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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