9989 Other manufacturing services; publishing, printing and reproduction services; materials recovery services

99891 Publishing, printing and reproduction services

This group includes transfer of intangible inputs, rather than physical inputs, when outsourcing (parts or all) of the production process. The units providing the service do not own or retain usage rights to the intangible inputs. This includes publishing of printed matter, software, etc. on a fee of contract basis.

998911 Publishing, on a fee or contract basis

This service code includes publishing, on a fee or contract basis, of printed matter, software etc.

998912 Printing and reproduction services of recorded media, on a fee or contract basis

This service code includes newspaper and book printing services, printing services directly onto plastic, glass, metal, wood or ceramics and other printing services n.e.c. This also includes services as

i. those related to bookbinding, folding, assembling, stitching, gluing, collating, basting, adhesive-binding, trimming, gold stamping services;
ii. other book finishing services such as folding, cutting, stamping, drilling, punching, perforating, embossing, sticking, gluing and laminating;
iii. services of processing matrices, films, bromide prints or electronic data in order to generate original texts to be reproduced (composition, photo composition, plate-making);
iv. services combining text and image techniques for making a reproducible original; production services of other reprographic products such as overhead projection foils, sketches, layouts, dummies;
v. preparation services of digital data, e.g., enhancement, selection, linkage of digital data stored on EDP data carriers; other graphic service activities related to printing; rebinding services

This service code also includes

i. reproduction services from master copies of gramophone records, compact discs and tapes with music or other sound recordings;
ii. reproduction services from master copies of videotapes, laser discs, DVD or other media with motion pictures and other video recordings;
iii. reproduction services from master copies of software and data on all kind of disks, tapes, cartridges and other media

This service code does not include:

- colour printing of images from film or digital media, cf. 998386
- audio and video production services, cf. 999613

99892 Moulding, pressing, stamping, extruding and similar plastic manufacturing services

998921 Moulding, pressing, stamping, extruding and similar plastic manufacturing services

This service code includes manufacturing services of plastic parts by plasticization processes (whether or not including reinforcing elements of glass fibre, carbon fibre or similar materials) or by working on hard plastics for third parties in accordance with their specifications

Note: The resulting intermediate plastic products are typically not identifiable in the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System based on their future use and includes moulded or heat-moulded parts of thermoplastic or thermosetting materials, vacuum plating of plastic objects, parts of cellular, stratified or reinforced plastic materials, moulded plastic parts with fibre core, and plastic parts, rolled, calendered, extruded etc.

99893 Casting, forging, stamping and similar metal manufacturing service

998931 Iron and steel casting services

This service code includes iron and steel casting services such as of malleable cast iron, spheroidal cast iron, grey cast iron and steel

Note: The resulting intermediate iron and steel casting products are typically not identifiable in the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System based on their future use.

998932 Non-ferrous metal casting services

This service code includes casting services of light metals and other non-ferrous metals

Note: The resulting intermediate casting products are typically not identifiable in the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System based on their future use.

998933 Metal forging, pressing, stamping, roll forming and powder metallurgy services

This service code includes metal forging services, cold extrusion or roll-forming services, non-ferrous metal stamping services from drawings, metal roll-forming services, cutting and stamping, from drawings; manufacturing services of metal objects, directly from metal powders, by heat treatment (sintering) or pressure

Note: The resulting intermediate metal products are typically not identifiable in the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System based on their future use.

99894 Materials recovery (recycling) services, on a fee or contract basis

998941 Metal waste and scrap recovery (recycling) services, on a fee or contract basis

This service code includes processing services of metal waste and scrap and of metal articles, whether or not used, into secondary raw material. Typical input consists of waste and scrap being sorted or unsorted but always unfit for further direct use in an industrial process, whereas the output is made fit for further processing and is to be considered then as an intermediate good. A process is required, either mechanical or chemical like

i. mechanical crushing of metal waste such as used cars, washing machines, bikes, etc., with subsequent sorting and separation;
ii. mechanical reduction of large iron pieces such as railway wagons;
iii. stripping of used goods such as cars in order to obtain reusable parts;
iv. stripping of used goods such as cars or refrigerators to strip them of harmful waste (oil, cooling liquid, fuel, etc.)

This service code does not include:

- wholesale trade services in waste and scrap including collecting, sorting, packing, dealing, etc. without a transformation process, cf. 996111
- reprocessing services of depleted thorium or uranium, cf. 998842

998942 Non-metal waste and scrap recovery (recycling) services, on a fee or contract basis

This service code includes processing services of non-metal waste and scrap and of non-metal articles, whether or not used, into secondary raw material. Typical input consists of waste and scrap being sorted or unsorted but always unfit for further direct use in an industrial process, whereas the output is made fit for further processing and is to be considered then as an intermediate good. A process is required, either mechanical or chemical like

i. reclaiming of rubber such as used tires to produce secondary raw material; sorting and pelleting of plastics to produce secondary raw material for tubes, flower pots, pallets and the like;
ii. reclaiming of chemicals from chemical waste;
iii. crushing, cleaning and sorting of glass;
iv. crushing, cleaning and sorting of other waste such as demolition waste to obtain secondary raw material

This service code does not include:

- wholesale trade services in waste and scrap including collecting, sorting, packing, dealing, etc. without an industrial process, cf. 996111