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NOGA 16.11 Sawmilling and planing of wood
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).
1611Multilingual 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) | Sciage et rabotage du bois |
| Deutsch (de) | Säge- und Hobelwerke |
| Italiano (it) | Taglio e piallatura del legno |
| English (en) | Sawmilling and planing of wood |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 16.11 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| section | C | MANUFACTURING |
| division | 16 | Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials |
| group | 16.1 | Sawmilling and planing of wood; processing and finishing of wood |
| class | 16.11 | Sawmilling and planing of wood |
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 1 more specific sub-level.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| subclass | 16.11.00 | Sawmilling and planing of wood |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 16.11 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 16.11 | 16.11 Sawmilling and planing of wood | partial |
Type exact = strict 1:1 equivalence. partial = partial overlap. multi = one source code maps to several target codes.
Neighbouring codes
NOGA codes close to 16.11, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 16.12 | class | Processing and finishing of wood |
| 16.21 | class | Manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels |
| 16.22 | class | Manufacture of assembled parquet floors |
| 16.23 | class | Manufacture of other builders’ carpentry and joinery |
| 16.24 | class | Manufacture of wooden containers |
| 16.25 | class | Manufacture of doors and windows of wood |
| 16.26 | class | Manufacture of solid fuels from vegetable biomass |
| 16.27 | class | Finishing of wooden products |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 16.11.
A company whose main activity falls under "Sawmilling and planing of wood" is classified under NOGA code 16.11.
This category covers all companies whose main economic activity matches this description, whatever their size: sole traders, SMEs, large companies, branches and Swiss establishments.
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 16.11 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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