Practicing
Business by GCC Citizens & Foreign Firms
Classification of industrial activities
in Ajman is subject to the type of industrial
sectors in the Emirate and items produced
by them. It is also based on the Uniform
Standard International Classification System
of Economic Activities as well as the Business
Activities Guide and Data prepared by the
Directorate of Industry at the Ministry
of Finance and Industry. Hence it is necessity
for those wishing to set up manufacturing
units in Ajman to define accurately the
activity to be practiced in the light of
this classification before starting licensing
procedure. Listed below is description of
branches grouped under the nine major industrial
sectors:
Food,
Beverage & Tobbaco Industries
Wood
& Wooden Products:
Include meat production, fish, seafood,
vegetables and fruits processing and canning,
production of milk and milk products,
grinding of grains, ,preparation of cereals
and feed, bakery and patisserie products
industry, mineral water bottling and other
food industries.
Tobbaco:
Manufacture
of cigarettes, processed tobacco and
other tobacco products.
Textiles, Readymade Garments and Leather
Industries
Includes
weaving, dyeing and preparing, thread
and textile dyeing, manufacture of products
made of textiles:
towels, gloves, bed sheets, pillow covers
etc.
Manufacture
of outwear and underwear for men, women
and children, coats, sportswear, head
covers, abbaya, dishdasha and ghutar.
Skins,
Hides & Leather Products:
Includes hides tanning and processing,
manufacture of leather products such
as bags, shoes, sandals etc.
Wood, Wooden Products & Furniture
Industry
Wood and Wooden Products:
Includes cutting and sawing of wood,
manufacture of boards and carpentry
works for production of wooden doors,
windows, caravans and other wooden products.
Includes
manufacture of home and office furniture,
sponge mattresses and pillows.
Paper, Paper Products, Printing &
Publishing Industry
Paper
andPaper Products:
Includes manufacture of paper, paper utensils
tissues, napkins, stationery products
such as exercise books, diaries, envelopes,
files, other paper products: visiting
and greeting cards, stickers, labels,
fax rolls and photocopying paper, cardboard
and packaging material.
Includes
printing and publishing services of
books, leaflets, newspapers, magazines,
periodicals, printing of commercial
publications, in addition to other printing
services.
Chemicals, Petroleum Products &
Plastic Industry
Chemicals
& Chemical Products:
Includes manufacture of basic industrial
chemicals, synthetic resins, raw plastics,
rubber, synthetic fibers, manufacture
of pesticides, agricultural chemicals,
paints, detergents, perfumes, cosmetics,
insulation material and asphalt.
Petroleum
Products:
Includes fuels manufacture, natural
gas liquefaction lubricants manufacture
and canning and manufacture of industrial
medical gases.
Rubber
and Plastic Industry:
Includes manufacture of various types
of rubber and plastic products such
as plates, pipes, bags, bottles, containers
etc.
Non-metal
Mineral Products Industry
Includes manufacture of bricks, ceramics
and ceramic tiles, sanitary ware manufacture
of fiberglass, cement and cement products,
gypsum and gypsum products, rock and
stone cutting, marble and granite cutting,
shaping
and polishing.Basic
Metal Industries
Includes iron, steel and aluminum smelting
and extruding, manufacture of steel
bars, iron and steel casting, manufacture
of metallic nails, wires etc.
Metal Products, Machinery & Equipment
Industries
Includes
manufacturer of metallic construction
products, tanks, metal fabrication by
extrusion and rolling, manufacture of
metallic tools, hardware other metal
fabrications such as wires, ropes, iron
safes, scaffolds, steel structures,
radiators, auto exhausts, lathe works.
Machinery
& Equipment:
Includes manufacture of pumps, valves,
caps, industrial machinery and equipment,
electrical household appliances such as
ovens, heaters, air conditioners, fans,
ventilator5, boilers, lighting appliances,
washing machines etc.
Manufacture
of vehicle and trailer bodies and parts,
ships and boat building and repairing
and drydock Operations.
Other Manufacturing Industries
Manufacture of gold, jewellery and precious
metals, toys, organic fertilizers, wheel
covers, tyre retreading assembly of
watches, manufacture of henna, handicrafts,
pencils and other industrial products
not classified elsewhere.
Generally,
any industrial activity which Involves
transformation of new materials into
final products or semi-manufactured
products or transformation of semi-manufactured
products into final products is regarded
as a manufacturing industry. This includes
mixing, assembling, shaping, canning
or packing of products. It is a manufacturing
industry and not repairing any industrial
activity which leads to essential transformation,
reconditioning or reshaping of any kind
of products.
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