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NOGA 28.3 Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery
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).
283Multilingual 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 machines agricoles et forestières |
| Deutsch (de) | Herstellung von land- und forstwirtschaftlichen Maschinen |
| Italiano (it) | Fabbricazione di macchine per l’agricoltura e la silvicoltura |
| English (en) | Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 28.3 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 1 more specific sub-level.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| class | 28.30 | Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 28.3 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 28.3 | 28.3 Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 28.9 | Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery | partial |
| NOGA 2008 | 28.9 | Fabrication d’autres machines d’usage spécifique | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 28.3 | 28.3 Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 28.3 | Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery | partial |
| NOGA 2008 | 28.3 | Fabrication de machines agricoles et forestières | 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 28.3, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 28.1 | group | Manufacture of general-purpose machinery |
| 28.2 | group | Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery |
| 28.4 | group | Manufacture of metal forming machinery and machine tools |
| 28.9 | group | Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery |
| 27.9 | group | Manufacture of other electrical equipment |
| 27.5 | group | Manufacture of domestic appliances |
| 29.1 | group | Manufacture of motor vehicles |
| 27.4 | group | Manufacture of lighting equipment |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 28.3.
A company whose main activity falls under "Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery" is classified under NOGA code 28.3.
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 28.3 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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