Group 152 - Manufacture of footwear

PSIC Group 152 covers Manufacture of footwear. Direct children below it include Manufacture of leather shoes, Manufacture of rubber shoes, and Manufacture of plastic shoes. It clusters closely related activities and...

Level Group

Hierarchy depth 3/5

Children 6

Last verified 2026-10-21

Key facts

Code summary

Code 152

Official title Manufacture of footwear

Version PSIC 2019

Source layer PSA / BSP

Parent 15 - Manufacture of Leather and Related Products

Section C - Manufacturing

Next step

Child codes

These are the next codes most users should open after this hub page.

1521

Manufacture of leather shoes

1522

Manufacture of rubber shoes

1523

Manufacture of plastic shoes

1529

Manufacture of footwear, n.e.c.

1524

Manufacture of Shoes Made of Textile Materials with Applied Soles

1525

Manufacture of Wooden Footwear and Accessories

Nearby codes

151

Tanning and dressing of leather; manufacture of luggage and handbags

About this level

Practical summary

Group 152 sits in the PSIC 2019 hierarchy under C Manufacturing > 15 Manufacture of Leather and Related Products. This group usually narrows the choice to a small family of classes such as Manufacture of leather shoes, Manufacture of rubber shoes, and Manufacture of plastic shoes. It is useful when two or three neighboring activities look similar but should not be collapsed into one code.

Official note

Source-backed description

This class includes: Manufacture of footwear for all purposes, of any material, by any process, including molding (see below for exceptions) Manufacture of leather parts of footwear: manufacture of uppers and parts of uppers, outer and inner soles, heels, etc. Manufacture of gaiters, leggings and similar articles This class excludes: Manufacture of footwear of textile material without applied soles, see 141; Manufacture of plastic footwear parts, see 2220; Manufacture of rubber boot and shoe heels and soles and other rubber footwear parts, see 2219. Manufacture of wooden shoe parts (e.g. heels and lasts), see 1629.