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NOGA 10.5 Manufacture of dairy products and edible ice
Activity from the Swiss General Classification of Economic Activities (NOGA 2025), published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). The full dataset (NACE 2.1 + ISIC 4 cross-walks) is included in Classifications (399 CHF).
105Multilingual description
NOGA 2025 provides the official designation in the four languages used by the Swiss federal authorities, alongside their European equivalents.
| Language | Designation |
|---|---|
| Français (fr) | Fabrication de produits laitiers et de glace alimentaire |
| Deutsch (de) | Herstellung von Milcherzeugnissen und Speiseeis |
| Italiano (it) | Produzione di prodotti lattiero-caseari e gelati |
| English (en) | Manufacture of dairy products and edible ice |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 10.5 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 2 more specific sub-levels.
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 10.5 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 10.5 | 10.5 Manufacture of dairy products and edible ice | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 10.5 | Manufacture of dairy products and edible ice | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 105 | Manufacture of dairy products | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 10.5 | Fabrication de produits laitiers et de glace alimentaire | exact |
Type exact = strict 1:1 equivalence. partial = partial overlap. multi = one source code maps to several target codes.
Neighbouring codes
NOGA codes close to 10.5, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 10.1 | group | Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products |
| 10.2 | group | Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs |
| 10.3 | group | Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables |
| 10.4 | group | Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats |
| 10.6 | group | Manufacture of grain mill products, starches and starch products |
| 10.7 | group | Manufacture of bakery and farinaceous products |
| 10.8 | group | Manufacture of other food products |
| 10.9 | group | Manufacture of prepared animal feeds |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 10.5.
A company whose main activity falls under "Manufacture of dairy products and edible ice" is classified under NOGA code 10.5.
This category covers industrial units and workshops that transform raw materials or components into finished or semi-finished products: factories, manufacturing plants, production workshops and processing sites.
The code is assigned on the principle of the main economic activity: if an entity has several activities, the one generating the most value added determines the classification.
How this code is used
NOGA code 10.5 is used by the Swiss federal authorities to classify companies by their main economic activity, notably:
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO): business and establishment register (BER), censuses and structural statistics.
- OASI compensation funds: classification of the employer's activity at registration.
- Federal Tax Administration (FTA): VAT profiling, net tax debt rates and sector statistics.
- Commercial register: "activities" field when registering a new legal entity.
- SUVA and accident-insurance funds: pricing of accident-insurance contributions by risk class.
- SECO and labour-market statistics: sector analyses and targeted support measures.
Official source
This page reproduces information from the NOGA 2025 standard published by the Federal Statistical Office. For the official version:
bfs.admin.ch — NOGA — General Classification of Economic Activities
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