Official classification context
Industry overview This class comprises establishments principally engaged in scouring, degumming, bleaching, dip -dyeing, printing and other ancillary processes concerning silk (including spun silk), rayon woven fabrics and woven fabrics of silk and rayon-like synthetic fibers by mechanical means.
Group context This class comprises establishments principally engaged in scouring, degumming, bleaching, dyeing and finishing quasi -cotton fibers, yarns, woven fabrics, knit, lace, miscellaneous textiles, and others, or carrying out other similar processes. Machine dyed and finished textiles refers to those for which the processes of scouring, degumming, bleaching, dip-dyeing, printing and finishing are carried out mechanically. Hand-processed dyed and finished textiles refers to those for which the processes of scouring, degumming, bleaching, dip -dyeing, and printing are principally carried out by hand. These are not recognized as machine dyed and finished textiles, even if their finishing process is carried out mechanically.
Major group context This Major group comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacture of textile goods such as the following: silk reeling, spinning, woven fabric, knit fabric, netting, felt fabric , dyed and finished textile and apparel and other finished products. However, establishments engaged in spinning glass wool and rock wool are classified in the Major group 21 -- Manufacture of ceramic, stone and clay products [2117, 2191 and 2199, respectively]. Group Class Number Number