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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