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* explanatory notes - subsection DI
 

UK SIC 1992:
EXPLANATORY NOTES

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SECTION D MANUFACTURING
SUBSECTION DI MANUFACTURE OF OTHER NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS

26 MANUFACTURE OF OTHER NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS

26.1 Manufacture of glass and glass products

26.11 Manufacture of flat glass

This class includes:
- manufacture of flat glass including wired, coloured or tinted flat glass

26.12 Shaping and processing of flat glass

This class includes:
- manufacture of toughened or laminated flat glass
- manufacture of glass mirrors
- manufacture of multiple-walled insulating units of glass

26.13 Manufacture of hollow glass

This class includes:
- manufacture of bottles and other containers of glass or crystal
- manufacture of drinking glasses and other domestic glass or crystal articles
- manufacture of glass inners for vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels

This class excludes:
- manufacture of glass toys cf. 36.50/9
- manufacture of vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels cf. 36.63/9

26.14 Manufacture of glass fibres

This class includes:
- manufacture of glass fibres including glass wool and nonwoven products thereof

This class excludes:
- manufacture of woven fabric of glass yarn cf. 17.25
- manufacture of optical fibre cables for coded data transmission cf. 31.30
- manufacture of optical fibres and optical fibre cables for live transmission of images cf. 33.40/1

26.15 Manufacture and processing of other glass including technical glassware

This class includes:
- manufacture of laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware
- manufacture of glass envelopes
- manufacture of clock or watch glasses, optical glass and optical elements not optically worked
- manufacture of glassware used in imitation jewellery
- manufacture of glass insulators and glass insulating fittings
- manufacture of glass paving blocks
- manufacture of glass in rods or tubes

This class excludes:
- manufacture of syringes cf. 33.10
- manufacture of optical elements optically worked cf. 33.40/1


26.2 Manufacture of non-refractory ceramic goods other than for construction purposes; manufacture of refractory ceramic products

26.21 Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles

This class includes:
- manufacture of ceramic tableware and other domestic or toilet articles
- manufacture of statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles

This class excludes:
- manufacture of ceramic toys cf. 36.50/9
- manufacture of imitation jewellery cf. 36.61

26.22 Manufacture of ceramic sanitary fixtures

This class excludes:
- manufacture of refractory ceramic goods cf. 26.26
- manufacture of ceramic building materials cf. 26.30, 26.40

26.23 Manufacture of ceramic insulators and insulating fittings

This class includes:
- manufacture of electrical insulators and insulating fittings of ceramics

This class excludes:
- manufacture of refractory ceramic goods cf. 26.26

26.24 Manufacture of other technical ceramic products

This class includes:
- manufacture of ceramic laboratory, chemical and industrial products

26.25 Manufacture of other ceramic products

This class includes:
- manufacture of ceramic pots, jars and similar containers of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods
- manufacture of ceramic products not elsewhere classified

This class excludes:
- manufacture of refractory ceramic goods cf. 26.26
- manufacture of ceramic building materials cf. 26.30, 26.40

26.26 Manufacture of refractory ceramic products

This class includes:
- manufacture of refractory mortars, concretes, etc.
- manufacture of refractory ceramic goods:
. manufacture of heat-insulating ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals
. manufacture of refractory bricks and blocks
. manufacture of refractory ceramic retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, tubes, pipes, etc.

This class also includes:
- manufacture of articles containing magnesite, dolomite or cromite

26.3 Manufacture of ceramic tiles and flags

26.30 Manufacture of ceramic tiles and flags

This class includes:
- manufacture of non-refractory ceramic hearth or wall tiles, mosaic cubes, etc.
- manufacture of non-refractory ceramic flags and paving

This class excludes:
- manufacture of refractory ceramic products cf. 26.26


26.4 Manufacture of bricks, tiles and construction products, in baked clay

26.40 Manufacture of bricks, tiles and construction products, in baked clay
This class includes:
- manufacture of non-refractory structural clay building materials:
. manufacture of ceramic bricks, roofing tiles, chimney-pots, pipes, conduits, etc.

