The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products, that activity is 10740.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
10740 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products: a sub-class of class 1074, manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products, within division 10, manufacture of food products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 10Group 107Class 1074Sub-class 10740
Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products
Sub-class 10740 · Class 1074 · Group 107 · Division 10 · 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.
107405 digits: 10 + 7 + 4 + 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 10740. 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 10 covers manufacture of food products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of other food products.
Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
10740 is a sub-class of class 1074, manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes manufacture of pastas such as macaroni and noodles, whether or not cooked or stuffed, manufacture of couscous, manufacture of canned or frozen pasta products
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of soup containing pasta, see 1079
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 10740 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products, that activity is 10740.
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
10740 is for manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 107. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 107, manufacture of other food products. 10740 itself is in class 1074. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1074, manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products.
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 1074, 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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