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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