The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of knitted and crocheted synthetic fabrics, that activity is 13913.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
13913 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of knitted and crocheted synthetic fabrics: a sub-class of class 1391, manufacture of knitted and crocheted fabrics, 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 1391Sub-class 13913
Manufacture of knitted and crocheted synthetic fabrics
Sub-class 13913 · Class 1391 · 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.
139135 digits: 13 + 9 + 1 + 3NIC 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 13913. 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 knitted and crocheted fabrics. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of knitted and crocheted synthetic fabrics. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
13913 is a sub-class of class 1391, manufacture of knitted and crocheted fabrics. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of net and window furnishing type fabrics of lace knitted on Raschel or similar machines, see 1399
- - manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel, see 1430
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 13913 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of knitted and crocheted synthetic fabrics, that activity is 13913.
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
13913 is for manufacture of knitted and crocheted synthetic fabrics. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1391. Each has its own page with the official wording.
13919Class 1391 · another sub-class of the same class13911Class 1391 · another sub-class of the same class13912Class 1391 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1391 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 13913.
Questions
Manufacture of knitted and crocheted synthetic fabrics, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1391, manufacture of knitted and crocheted fabrics.
Class 1391, manufacture of knitted and crocheted fabrics, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 13913, they are: 13919 (Manufacture of other knitted and crocheted fabrics); 13911 (Manufacture of knitted and crocheted cotton fabrics); 13912 (Manufacture of knitted and crocheted woolen fabrics).
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 1391, 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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