detailed explanation for each SIC code - Biffa

Explanatory Notes
UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 – SIC(2007)
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roasting of iron pyrites
manufacture of distilled water
This class also includes:
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– enrichment of uranium and thorium ores
This class excludes:
– manufacture of industrial gases, see 20.11
– manufacture of nitrogenous fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, see 20.15
– manufacture of ammonia, see 20.15
– manufacture of ammonium chloride, see 20.15
– manufacture of nitrites and nitrates of potassium, see 20.15
– manufacture of ammonium carbonates, see 20.15
– manufacture of aromatic distilled water, see 20.53
– manufacture of basic metals, see division 24
20.14 Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals
This class includes the manufacture of chemicals using basic processes, such as thermal cracking and distillation. The output of
these processes are usually separate chemical elements or separate chemically defined compounds.
This class includes:
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manufacture of basic organic chemicals:
■ acyclic hydrocarbons, saturated and unsaturated
■ cyclic hydrocarbons, saturated and unsaturated
■ acyclic and cyclic alcohols
■ mono- and polycarboxylic acids, including acetic acid
■ other oxygen-function compounds, including aldehydes, ketones, quinones and dual or poly oxygen-function compounds
■ synthetic glycerol
■ nitrogen-function organic compounds, including amines
■ fermentation of sugarcane, corn or similar to produce alcohol and esters
■ other organic compounds, including wood distillation products (e.g. charcoal) etc.
manufacture of synthetic aromatic products
distillation of coal tar
This class excludes:
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manufacture of plastics in primary forms, see 20.16
manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms, see 20.17
– manufacture of crude glycerol, see 20.41
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manufacture of natural essential oils, see 20.53
manufacture of salicylic and O-acetylsalicylic acids, see 21.10
20.15 Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds
This class includes:
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manufacture of fertilisers:
■ straight or complex nitrogenous, phosphatic or potassic fertilisers
■ urea, crude natural phosphates and crude natural potassium salts
manufacture of associated nitrogen products:
■ nitric and sulphonitric acids, ammonia, ammonium chloride, ammonium carbonate, nitrites and nitrates of potassium
This class also includes:
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manufacture of potting soil with peat as main constituent
manufacture of potting soil mixtures of natural soil, sand, clays and minerals
This class excludes:
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mining of guano, see 08.91
manufacture of agrochemical products, such as pesticides, see 20.20
20.16 Manufacture of plastics in primary forms
This class includes the manufacture of resins, plastics materials, and non-vulcanisable thermoplastic elastomers, the mixing and
blending of resins on a custom basis, as well as the manufacture of non-customised synthetic resins.
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