This class also includes:
- manufacture of flooring blocks in baked clay

This class excludes:
- manufacture of structural refractory ceramic products cf. 26.26
- manufacture of ceramic flags and paving cf. 26.30


26.5 Manufacture of cement, lime and plaster

26.51 Manufacture of cement

This class includes:
- manufacture of clinkers and hydraulic cements including Portland, aluminous cement, slag cement and superphosphate cements

This class excludes:
- manufacture of cements used in dentistry cf. 24.42/2
- manufacture of refractory mortars, concrete, etc. cf. 26.26
- manufacture of articles of cement cf. 26.6
- manufacture of ready-mixed concrete and mortars cf. 26.63, 26.64

26.52 Manufacture of lime

This class includes:
- manufacture of lime:
. manufacture of quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime

26.53 Manufacture of plaster

This class excludes:
- manufacture of articles of plaster cf. 26.6


26.6 Manufacture of articles of concrete, plaster and cement

26.61 Manufacture of concrete products for construction purposes

This class includes:
- manufacture of precast concrete, cement or artificial stone articles for use in construction:
. manufacture of tiles, flagstones, bricks, boards, sheets, panels, pipes, posts, etc.
- manufacture of prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering of cement, concrete or artificial stone

26.62 Manufacture of plaster products for construction purposes

This class includes:
- manufacture of plaster articles for use in construction:
. manufacture of boards, sheets, panels, etc.

26.63 Manufacture of ready-mixed concrete

This class excludes:
- manufacture of refractory cements cf. 26.26

26.64 Manufacture of mortars

This class includes:
- manufacture of powdered mortars

This class excludes:
- manufacture of refractory mortars cf. 26.26

26.65 Manufacture of fibre cement

This class includes:
- manufacture of building materials of vegetable substances (wood wool, straw, reeds, rushes) agglomerated with cement, plaster or other mineral binder
- manufacture of articles of cellulose fibre-cement or the like:
. corrugated sheets, other sheets, panels, tiles, tubes, pipes, reservoirs, troughs, basins, sinks, jars, furniture, window frames, etc.

26.66 Manufacture of other articles of concrete, plaster and cement

This class includes:
- manufacture of other articles of concrete, plaster, cement or artificial stone:
. manufacture of statuary, furniture, bas- and haut-reliefs, vases, flowerpots, etc.

26.7 Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone

26.70 Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone

This class includes:
- cutting, shaping and finishing stone for use in construction, in cemeteries, etc.
- operations carried out on rough stone delivered by quarries

This class excludes:
- activities carried out by operators of quarries, e.g., production of rough cut stone cf. 14.11
- production of millstones, abrasive stones and similar products cf. 26.81

26.8 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products

26.81 Production of abrasive products

This class includes:
- manufacture of millstones, sharpening or polishing stones and natural or artificial abrasive products including abrasive products on a soft base

26.82 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products not elsewhere classified
26.82/1 Manufacture of asbestos

This subclass includes:
- manufacture of asbestos yarn and fabric, clothing, headgear, footwear, cord, string, paper, felt, etc.

This subclass excludes:
- articles of asbestos cement cf. 26.65

26.82/2 This code is no longer in use

26.82/9 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products not elsewhere classified

This subclass includes:
- manufacture of friction material and unmounted articles thereof with a basis of mineral substances (other than asbestos) or of cellulose
- manufacture of mineral insulating materials, other than of asbestos: manufacture of slag wool, rockwool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays and similar heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound absorbing materials
- manufacture of articles of diverse mineral substances:
. manufacture of worked mica and articles of mica, of peat, of graphite (other than electrical articles), etc.

This subclass excludes:
- manufacture of glass wool and glass wool products cf. 26.14


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