07Appendix: definition of goods exporters, services exporters and local services

For this research we have defined exporters and local services firms using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2003 codes. This means that we are not identifying actual exporters, but looking at businesses in sectors that have potential to sell to a market beyond their local area. Below is a full list of how each sector has been allocated.

Goods exporters

  • 01 Agriculture, Hunting and Related Service Activities
  • 05 Fishing, Fish Farming and Related Service Activities
  • 10 Mining of Coal and Lignite; Extraction Of Peat
  • 11 Extraction of Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas; Service Activities Incidental to Oil and Gas; Extraction Excluding Surveying
  • 12 Mining of Uranium and Thorium Ores
  • 13 Mining of Metal Ores
  • 14 Other Mining and Quarrying
  • 15 Manufacture of Food Products and Beverages
  • 16 Manufacture of Tobacco Products
  • 17 Manufacture of Textiles
  • 18 Manufacture of Wearing Apparel; Dressing and Dyeing of Fur
  • 19 Tanning And Dressing of Leather; Manufacture of Luggage, Handbags, Saddlery, Harness and Footwear
  • 20 Manufacture of Wood And of Products of Wood and Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture of Articles of Straw and Plaiting Materials
  • 21 Manufacture of Pulp, Paper and Paper Products
  • 22 Publishing, Printing and Reproduction of Recorded Media
  • 23 Manufacture of Coke, Refined Petroleum Products and Nuclear Fuel
  • 24 Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical Products
  • 25 Manufacture of Rubber and Plastic Products
  • 26 Manufacture Of Other Non-metallic Mineral Products
  • 27 Manufacture of Basic Metals
  • 28 Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery and Equipment
  • 29 Manufacture of Machinery and Equipment Not Elsewhere Classified
  • 30 Manufacture of Office Machinery and Computers
  • 31 Manufacture of Electrical Machinery and Apparatus Not Elsewhere Classified
  • 32 Manufacture of Radio, Television and Communication Equipment and Apparatus
  • 33 Manufacture of Medical, Precision and Optical Instruments, Watches and Clocks
  • 34 Manufacture of Motor Vehicles, Trailers and Semi-trailers
  • 35 Manufacture of Other Transport Equipment
  • 36 Manufacture of Furniture; Manufacturing Not Elsewhere Classified

Services exporters

  • 63 Supporting and Auxiliary Transport Activities; Activities of Travel Agencies
  • 65 Financial Intermediation, Except Insurance and Pension Funding
  • 66 Insurance and Pension Funding, Except Compulsory Social Security
  • 67 Activities Auxiliary to Financial Intermediation
  • 72 Computer and Related Activities
  • 73 Research and Development

Local services

  • 02 Forestry, Logging and Related Service Activities
  • 37 Recycling
  • 40 Production and distribution of electricity
  • 41 Collection, Purification and Distribution of Water
  • 45 Construction
  • 50 Sale, Maintenance and Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles; Retail Sale of Automotive Fuel
  • 51 Wholesale Trade And Commission Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles
  • 52 Retail Trade, Except of Motor Vehicles and Motor-cycles; Repair of Personal and Household Goods
  • 55 Hotels and Restaurants
  • 60 Land Transport; Transport Via Pipelines
  • 61 Water Transport
  • 62 Air Transport
  • 64 Post and Telecommunications
  • 70 Real Estate Activities
  • 71 Renting of Machinery and Equipment Without Operator and Of Personal and Household Goods
  • 74 Other Business Activities
  • 90 Sewage and Refuse Disposal, Sanitation and Similar Activities
  • 91 Activities of Membership Organisations Not Elsewhere Classified
  • 92 Recreational, Cultural and Sporting Activities
  • 93 Other Service Activities
  • 95 Activities of Households as Employers of Domestic Staff
  • 99 Extra-territorial Organisations and Bodies

Unallocated

  • 75 Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security
  • 80 Education
  • 85 Health and Social Work
  • 96 Undifferentiated Goods Producing Activities of Private Households For Own Use
  • 97 Undifferentiated Services Producing Activities of Private Households For Own Use