UK SIC 2007 17120: Manufacture of paper and paperboard

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 17.12 and NACE Rev. 2.1 17.12. ISIC Rev. 4: 1701.

UK SIC 2007 code 17120 is "Manufacture of paper and paperboard". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 17.12, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Manufacture of paper and paperboard". UK companies state one or more SIC codes when they file at Companies House, and the codes appear in the company record. In NACE Rev. 2.1 the matching class is 17.12, "Manufacture of paper and paperboard".

Conversion

Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	17120	Manufacture of paper and paperboard
NACE Rev. 2	17.12	Manufacture of paper and paperboard
NACE Rev. 2.1	17.12	Manufacture of paper and paperboard
ISIC Rev. 4	1701

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

This class includes: - manufacture of paper and paperboard intended for further industrial processing

What it excludes

This class excludes: - manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, see 17.21 - manufacture of further-processed articles of paper, paperboard or pulp, see 17.22, 17.23, 17.24, 17.29 - manufacture of coated or impregnated paper, where the coating or impregnant is the main ingredient, see class in which the manufacture of the coating or impregnant is classified - manufacture of abrasive paper, see 23.91

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UK SIC 2007: Companies House condensed list of the ONS classification (gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0), read 2026-10-05. NACE data: EU Vocabularies (CC BY 4.0). Information only.