The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of pan masala and related products., that activity is 12008.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
12008 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of pan masala and related products.: a sub-class of class 1200, manufacture of tobacco products, within division 12, manufacture of tobacco products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 12Group 120Class 1200Sub-class 12008
Manufacture of pan masala and related products.
Sub-class 12008 · Class 1200 · Group 120 · Division 12 · 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.
120085 digits: 12 + 0 + 0 + 8NIC 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 12008. 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 12 covers manufacture of tobacco products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of tobacco products.
Manufacture of tobacco products. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of pan masala and related products. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
12008 is a sub-class of class 1200, manufacture of tobacco products. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - growing or preliminary processing of tobacco, see 0115, 0163
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 12008 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of pan masala and related products., that activity is 12008.
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
12008 is for manufacture of pan masala and related products. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1200. Each has its own page with the official wording.
12009Class 1200 · another sub-class of the same class12002Class 1200 · another sub-class of the same class12003Class 1200 · another sub-class of the same class12005Class 1200 · another sub-class of the same class12006Class 1200 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1200 has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 12008. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of pan masala and related products., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1200, manufacture of tobacco products.
Class 1200, manufacture of tobacco products, has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 12008, those with a page here are: 12009 (Manufacture of other tobacco products including chewing tobacco n.e.c.); 12002 (Manufacture of bidi); 12003 (Manufacture of cigarettes, cigarette tobacco); 12005 (Manufacture of snuff); 12006 (Manufacture of zarda).
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 1200, 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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