This class includes the manufacture of chemicals using basic processes (for example, thermal cracking, distillation). The output of these processes is usually separate chemically defined organic compounds. This class includes: - manufacture of basic organic chemicals: • acyclic hydrocarbons, saturated and unsaturated • cyclic hydrocarbons, saturated and unsaturated • acyclic and cyclic alcohols • mono- and polycarboxylic acids, including acetic acid • other oxygen-function compounds, including aldehydes, ketones, quinones and dual or poly oxygen-function compounds • synthetic glycerol • nitrogen-function organic compounds, including amines • fermentation of sugar cane, corn or similar to produce alcohol and esters • other organic compounds, including wood distillation products (e.g. charcoal), etc. - manufacture of synthetic aromatic products - manufacture of methane, not for the provision as a gaseous fuel through a permanent supply network - distillation of coal tar - manufacture of ethyl alcohol, other than for bioethanol fuel - manufacture of refrigerant gases
This class excludes: - extraction of natural gas, consisting predominantly of methane, see 06.20 - manufacture of plastics in primary forms, see 20.16 - manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms, see 20.17 - manufacture of crude glycerol, see 20.41 - manufacture of liquid biofuels (e.g. bioethanol fuel), see 20.51 - manufacture of natural essential oils, see 20.59 - manufacture of salicylic and O-acetylsalicylic acids, see 21.10 - manufacture of ethanol from biomass, see 20.51 - production of methane for the provision as a gaseous fuel through a permanent supply network, see 35.21