The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of synthetic or artificial filament tow, that activity is 20301.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
20301 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of synthetic or artificial filament tow: a sub-class of class 2030, manufacture of man-made fibres, within division 20, manufacture of chemicals and chemical products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 20Group 203Class 2030Sub-class 20301
Manufacture of synthetic or artificial filament tow
Sub-class 20301 · Class 2030 · Group 203 · Division 20 · 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.
203015 digits: 20 + 3 + 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 20301. 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 20 covers manufacture of chemicals and chemical products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of man-made fibres.
Manufacture of man-made fibres. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of synthetic or artificial filament tow. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
20301 is a sub-class of class 2030, manufacture of man-made fibres. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - spinning of synthetic or artificial fibres, see 1311
- - manufacture of yarns made of man-made staple, see 1311
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 20301 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of synthetic or artificial filament tow, that activity is 20301.
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
20301 is for manufacture of synthetic or artificial filament tow. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2030. Each has its own page with the official wording.
20302Class 2030 · another sub-class of the same class20303Class 2030 · another sub-class of the same class20304Class 2030 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2030 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 20301.
Questions
Manufacture of synthetic or artificial filament tow, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2030, manufacture of man-made fibres.
Class 2030, manufacture of man-made fibres, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 20301, they are: 20302 (Manufacture of synthetic or artificial filament staple fibre not textured); 20303 (Manufacture of synthetic or artificial filament yarn, tenacity yarn whether or not textured including high tenacity yarn); 20304 (Manufacture of synthetic or artificial mono-filament or strip).
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 2030, 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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