The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of travel goods of plastics (suitcase, vanity bags, holdalls and similar articles), that activity is 22205.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
22205 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of travel goods of plastics (suitcase, vanity bags, holdalls and similar articles): 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 22205
Manufacture of travel goods of plastics (suitcase, vanity bags, holdalls and similar articles)
Sub-class 22205 · 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.
222055 digits: 22 + 2 + 0 + 5NIC 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 22205. 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 travel goods of plastics (suitcase, vanity bags, holdalls and similar articles). The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
22205 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 22205 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of travel goods of plastics (suitcase, vanity bags, holdalls and similar articles), that activity is 22205.
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
22205 is for manufacture of travel goods of plastics (suitcase, vanity bags, holdalls and similar articles). 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.
22206Class 2220 · another sub-class of the same class22207Class 2220 · another sub-class of the same class22208Class 2220 · another sub-class of the same class22209Class 2220 · another sub-class of the same class22201Class 2220 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2220 has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 22205. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of travel goods of plastics (suitcase, vanity bags, holdalls and similar articles), 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 22205, those with a page here are: 22206 (Manufacture of spectacle frames of plastic); 22207 (Manufacture of moulded industrial accessories of plastics [including electrical insulating fittings of plastics]); 22208 (Manufacture of polymer/ synthetic / PVC water storage tanks); 22209 (Manufacture of other plastics products n.e.c.); 22201 (Manufacture of semi-finished of plastic products (plastic plates, sheets, blocks, film, foil, strip etc.)).
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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