Industry code 1511: Tanning, dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur

Industry Code 1511 Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur skins, latest according to Decision 36/2025/QD-TTg. To learn more about the details of industry code 1511, 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. A 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 consisting of 5 levels, from general to detailed:

Example of industry code structure: Taking the food manufacturing industry as an example:

• Level 1: C (Manufacturing)
• 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 1511 Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur skins

This group includes:

– Tanning, dyeing of leather;

– Manufacture of tanned leather, imitation leather, patent leather, or metallized leather;

– Manufacture of synthetic leather;

– Scrapping, combing, tanning, bleaching, shearing, plucking, and dyeing of fur skins.

Excludes:

– Production of raw hides and skins as part of livestock farming is classified under group 014 (Animal production);

– Production of raw hides and skins as part of slaughtering activities is classified under group 1010 (Processing and preservation of meat and meat products);

– Manufacture of leather apparel is classified under group 14100 (Manufacture of wearing apparel (except apparel made from fur skins));

– Manufacture of artificial leather not made from natural leather is classified under group 22190 (Manufacture of other rubber products), 2220 (Manufacture of plastic products).

3. Suggestions for recording Industry Code 1511 Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur skins

– When registering for business establishment, when notifying changes to business lines, or when requesting a change to the Enterprise Registration Certificate, the enterprise founder or enterprise shall select the four-digit economic sector in the Vietnam Standard Industrial Classification System to record the business lines in the enterprise registration application. The business registration authority shall guide, cross-reference, and record the enterprise’s business lines in the National Business Registration Database.

– For conditional business lines stipulated in other legal documents, the business lines shall be recorded according to the lines stipulated in those legal documents.

Suggestions for recording Industry Code 1511 Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur skins:

Case 1: General

Case 2: Detailed

Note: Depending on each specific industry and business line, as well as local regulations, it may be necessary to record details for the level 4 industry code or commit to operating according to regulations.

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