The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For preparation and spinning of cotton fiber including blended* cotton, that activity is 13111.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
13111 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for preparation and spinning of cotton fiber including blended* cotton: a sub-class of class 1311, preparation and spinning of textile fibres, within division 13, manufacture of textiles. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 13Group 131Class 1311Sub-class 13111
Preparation and spinning of cotton fiber including blended* cotton
Sub-class 13111 · Class 1311 · Group 131 · Division 13 · 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.
131115 digits: 13 + 1 + 1 + 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 13111. 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 13 covers manufacture of textiles. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Spinning, weaving and finishing of textiles.
Preparation and spinning of textile fibres. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Preparation and spinning of cotton fiber including blended* cotton. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
13111 is a sub-class of class 1311, preparation and spinning of textile fibres. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - preparatory operations carried out in combination with agriculture or farming, see 01
- - retting of plants bearing vegetable textile fibres (jute, flax, coir etc.), see 0116
- - cotton ginning, see 0163
- - manufacture of synthetic or artificial fibres and tows, manufacture of single yarns (including high-tenacity yarn and yarn for carpets) of synthetic or artificial fibres, see 2030
- - manufacture of glass fibres, see 2310
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 13111 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For preparation and spinning of cotton fiber including blended* cotton, that activity is 13111.
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
13111 is for preparation and spinning of cotton fiber including blended* cotton. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1311. Each has its own page with the official wording.
13113Class 1311 · another sub-class of the same class13114Class 1311 · another sub-class of the same class13119Class 1311 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1311 has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 13111. 3 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Preparation and spinning of cotton fiber including blended* cotton, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1311, preparation and spinning of textile fibres.
Class 1311, preparation and spinning of textile fibres, has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 13111, those with a page here are: 13113 (Preparation and spinning of wool, including other animal hair and blended* wool including other animal hair); 13114 (Preparation and spinning of man-made fiber including blended* man-made fiber); 13119 (Preparation and spinning of jute, mesta and other natural fibers including blended natural fibers n.e.c. *Blended yarn/fabrics means, yarn/fabrics containing more than 50% of one fiber.).
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 1311, 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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