Definition / Belongs to this divisionThis division includes:
- wholesale of material for recycling (metallic and non-metallic waste), including collection, sorting, sorting, dismantling of used goods (eg cars) for the extraction and sale of usable parts, packaging, repackaging, storage, transport, but actual conversion process is not included; an additional condition is that the waste purchased and sold represents value
also belongs to this sectorThis division also includes:
- demolition of cars, computers, televisions and other equipment for the resale of parts that can still be used and sold
It does not belong to this sectorThis division excludes:
- collection of household and industrial waste, see 38.1
- treatment of waste, but not for industrial recycling but for landfill, see 38.2
- processes for the conversion of wastes and other articles into secondary raw materials, where an actual conversion process takes place (the secondary raw material thus obtained is directly suitable for industrial processing but is not a final product), see 38.3
- dismantling of wrecks (motor vehicle, ship, computer, refrigerator, etc.) for the purpose of extracting and separating recyclable materials (eg metal, paper), see 38.31
- ship dismantling, see 38.31
- crushing the vehicles, see 38.32
- retail sale of second-hand goods, see 47.79

Definition / Belongs to this divisionThis division includes:
- non-specialized wholesale of wide range of goods

Definition / Belongs to this divisionThis sector includes the sale of new and second-hand goods without conversion to the general public, in particular to the population, for personal or household consumption or use, in shops, stores, market and street stalls, parcel services, door-to-door salesmen, and acrossconsumer cooperatives, etc..

Retail is further classified primarily by place of sale (in-store retail: 47.1-47.7; non-in-store retail: 47.8 and 47.9). Retail sale in stores also includes retail sale of second-hand goods (47.79). In store retailing, we distinguish between specialized (47.2-47.7) and non-specialized (47.1) retail sale of goods. These subsectors can be further subdivided according to the types of goods sold. Non-store retail trade is classified as market retail trade (47.8) or other non-store retail trade (47.9) according to the method of sale. This includes e.g. sales through a parcel post, doorstep retail, or vending machine.

The range of goods sold in this sector is, for understandable reasons, the so-called consumer goods. Therefore, this division excludes goods which are not put up for retail sale normally, such as e.g. various cereals, ores, industrial machinery and equipment, etc.
also belongs to this sectorThis sector also includes:
- commercial units which are sold to the general public, often after a sample, products such as typewriters, stationery, paint, wood not exclusively for personal or household purposes. The usual handling of goods e.g. sorting, disassembly and mixing are also included in the context of retail trade, provided that they do not change their nature.

This sector includes the retail sale of commissions and agents and the retail trade of auction houses.
It does not belong to this sectorThis sector excludes:
- producer sales of agricultural products, see sector 01
- production of products of the processing industry and sales of these products by producers, see sectors 10 to 32
- trade in motor vehicles, motorcycles and their parts, see division 45
- trade in cereals, ores, crude oil, industrial chemicals, iron and steel, industrial machinery and equipment, see sector 46
- sales of food and drink for on-site consumption and takeaway, see sector 56
- rental of household goods for personal use to the public, see 77.2