The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For other post harvest crop activities, n.e.c., that activity is 01639.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
01639 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for other post harvest crop activities, n.e.c.: a sub-class of class 0163, post-harvest crop activities, within division 01, crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 01Group 016Class 0163Sub-class 01639
Other post harvest crop activities, n.e.c.
Sub-class 01639 · Class 0163 · Group 016 · Division 01 · Section A, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
016395 digits: 01 + 6 + 3 + 9NIC 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 01639. 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 01 covers crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities. It sits in section A, agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities.
Post-harvest crop activities. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Other post harvest crop activities, n.e.c. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
01639 is a sub-class of class 0163, post-harvest crop activities. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - preparation of agricultural products by the producer, see corresponding class in groups 011 or 012
- - stemming and redrying of tobacco, see 1200
- - marketing activities of commission merchants and cooperative associations, see division 46
- - wholesale of agricultural raw materials, see 4620
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 01639 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For other post harvest crop activities, n.e.c., that activity is 01639.
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
01639 is for other post harvest crop activities, n.e.c. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 0163 and other classes in group 016. Each has its own page with the official wording.
01631Class 0163 · another sub-class of the same class01632Class 0163 · another sub-class of the same class01633Class 0163 · another sub-class of the same classClass 0163 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 01639.
These belong to other classes in group 016, support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities. 01639 itself is in class 0163. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Other post harvest crop activities, n.e.c., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 0163, post-harvest crop activities.
Class 0163, post-harvest crop activities, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 01639, they are: 01631 (Preparation of crops for primary markets, i.e. cleaning, trimming, grading, disinfecting); 01632 (Cotton ginning, cleaning and bailing); 01633 (Preparation of tobacco leaves).
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 0163, 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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