NIC Group 201 - Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms

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. Intermediate and end products are produced by further processing of these basic chemicals. This class includes: - Production of Charcoal through distillation of wood This class excludes: - extraction of methane, ethane, butane or propane, see 0620 - extraction of natural gas, consisting predominately of methane, see 0620 - liquefaction and regasification of natural gas for purpose of transport, done at the mine site, see 0910 - manufacture of fuel gases such as ethane, butane or propane in a petroleum refinery, see 1920 - manufacture of nitrogenous fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, see 2012 - manufacture of ammonia, see 2012 - manufacture of ammonium chloride, see 2012 - manufacture of nitrites and nitrates of potassium, see 2012 - manufacture of ammonium carbonates, see 2012 - manufacture of plastics in primary forms, see 2013 - manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms, see 2013 - manufacture of prepared dyes and pigments, see 2022 - manufacture of crude glycerol, see 2023 - manufacture of natural essential oils, see 2029 - manufacture of aromatic distilled waters, see 2029 - manufacture of liquid biofuels, e.g. bioethanol fuel, see 2029 - manufacture of ethanol from biomass, see 2029 - manufacture of salicylic and O-acetylsalicylic acids, see 2100 - production of methane for the provision as a gaseous fuel through a permanent supply network, see 3520

This class excludes: - mining of guano, see 0891 - manufacture of agrochemical products, such as pesticides, see 2021 - manufacture of liming agents, see 2029

This class includes the manufacture of resins, plastics materials and non-vulcanizable thermoplastic elastomers, the mixing and blending of resins on a custom basis, as well as the manufacture of non- customized synthetic resins. This class excludes: - manufacture of artificial and synthetic fibres, filaments and yarn, see 2030- processing of shredding, cleaning, melting, grinding of plastic waste, see 3830- pelleting of plastic to produce secondary raw materials for tubes, flower pots, pallets and the like, see 3830 - sorting, shredding, cleaning, grinding and pelletising of rubber waste, see 3830 - manufacture of plastics powders, granules or flakes by compounding or reformulating plastics resins from recovered plastic waste, see 3830 - manufacture of recycled plastic by flaking and/or pelletising pre-treated plastic waste following material recovery operations, see 3830 - remelting of plastics to produce granulates or compounds, see 3830