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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