Key facts
Code summary
Code 120
Official title Manufacture of tobacco products
Version PSIC 2019
Source layer PSA / BSP
Section C - Manufacturing
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PSIC 2019 Navigation-first hub Group 120 - Manufacture of tobacco products
PSIC Group 120 covers Manufacture of tobacco products. Direct children below it include Manufacture of cigarettes, Manufacture of cigars, and Curing and redrying tobacco leaves. It clusters closely related activities...
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About this level
Practical summary
Group 120 sits in the PSIC 2019 hierarchy under C Manufacturing > 12 Manufacture of Tobacco Products. This group usually narrows the choice to a small family of classes such as Manufacture of cigarettes, Manufacture of cigars, and Curing and redrying tobacco leaves. It is useful when two or three neighboring activities look similar but should not be collapsed into one code.
Administrative context
Where this code is used
This group is used when reviewers compare a short list of classes such as Manufacture of cigarettes, Manufacture of cigars, and Curing and redrying tobacco leaves and need to decide which family is the closest fit. It is common in internal classification review and administrative lookup work.
Selection note
How to choose it
Use this group when the activity sits between similar classes such as Manufacture of cigarettes, Manufacture of cigars, and Curing and redrying tobacco leaves. The safest choice is the one whose wording matches the actual production, service or operating model most closely.
Official note
Source-backed description
This group includes: Manufacture of tobacco products and products of tobacco substitutes: cigarettes cigars pipe tobacco cigarette tobacco; chewing tobacco; snuff Manufacture of "homogenized" or "reconstituted" tobacco Stemming and redrying of tobacco This group excludes growing or preliminary processing of tobacco, see 0115, 0157.
FAQ
What does PSIC Group 120 cover?
PSIC Group 120 clusters a smaller family of classes under Manufacture of tobacco products and is useful when the business sits between closely related options.
How do I compare Group 120 with sibling groups?
Look at the parent class and the nearby sibling groups. On this page, the most relevant nearby options are nearby sibling codes.
Why is Group 120 useful for classification?
It sits at the point where a broad sector is already narrowed enough to compare a small family of similar classes before the final code choice.