MANUFACTURE OF BASIC CHEMICALS, FERTILISERS AND NITROGEN COMPOUNDS, PLASTICS AND SYNTHETIC RUBBER IN PRIMARY FORMS

This sub-class includes the manufacture of industrial gases. Units in this sub-class are primarily engaged in the 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 and/or isolating gases. This sub-class also includes: - carbon dioxide conditioning activities, which are usually part of carbon dioxide aggregation activities. - manufacture of industrial gases through a permanent supply network - manufacture of methane, not for the provision as a gaseous fuel through a permanent supply network

This sub-class includes the manufacture of basic industrial acids and/or alkalis such as lithium hydroxide.

This sub-class includes the manufacture of basic chemicals except fertilisers and/or nitrogen. Units in this sub-class include the manufacture of: - basic organic chemicals like: - acyclic hydrocarbons - cyclic hydrocarbons - saturated and/or unsaturated - acyclic and/or cyclic alcohols - mono- and/or polycarboxylic acids, including acetic acid - other oxygen-function compounds, including aldehydes, ketones, quinones and/or dual or poly oxygen function compounds - synthetic glycerol - nitrogen-function organic compounds, including amines - fermentation of sugarcane, corn or similar to produce alcohol and esters - other organic compounds, including wood distillation products (e.g., charcoal) - inorganic acids except nitric acid and basic industrial acids - alkalis, lyes and/or other inorganic bases except basic industrial alkalis - manufacture of ethyl alcohol, other than for bioethanol fuel - enrichment of uranium and/or thorium ores and/or production of fuel elements for nuclear reactors

This sub-class includes the manufacture of solvents, for instance: - chemical elements - distilled water - synthetic aromatic products

This sub-class includes the manufacture of basic chemicals not elsewhere classified. Examples: - synthetic glycerine manufacturing - manufacture of dyes and pigments from any source in basic form or as concentrate - manufacture of carbon black

This sub-class includes the manufacture of fertilisers and/or nitrogen compounds. Units in this sub-class include the manufacture of: - fertilisers: straight or complex nitrogenous, phosphatic or potassic fertilisers, urea, crude natural phosphates and/or crude natural potassium salts - associated nitrogen products: nitric and/or sulphonitric acids, ammonium chloride, ammonium carbonate, nitrites and/or nitrates of potassium. - potting soil with peat as main constituent and/or mixtures of natural soil, sand, clays and minerals - other fertilisers by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products - biological crop additives - plant bio-stimulants, bio-fertilisers and plant growth promoters - soil improvers

This sub-class includes the manufacture of petrochemical primary products (basic building blocks) such as olefins, aromatics from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons.

This sub-class includes the manufacture of derivatives and/or intermediates produced from basic building blocks, for instance: - manufacture of synthetic resins, plastic materials and/or non-vulcanisable elastomers in the form of moulding and/or extrusion compound, solid and/or liquid resins, sheets, rods, tubes, granules and/or powders - manufacture of plastics in primary forms: polymers, including those of ethylene, propylene, styrene, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate and/or acrylics, polyamides, phenolic and/or epoxide resins and/or polyurethanes, alkyd and/or polyester resins and/or polyethers, silicones, ion-exchangers based on polymers - acetyls, oxochemicals and/or its derivatives - cellulose and/or its chemical derivatives - manufacture of plastics powders, granules or flakes by compounding or reformulating plastics resins from recovered plastic waste - manufacture of recycled plastic by flaking and/or pelletising pre-treated plastic waste following material recovery operations - remelting of plastics to produce granulates or compounds

This sub-class includes: - manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms and/or factice - manufacture of mixtures of synthetic rubber and/or natural rubber or rubber-like gums (e.g., balata)