The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 22201.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
22201 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 2220, manufacture of plastics products, within division 22, manufacture of rubber and plastics products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 22Group 222Class 2220Sub-class 22201
Manufacture of semi-finished of plastic products (plastic plates, sheets, blocks, film, foil, strip etc.)
Sub-class 22201 · Class 2220 · Group 222 · Division 22 · 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.
222015 digits: 22 + 2 + 0 + 1NIC 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 22201. 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 22 covers manufacture of rubber and plastics products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of plastics products.
Manufacture of plastics products. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of semi-finished of plastic products (plastic plates, sheets, blocks, film, foil, strip etc.). The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
22201 is a sub-class of class 2220, manufacture of plastics products. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of plastic luggage, see 1512
- - manufacture of plastic footwear, see 1520
- - manufacture of plastics in primary forms, see 2013
- - manufacture of articles of synthetic or natural rubber, see 221
- - manufacture of plastic furniture, see 3100
- - manufacture of mattresses of uncovered cellular plastic, see 3100
- - manufacture of plastic sports requisites, see 3230
- - manufacture of plastic games and toys, see 3240
- - manufacture of plastic medical and dental appliances, see 3250
- - manufacture of plastic ophthalmic goods, see 3250
- - manufacture of plastics hard hats and other personal safety equipment of plastics, see 3290
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 22201 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 22201.
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
22201 is for the activity named at the top of this page. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2220. Each has its own page with the official wording.
22202Class 2220 · another sub-class of the same class22203Class 2220 · another sub-class of the same class22204Class 2220 · another sub-class of the same class22205Class 2220 · another sub-class of the same class22206Class 2220 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2220 has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 22201. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of semi-finished of plastic products (plastic plates, sheets, blocks, film, foil, strip etc.), in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2220, manufacture of plastics products.
Class 2220, manufacture of plastics products, has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 22201, those with a page here are: 22202 (Manufacture of tableware, kitchenware and other household articles and toilet articles of plastic, including manufacture of vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels); 22203 (Manufacture of plastic articles for the packing of goods (plastic bags, sacks, containers, boxes, cases, carboys, bottles etc.)); 22204 (Manufacture of bathing tubs, wash-basins, lavatory pans and covers, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary-ware of plastics); 22205 (Manufacture of travel goods of plastics (suitcase, vanity bags, holdalls and similar articles)); 22206 (Manufacture of spectacle frames of plastic).
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 2220, 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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