Classification Detail


ISIC, Rev. 3.1 - Code 2411


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2411 - Manufacture of basic chemicals, except fertilizers and nitrogen compounds

Explanatory note

This class includes: - manufacture of liquefied or compressed inorganic industrial or medical gases: * elemental gases * liquid or compressed air * refrigerant gases * mixed industrial gases * inert gases such as carbon dioxide * isolating gases - manufacture of dyes and pigments from any source in basic form or as concentrate - manufacture of chemical elements except metals and radioactive elements produced by the nuclear fuels industry - manufacture of inorganic acids except nitric acid - manufacture of alkalis, lyes and other inorganic bases except ammonia - manufacture of other inorganic compounds - manufacture of basic organic chemicals: * acyclic hydrocarbons, saturated and unsaturated * cyclic hydrocarbons, saturated and unsaturated * acyclic and cyclic alcohols, including synthetic ethyl alcohol * mono- and polycarboxylic acids, including acetic acid * other oxygen-function compounds, including aldehydes, ketones, quinones and dual or poly oxygen-function compounds * synthetic glycerol * nitrogen-function organic compounds, including amines * other organic compounds, including wood distillation products (e.g. charcoal) etc. - production of pitch and pitch coke - manufacture of synthetic aromatic products - distillation of coal tar - roasting of iron pyrites This class also includes: - manufacture of products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores
This class excludes: - extraction of methane, ethane, butane or propane, see 1110 - manufacture of ethyl alcohol from fermented materials, see 1551 - manufacture of fuel gases such as ethane, butane or propane in a petroleum refinery, see 2320 - manufacture of nitrogenous fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, see 2412 - manufacture of ammonia, see 2412 - manufacture of ammonium chloride, see 2412 - manufacture of nitrites and nitrates of potassium, see 2412 - manufacture of ammonium carbonates, see 2412 - manufacture of plastics in primary forms, see 2413 - manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms, see 2413 - manufacture of prepared dyes and pigments, see 2422 - manufacture of salicylic and O-acetylsalicylic acids, see 2423 - manufacture of crude glycerol, see 2424 - manufacture of natural essential oils, see 2429