Industry Code 1040 Manufacture of animal and vegetable oils and fats, updated according to Decision 36/2025/QD-TTg. To learn more about the details of industry code 1040, please refer to this article by VN Law Firm!
1. What is a business industry code?
Business industry codes are a series of numbers encoded to represent a specific business industry. Organizations and individuals, when preparing business registration documents, must use this business industry code table for registration. The 4-digit industry code (level 4) is the code used for business registration.
The Vietnam Standard Industrial Classification (VSIC) system, issued under Decision 36/2025/QD-TTg, has a hierarchical structure with 5 levels, from general to specific:
| Level | Name | Encoding | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Economic industry level 1 | 1 letter (from A to V) | 22 industries |
| Level 2 | Economic industry level 2 | 2 digits (based on level 1) | 87 industries |
| Level 3 | Economic industry level 3 | 3 digits (based on level 2) | 259 industries |
| Level 4 | Economic industry level 4 | 4 digits (based on level 3) | 495 industries |
| Level 5 | Economic industry level 5 | 5 digits (based on level 4) | 743 industries |
Example of industry code structure: Taking the food manufacturing industry as an example:
- Level 1: C (Processing and manufacturing industry)
- Level 2: 10 (Manufacture of food products)
- Level 3: 107 (Manufacture of other food products)
- Level 4: 1075 (Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes)
- Level 5: 10751 (Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes from meat)
2. Regulations on Industry Code 1040 Manufacture of animal and vegetable oils and fats
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| Industry Code 1040 | Manufacture of animal and vegetable oils and fats |
| 10401 | Manufacture of animal oils and fats |
| 10402 | Manufacture of vegetable oils and butter |
This group includes: Activities of processing and preserving crude and refined animal and vegetable oils and fats.
Excludes:
– Rendering and refining of lard and other edible animal fats is classified under group 1010 (Processing and preservation of meat and meat products);
– Wet corn milling is classified under group 10620 (Manufacture of starch and starch products);
– Manufacture of essential oils is classified under group 20290 (Manufacture of other chemical products not elsewhere classified);
– Chemical processing of oils and fats is classified under group 20290 (Manufacture of other chemical products not elsewhere classified).
10401: Manufacture of animal oils and fats
This group includes: Manufacture of animal fats, except rendering and refining of lard and other edible animal fats (poultry).
This group also includes:
– Manufacture of non-edible animal oils and fats;
– Extraction of fish oil;
– Manufacture of synthetic edible fats.
10402: Manufacture of vegetable oils and butter
This group includes:
– Crude vegetable oils, olive oil, soybean oil, palm oil, sunflower oil, cottonseed oil, grape oil, rapeseed or mustard oil, linseed oil…
– Manufacture of meal or feed from oilseeds, de-oiled;
– Manufacture of refined vegetable oils: Olive oil, soybean oil…
– Processing of vegetable oils: Boiling, dehydration, hydrogenation…
– Manufacture of margarine;
– Manufacture of spreads from vegetable oils.
This group also includes: Manufacture of oil cake, cotton linters, and other by-products from oil production.

3. Suggestions for recording Industry Code 1040 Manufacture of animal and vegetable oils and fats
– When registering a new company, when notifying changes to business lines, or when requesting a change to a Business Registration Certificate, the enterprise founder or the enterprise selects the four-digit economic industry code from the Vietnam Standard Industrial Classification to record the business line in the enterprise registration dossier. The business registration authority guides, cross-references, and records the enterprise’s business line in the National Database on Enterprise Registration.
– For conditional business lines stipulated in other legal normative documents, the business line is recorded according to the regulations in those legal normative documents.
Suggestions for recording Industry Code 1040 Manufacture of animal and vegetable oils and fats:
Case 1: General
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1040 | Manufacture of animal and vegetable oils and fats |
Case 2: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1040 | Manufacture of animal and vegetable oils and fats (not operating at headquarters; only operating with approval from competent authorities and meeting business conditions as per law) |
Case 3: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1040 | Manufacture of animal and vegetable oils and fats Detail: Manufacture of oil from cashew nut shells. (not manufactured at headquarters, only operating with approval from competent authorities regarding location and meeting business conditions as per law) |
Case 4: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1040 | Manufacture of animal and vegetable oils and fats Detail: Manufacture of essential oils and products from essential oils |
Case 5: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1050 | Manufacture of animal and vegetable oils and fats Detail: Pressing oil from cashew nut shells |
Case 6: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1040 | Manufacture of animal and vegetable oils and fats (not operating at headquarters) |
Case 7: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1040 | Manufacture of animal and vegetable oils and fats Detail: Various essential oils from plants (cajeput oil, cinnamon oil, gac oil, grapefruit oil, orange oil, jasmine oil) |
Case 8: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1040 | Manufacture of animal and vegetable oils and fats Detail: Manufacture and processing of cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) |
Note: Depending on the specific industry code and local regulations, it may be necessary to provide detailed descriptions for the 4-digit industry code or commit to operating according to regulations.
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