How was division 14, wearing apparel, restructured?

Division 14, manufacture of wearing apparel, was restructured in NACE Rev. 2.1. Paragraph 139 states that groups 14.1, 14.2 and 14.3 were rearranged into two new groups: group 14.1, manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel, and group 14.2, manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories. The change is a restructuring of groups, not a split of a single class, and it does not determine a code for a specific reader.

What were the old groups?

Paragraph 139 names the old groups in full. Group 14.1 was manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel. Group 14.2 was manufacture of articles of fur. Group 14.3 was manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel. The old structure therefore divided apparel first by material and technique, with fur apart and knitted and crocheted work apart, and then by the remaining wearing apparel in the residual group. The old group numbers and the new group numbers overlap, which creates the same reading trap as the reused class numbers elsewhere in the classification: group 14.1 means different things in the two versions, and group 14.2 means different things as well.

The old structure also carried a fur distinction that the new structure does not carry in the same form. Group 14.2, articles of fur, disappears as a separate group in the new structure, and fur work is absorbed into the new groups according to the notes for the new groups and classes. This guide does not state where a particular fur article sits in the new structure, because section 4 does not state it, and the notes for the new groups and classes are the authority. The disappearance of the fur group is stated here only as a structural fact, to warn a reader that a fur based search of the new structure will not find the old group.

What are the new groups?

The new group 14.1 is manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel. It takes the content of the old group 14.3, under a new number, and it becomes the first group in the division. The new group 14.2 is manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories. It takes the remaining wearing apparel work, including the work that sat in the old groups 14.1 and 14.2, under a combined title that names accessories as well as apparel. The word other in the new group title signals the residual character of the group, as it does throughout the classification: the group holds the apparel work that does not belong in the knitted and crocheted group.

The restructuring therefore reverses the emphasis of the old division. The old division led with general wearing apparel and placed knitted and crocheted work last. The new division leads with knitted and crocheted work and places the remaining work second. The reversal is a statement about the grouping principle, not about the size of either group. No figures for the groups are given in section 4, and this guide gives none. The grouping principle is technique based in the first group, and residual in the second, and the notes for the groups and classes state the contents and the boundaries in full.

How is the restructuring shown?

| Old group in NACE Rev. 2 | New group in NACE Rev. 2.1 |

|---|---|

| 14.1, manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel | 14.2, manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories, in part |

| 14.2, manufacture of articles of fur | 14.2, manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories, in part, according to the notes |

| 14.3, manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel | 14.1, manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel |

The table follows paragraph 139, with the qualification in the second row stated expressly. The qualification matters, because section 4 does not state the destination of every fur article, and the notes must be consulted for the destination of a particular kind of fur work in general terms. The table is a summary of the manual summary, not a mapping of classes, and the correspondence table must be read for the class level record of the restructuring.

What does a split not decide?

Because a split is by definition not a one to one mapping, no guide in this cluster states one for a split class. A split correspondence type is one to many for a clean split recorded in the manual, or many to many where content has been rearranged across several categories. In both cases, joint scopes are recorded in the table, and each new class note must be read. This guide does not confirm the entry held for a specific unit; the national statistical institute or business register holding the record does.

Where is a split class confirmed?

The checks for a manufacturing split are the explanatory notes of the new classes, the correspondence table entry for the old class, and confirmation of the entry for the unit concerned from the national statistical institute or business register holding the record.

Read the new groups by technique first and residual second, check the notes for the fur work, and confirm the entry with the institute or register that holds it.