UK SIC 2007 20160: Manufacture of plastics in primary forms

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 20.16 and NACE Rev. 2.1 20.16. ISIC Rev. 4: 2013.

UK SIC 2007 code 20160 is "Manufacture of plastics in primary forms". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 20.16, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Manufacture of plastics in primary forms". 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 20.16, "Manufacture of plastics in primary forms".

Conversion

Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	20160	Manufacture of plastics in primary forms
NACE Rev. 2	20.16	Manufacture of plastics in primary forms
NACE Rev. 2.1	20.16	Manufacture of plastics in primary forms
ISIC Rev. 4	2013

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

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. This class includes: - manufacture of plastics in primary forms: • polymers, including those of ethylene, propylene, styrene, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate and acrylics • polyamides • phenolic and epoxide resins and polyurethanes • alkyd and polyester resins and polyethers • silicones • ion-exchangers based on polymers

What it excludes

This class excludes: - manufacture of artificial and synthetic fibres, filaments and yarn, see 20.60 - shredding of plastic products, see 38.32

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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.