1310 Preparation and spinning of textile fibres


This class includes preparatory operations on textile fibres and the spinning of textile fibres. These can be performed on various raw materials, such as silk, wool, other animal, vegetable or man-made fibres, paper or glass, etc.

This class excludes:

  • preparatory operations carried out in combination with agriculture (see division 01
  • retting of plants bearing vegetable textile fibres (jute, flax, coir, etc.) (see 011600)
  • cotton ginning (see 016300)
  • manufacture of synthetic or artificial fibres and tows, manufacture of single yarns (including high-tenacity yarn and yarn for carpets) of synthetic or artificial fibres (see 206000)
  • manufacture of glass fibres (see 231400)

Corresponding CPA codes

  • 13.10.1 Wool grease (including lanolin)

    This category also includes:

    • lanolin
  • 13.10.10 Wool grease (including lanolin)

    This subcategory also includes:

    • lanolin
  • 13.10.2 Natural textile fibres prepared for spinning
  • 13.10.21 Raw silk (not thrown)
  • 13.10.22 Wool, degreased or carbonised, not carded or combed
  • 13.10.23 Noils of wool or of fine animal hair
  • 13.10.24 Wool and fine or coarse animal hair, carded or combed
  • 13.10.25 Cotton, carded or combed
  • 13.10.26 Jute and other textile fibres (except flax, true hemp and ramie), processed but not spun

    This subcategory excludes:

    • flax, true hemp and ramie textile fibres, see 13.10.29
  • 13.10.29 Other vegetable textile fibres, processed but not spun
  • 13.10.3 Man-made textile staple fibres processed for spinning
  • 13.10.31 Synthetic staple fibres, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning
  • 13.10.32 Artificial staple fibres, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning
  • 13.10.4 Silk yarn and yarn spun from silk waste
  • 13.10.40 Silk yarn and yarn spun from silk waste
  • 13.10.5 Yarn of wool put up or not put up for retail store; yarn of fine or coarse animal hair or of horse hair
  • 13.10.50 Yarn of wool put up or not put up for retail store; yarn of fine or coarse animal hair or of horse hair
  • 13.10.6 Cotton yarn; cotton sewing thread
  • 13.10.61 Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread)
  • 13.10.62 Cotton sewing thread
  • 13.10.7 Yarn of vegetable textile fibres other than cotton (including flax, jute, coir and true hemp); paper yarn

    This category also includes:

    • yarn of flax, jute, coir and true hemp
  • 13.10.71 Flax yarn
  • 13.10.72 Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres; yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn
  • 13.10.8 Textile yarn and thread of man-made filaments or staple fibres
  • 13.10.81 Yarn of man made filaments, multiple or cabled (other than sewing thread, high tenacity yarn of polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon), not put up for retail sale; man made filament yarn (other than sewing thread) put up for retail sale
  • 13.10.82 Yarn other than sewing thread of synthetic staple fibres, containing ≥ 85% by weight of such fibres
  • 13.10.83 Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, containing < 85% by weight of such fibres
  • 13.10.84 Yarn (other than sewing thread) of artificial staple fibres
  • 13.10.85 Sewing thread and yarn of artificial and synthetic filaments and fibres
  • 13.10.9 Garnetted stock; preparation services of natural textile fibres; sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of textile yarn and thread
  • 13.10.91 Garnetted stock of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair
  • 13.10.92 Garnetted stock and other cotton waste
  • 13.10.93 Preparation services of natural textile fibres
  • 13.10.99 Sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of textile yarn and thread

Codification rules

Priority in case of multiple activities

If production, repair and sales activities are carried out, the priority is as follows :

- if production and sale: production takes priority
- if production and repair: production takes priority
- if repair and sale: repair takes priority

Outsourced activities (outsourcing)

There are several types of outsourcing, the enterprise may outsource::
• Part of a production process, classification: production
• All of a production process
o & owner of commodities, classification: production
o & non-owner of commodities, classification: section G, M or N :

For a construction enterprise:
• Part of the construction activities, classification: construction - section F

Further information:
- Introduction to NOGA 2008