The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of wooden agricultural implements, that activity is 16293.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
16293 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of wooden agricultural implements: a sub-class of class 1629, manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials, 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 1629Sub-class 16293
Manufacture of wooden agricultural implements
Sub-class 16293 · Class 1629 · 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.
162935 digits: 16 + 2 + 9 + 3NIC 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 16293. 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 other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of wooden agricultural implements. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
16293 is a sub-class of class 1629, manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of mats or matting of textile materials, see 1322
- - manufacture of luggage, see 1512
- - manufacture of wooden footwear, see 1520
- - manufacture of matches, see 2029
- - manufacture of clock cases, see 2652
- - manufacture of wooden spools and bobbins that are part of textile machinery, see 2826
- - manufacture of furniture, see 3100
- - manufacture of wooden toys, see 3240
- - manufacture of brushes and brooms, see 3290
- - manufacture of caskets, see 3290
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 16293 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of wooden agricultural implements, that activity is 16293.
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
16293 is for manufacture of wooden agricultural implements. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1629. Each has its own page with the official wording.
16294Class 1629 · another sub-class of the same class16295Class 1629 · another sub-class of the same class16296Class 1629 · another sub-class of the same class16297Class 1629 · another sub-class of the same class16299Class 1629 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1629 has 8 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 16293. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of wooden agricultural implements, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1629, manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials.
Class 1629, manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials, has 8 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 16293, those with a page here are: 16294 (Manufacture of various articles made of bamboo, cane and grass); 16295 (Manufacture of broomsticks); 16296 (Manufacture of articles made of palm leaf, dhak leaf, screw-pine leaf and khajoor leaf; articles of vegetables fibre etc,.); 16297 (Manufacture of products of pith and shalapith); 16299 (Manufacture of other wood products n.e.c.).
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 1629, 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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