The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of other knitted and crocheted apparel including hosiery, that activity is 14309.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
14309 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of other knitted and crocheted apparel including hosiery: a sub-class of class 1430, manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel, within division 14, manufacture of wearing apparel. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 14Group 143Class 1430Sub-class 14309
Manufacture of other knitted and crocheted apparel including hosiery
Sub-class 14309 · Class 1430 · Group 143 · Division 14 · 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.
143095 digits: 14 + 3 + 0 + 9NIC 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 14309. 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 14 covers manufacture of wearing apparel. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel.
Manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of other knitted and crocheted apparel including hosiery. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
14309 is a sub-class of class 1430, manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of knitted and crocheted textiles, see 1321
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 14309 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of other knitted and crocheted apparel including hosiery, that activity is 14309.
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
14309 is for manufacture of other knitted and crocheted apparel including hosiery. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1430. Each has its own page with the official wording.
Class 1430 has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 14309.
Questions
Manufacture of other knitted and crocheted apparel including hosiery, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1430, manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel.
Class 1430, manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel, has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 14309, they are: 14301 (Manufacture of knitted or crocheted wearing apparel and other made-up articles directly into shape (pullovers, cardigans, jerseys, waistcoats and similar 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 1430, 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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