The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles, that activity is 32120.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
32120 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles: a sub-class of class 3212, manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles, within division 32, other manufacturing. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 32Group 321Class 3212Sub-class 32120
Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles
Sub-class 32120 · Class 3212 · Group 321 · Division 32 · 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.
321205 digits: 32 + 1 + 2 + 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 32120. 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 32 covers other manufacturing. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of jewellery, bijouterie and related articles.
Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
32120 is a sub-class of class 3212, manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes manufacture of costume or imitation jewellery, manufacture of metal watch bands (except precious metal)
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of jewellery made from precious metals or clad with precious metals, see 3211
- - manufacture of jewellery containing genuine gem stones, see 3211
- - manufacture of precious metal watch bands, see 3211
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 32120 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles, that activity is 32120.
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
32120 is for manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 321. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 321, manufacture of jewellery, bijouterie and related articles. 32120 itself is in class 3212. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 3212, manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles.
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 3212, 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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