What does class 16.26 cover?

Class 16.26 covers manufacture of solid fuels from vegetable biomass. Its explanatory note states the inclusion in one sentence: manufacture of briquettes, fire logs and pellets from agglomerated sawdust, wood waste and scrap, straw or other vegetable biomass. The class is one of the three classes created by the split of the old class 16.29. The note is statistical only, and it does not determine a code for a specific reader.

What does the note include?

The inclusion is narrow and material based. The fuels are briquettes, fire logs and pellets. The inputs are agglomerated sawdust, wood waste and scrap, straw or other vegetable biomass. The word agglomerated matters: the note describes fuels made by agglomerating the input material, not fuels obtained by cutting or splitting wood in its natural form. A reader who places unprocessed wood fuel in the class on the strength of the word fuel alone has not read the inclusion as the note states it. The note also cross refers, in a neighbouring note, to production of wood chips and particles and production of wood fire logs not associated with forestry activities, pointing to class 16.26 from class 16.11 exclusions, which shows how the manual links the fuel work to the sawmilling group.

The class sits in group 16.2, manufacture of products of wood, cork, straw and plaiting materials, in division 16, manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture, and in Section C, manufacturing. The hierarchy matters for reading the note, because the note’s exclusions point to classes in other groups and divisions, and the hierarchy states the level at which each exclusion operates. The class number 16.26 is lower than the numbers of its sibling classes 16.27 and 16.28, because the manual lists the fuel class first in the restructured group. Number order inside a group carries no ranking of importance.

What does the note exclude?

The note excludes three activities, each to a stated class. Manufacture of animal feed from soybean waste is excluded to class 10.9. Slicing, peeling or chipping logs is excluded to class 16.11. Manufacture of peat briquettes is excluded to class 19.20. Each exclusion is a boundary decision, and each one corrects a plausible misreading. Soybean waste is a biomass input, but animal feed is not a solid fuel. Log slicing is wood processing, but it is sawmilling work, not fuel agglomeration. Peat briquettes resemble the fuels in the inclusion, but peat is not vegetable biomass in the sense the note uses, and the manufacture sits in the coke and refined petroleum division.

The exclusions also show the limits of the split. The split of class 16.29 created class 16.26, but it did not move every fuel related activity into the new class. Activities that were never in the old class, or that belong in a different division by the character of the work, remain where the notes place them. A reader who searches the classification for the word briquette and stops at class 16.26 will miss the peat exclusion to class 19.20. The search must continue through the exclusions, and through the notes for the classes the exclusions point to, before the scope of the class is stated with confidence.

How is the class placed in the hierarchy?

| Level | Identifier | Title |

|---|---|---|

| Section | C | Manufacturing |

| Division | 16 | Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture |

| Group | 16.2 | Manufacture of products of wood, cork, straw and plaiting materials |

| Class | 16.26 | Manufacture of solid fuels from vegetable biomass |

The table follows the detailed structure in Part 2 of the manual. The division title carries the exception for furniture, which is manufactured in division 31. The exception is stated in the division title itself, and it is a reminder that the hierarchy must be read in full, including the qualifying words in a title. The class sits at the most detailed level, and its note governs its content. The table states the place of the class. It does not state the content, which is the work of the note.

What does a split not decide?

The titles quoted in this cluster are the titles in the Eurostat manual, in section 4 and in the detailed structure. A title states the heading of a category. The category full content is not given, and no statement is made that an activity whose name resembles the title belongs in the category. The explanatory note governs the content, including the inclusions, exclusions and borderline cases the manual prints for the class. Before quoting the code for any purpose, read the note: a title alone is a heading, not the category.

Where is a split class confirmed?

To confirm, read the note, read the table, and ask the holder of the record. The note states what the new class contains. The table states how the old class relates to the new classes. The entry held for a specific unit is stated by the institute or register. No step replaces another.

Check the agglomerated fuel inclusion, follow the three exclusions to their stated classes, and confirm the entry with the institute or register that holds it.