Industry Code 2816 Manufacturing of lifting, handling, and loading/unloading equipment, most recently updated according to Decision 36/2025/QD-TTg. To learn more about the details of Industry Code 2816, please refer to this article by VN Law Firm!
1. What is a Business Industry Code?
Business industry codes are a series of numbers encoded to represent a specific business industry. Organizations and individuals, when preparing business registration documents, must use this business industry code table for registration. A 4-digit industry code (level 4 code) is used for business registration.
The Vietnam Standard Industrial Classification (VSIC) system, issued under Decision 36/2025/QD-TTg, has a hierarchical structure of 5 levels, from general to specific:
| Level | Name | Code | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Economic sector Level 1 | 1 letter (from A to V) | 22 sectors |
| Level 2 | Economic sector Level 2 | 2 digits (based on level 1) | 87 sectors |
| Level 3 | Economic sector Level 3 | 3 digits (based on level 2) | 259 sectors |
| Level 4 | Economic sector Level 4 | 4 digits (based on level 3) | 495 sectors |
| Level 5 | Economic sector Level 5 | 5 digits (based on level 4) | 743 sectors |
Example of industry code structure: Taking the example of Food processing:
- Level 1: C (Manufacturing)
- Level 2: 10 (Manufacture of food products)
- Level 3: 107 (Manufacture of other food products)
- Level 4: 1075 (Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes)
- Level 5: 10751 (Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes from meat)
2. Regulations on Industry Code 2816 Manufacturing of lifting, handling, and loading/unloading equipment
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 2816 | Manufacture of lifting, handling, and loading/unloading equipment |
This group includes:
– Manufacture of manually or power-operated lifting, loading, and conveying machinery such as:
+ Pulley blocks, hoists, winches,
+ Cranes, derricks, mobile lifting frames…
+ Industrial trucks, whether or not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, whether or not self-propelled, of the type used in factories,
+ Manipulators and industrial robots specially designed for lifting, loading;
+ Driverless forklifts, robots for loading, unloading goods, stacking goods on pallets.
– Manufacture of conveyors…
– Manufacture of lifts, escalators, and moving walkways;
– Manufacture of specialized parts for lifting and conveying equipment. This group also includes: Automatic goods lifting and lowering equipment in warehouses.
Excludes:
– Manufacture of agricultural machinery is classified under group 28210 (Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery):
– Manufacture of continuous-action elevators and conveyors for goods and materials for underground use is classified under group 28240 (Manufacture of mining and construction machinery);
– Manufacture of power shovels, excavators is classified under group 28240 (Manufacture of mining and construction machinery);
– Manufacture of industrial robots for various purposes is classified under group 2829 (Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery);
– Manufacture of floating cranes, railway cranes, breakdown lorries… is classified under group 30110 (Building of ships and floating structures), 30200 (Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock, and specialized vehicles and equipment for railways);
– Installation of lifts and elevators is classified under group 43290 (Other building installation).
3. Suggestions on how to write Industry Code 2816 Manufacturing of lifting, handling, and loading/unloading equipment
– When registering a new enterprise, when notifying changes to business lines, or when requesting a change to the Enterprise Registration Certificate, the enterprise founder or the enterprise selects the level four economic sector in the Vietnam Standard Industrial Classification System to record the business line in the enterprise registration application. The business registration agency provides guidance, cross-references, and records the enterprise’s business lines in the National Enterprise Registration Database.
– For conditional business lines stipulated in other legal normative documents, the business lines shall be recorded according to the regulations in those legal normative documents.
Suggestions on how to write Industry Code 2816 Manufacturing of lifting, handling, and loading/unloading equipment:
Case 1: General
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 2816 | Manufacture of lifting, handling, and loading/unloading equipment |
Case 2: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 2816 | Manufacture of lifting, handling, and loading/unloading equipment Details: Manufacture of manually or power-operated lifting, loading, and conveying machinery such as: Pulley blocks, hoists, winches; Cranes, derricks, mobile lifting frames; Industrial trucks, whether or not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, whether or not self-propelled, of the type used in factories, manipulators and industrial robots specially designed for lifting, loading; Manufacture of conveyors; Manufacture of lifts, escalators, and moving walkways; Manufacture of specialized parts for lifting and conveying equipment. |
Case 3: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 2816 | Manufacture of lifting, handling, and loading/unloading equipment (Not operating at the registered office). |
Case 4: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 2816 | Manufacture of lifting, handling, and loading/unloading equipment Details: Manufacture of manually or power-operated lifting, loading, and conveying machinery such as: Pulley blocks, hoists, winches; manufacture of lifts, escalators, and moving walkways; manufacture of specialized parts for lifting and conveying equipment (not operating at the registered office). |
Case 5: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 2816 | Manufacture of lifting, handling, and loading/unloading equipment Details: Design and manufacture of lifting equipment (excluding design of transport vehicles) |
Case 6: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 2816 | Manufacture of lifting, handling, and loading/unloading equipment Details: Manufacture of lifting, handling, and loading/unloading equipment; Manufacture of lifting and lowering conveyors (not operating at the registered office) |
Note: Depending on each specific business industry code and local regulations, it may be necessary to provide detailed descriptions for the level 4 industry code or commit to operating according to regulations.
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