NIC 263001 - Manufacture of cellular/ mobile/ smart phones & smart watches

Manufacturing codes apply when the business transforms inputs into a new product through mechanical, chemical, manual or industrial processes. Pure buying and resale should be checked under wholesale or retail trade.

Choose the Sub-class that best matches the main product line by revenue or production value. If multiple product lines are material, compare 263002 Manufacture of telephones, including cordless telephones and facsimile equipment, telephone answering machines, PBX equipment, excluding smartphones, 263003 Manufacturing of telecom networking and security equipment such as switches,routers, firewall, UTM platforms, Satellite Ground station, Gateway & VSAT RF and Baseband equipments, 263004 Manufacture of cable television equipment, transmitting and receiving antenna including DTH dish and document the primary activity before filing.

Check the parent hierarchy, compare 263002 Manufacture of telephones, including cordless telephones and facsimile equipment, telephone answering machines, PBX equipment, excluding smartphones, 263003 Manufacturing of telecom networking and security equipment such as switches,routers, firewall, UTM platforms, Satellite Ground station, Gateway & VSAT RF and Baseband equipments, 263004 Manufacture of cable television equipment, transmitting and receiving antenna including DTH dish, and confirm that the official title matches the main revenue activity. For regulated or filing-critical decisions, verify the source row in the MoSPI dataset.

A wrong code can cause mismatched business descriptions, follow-up questions or later compliance cleanup. It is better to compare nearby codes before filing than to correct a weak classification later.

Use the legacy converter only as a migration aid. Old NIC 2008 matches can suggest where to look, but NIC 2025 should remain the primary reference for new code selection.