The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of particle board and fibreboard including densified wood, that activity is 16212.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
16212 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of particle board and fibreboard including densified wood: a sub-class of class 1621, manufacture of veneer sheets; manufacture of plywood, laminboard, particle board and other panels and board, within division 16, manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 16Group 162Class 1621Sub-class 16212
Manufacture of particle board and fibreboard including densified wood
Sub-class 16212 · Class 1621 · Group 162 · Division 16 · 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.
162125 digits: 16 + 2 + 1 + 2NIC 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 16212. 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 16 covers manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of products of wood, cork, straw and plaiting materials.
Manufacture of veneer sheets; manufacture of plywood, laminboard, particle board and other panels and board.
Manufacture of particle board and fibreboard including densified wood. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 16212 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of particle board and fibreboard including densified wood, that activity is 16212.
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
16212 is for manufacture of particle board and fibreboard including densified wood. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1621. Each has its own page with the official wording.
16213Class 1621 · another sub-class of the same class16219Class 1621 · another sub-class of the same class16211Class 1621 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1621 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 16212.
Questions
Manufacture of particle board and fibreboard including densified wood, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1621, manufacture of veneer sheets; manufacture of plywood, laminboard, particle board and other panels and board.
Class 1621, manufacture of veneer sheets; manufacture of plywood, laminboard, particle board and other panels and board, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 16212, they are: 16213 (Manufacture of flush doors and other boards or panels); 16219 (Manufacture of other plywood products n.e.c.); 16211 (Manufacture of ply wood and veneer sheets).
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 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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