32.12  Manufacture of jewellery and related articles

active

Includes

• production of worked pearls
• production of precious and semi-precious stones in the worked state, including the working of industrial quality stones and synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones
• working of diamonds
• manufacture of jewellery of precious metal or of base metals clad with precious metals, or precious or semi-precious stones, or of combinations of precious metal and precious or semi-precious stones
• manufacture of goldsmiths’ articles of precious metals or of base metals clad with precious metals, e.g.:
  • dinnerware, flatware, hollowware, toilet articles, office or desk articles, articles for religious use
• manufacture of technical or laboratory articles of precious metal (except instruments and parts thereof), e.g.:
  • crucibles, spatulas, electroplating anodes
• manufacture of precious metal watch bands, wristbands, watch straps and cigarette-cases

Also includes

• engraving of personal precious and non-precious metal products

Excludes

• manufacture of non-metallic watch bands (e.g. fabric, leather, plastic), see 15.12
• manufacture of base metals clad with silver, gold or platinum, not further worked, see 24.41
• manufacture of statuettes and other ornaments of base metal plated with precious metal, see 25.99
• manufacture of watch cases, whether or not of precious metal, see 26.52
• manufacture of (non-precious) metal watch bands, see 32.13
• manufacture of imitation jewellery, whether or not plated with precious metal, see 32.13
• repair of jewellery, see 95.25

What changed from NACE Rev. 2

Unchanged: NACE Rev. 2 class 32.12 maps 1:1 to NACE Rev. 2.1 32.12 with the same heading.

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