The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For weaving, manufacture of cotton and cotton mixture fabrics., that activity is 13121.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
13121 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for weaving, manufacture of cotton and cotton mixture fabrics.: a sub-class of class 1312, weaving of textiles, 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 1312Sub-class 13121
Weaving, manufacture of cotton and cotton mixture fabrics.
Sub-class 13121 · Class 1312 · 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.
131215 digits: 13 + 1 + 2 + 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 13121. 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.
Weaving of textiles. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Weaving, manufacture of cotton and cotton mixture fabrics. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
13121 is a sub-class of class 1312, weaving of textiles. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of textile floor coverings, see 1393
- - manufacture of non-woven fabrics and felts, see 1399
- - manufacture of narrow fabrics, see 1399
- - manufacture of knitted and crocheted fabrics, see 1391
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 13121 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For weaving, manufacture of cotton and cotton mixture fabrics., that activity is 13121.
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
13121 is for weaving, manufacture of cotton and cotton mixture fabrics. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1312. Each has its own page with the official wording.
13122Class 1312 · another sub-class of the same class13123Class 1312 · another sub-class of the same class13124Class 1312 · another sub-class of the same class13129Class 1312 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1312 has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 13121.
Questions
Weaving, manufacture of cotton and cotton mixture fabrics., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1312, weaving of textiles.
Class 1312, weaving of textiles, has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 13121, they are: 13122 (Weaving, manufacture of silk and silk mixture fabrics.); 13123 (Weaving, manufacture of wool and wool mixture fabrics.); 13124 (Weaving, manufacturing of man-made fiber and man-made mixture fabrics.); 13129 (Weaving of jute, mesta and other natural fibers including blended natural fibers 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 1312, 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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