139Class 1399Sub-class 13994
Manufacture of gas mantles
Sub-class 13994 · Class 1399 · Group 139 · 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.
139945 digits: 13 + 9 + 9 + 4NIC 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 13994. 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.
Manufacture of other textiles.
Manufacture of other textiles n.e.c. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of gas mantles. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
13994 is a sub-class of class 1399, manufacture of other textiles n.e.c. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes all activities related to textiles or textile products, not specified elsewhere in division 12 or 13,
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of needle-loom felt floor coverings, see 1392
- - manufacture of textile wadding and articles of wadding: sanitary towels, tampons etc., see 1709
- - manufacture of transmission or conveyor belts of textile fabric, yarn or cord impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, where rubber is the chief constituent, see 2219
- - manufacture of plates or sheets of cellular rubber or plastic combined with textiles for reinforcing purposes only, see 2219, 2220
- - manufacture of cloth of woven metal wire, see 2599
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 13994 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of gas mantles, that activity is 13994.
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
13994 is for manufacture of gas mantles. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1399. Each has its own page with the official wording.
13995Class 1399 · another sub-class of the same class13996Class 1399 · another sub-class of the same class13997Class 1399 · another sub-class of the same class13998Class 1399 · another sub-class of the same class13999Class 1399 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1399 has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 13994. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of gas mantles, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1399, manufacture of other textiles n.e.c.
Class 1399, manufacture of other textiles n.e.c., has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 13994, those with a page here are: 13995 (Manufacture of made-up canvas goods such tents, sails etc.); 13996 (Manufacture of wadding of textile materials and articles of wadding such as sanitary napkins and tampoons); 13997 (Manufacture of metallised yarn or gimped yarn, rubber thread or cord covered with textile material, textile yarn or strip impregnated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastic); 13998 (Manufacture of waterproof textile excluding tarpulin); 13999 (Manufacture of other textiles/textile products n.e.c.).
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 1399, 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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