F Wholesale Trade
F Wholesale Trade
The Wholesale Trade Division includes units mainly engaged in the purchase and onselling, the commission based buying, and/or the commission based selling of goods, without significant transformation, to businesses. Units are classified to the Wholesale Trade Division in the first instance if they buy finished goods and then onsell them (including on a commission basis) to businesses.
Wholesalers' premises are usually a warehouse or office with little or no display of goods large storage facilities and are not generally located or designed to attract a high proportion of walk-in customers. Wholesaling is often characterised by high value and/or bulk volume transactions, and customers are generally reached through trade-specific contacts.
The Wholesale Trade Division distinguishes two types of wholesalers:
- merchant wholesalers who take title to the goods they sell, including import/export merchants; and
- units whose main activity is the commission based buying and/or the commission based selling of goods, acting as wholesale agents or brokers, or business to business electronic markets, both of whom arrange the sale of goods on behalf of others for a commission or fee without taking title to the goods.
A unit which sells to both businesses and the general public will be classified to the Wholesale Trade Division if it operates from premises such as warehouses or offices with little or no display of goods, has large storage facilities, and is not generally located or designed to attract a high proportion of walk-in customers.
For units that have goods manufactured for them on commission and then sell those goods, the following treatment guidelines are to be followed:
- units that own the material inputs, own the final outputs but have the production done by others will be included in the Manufacturing Division;
- units that do not own the material inputs, own the final outputs but have the production done by others will not be included in the Manufacturing Division (these may be included in wholesale trade or other divisions); and
- units that do not own the material inputs, do not own the final outputs but undertake the production for others will be included in the Manufacturing Division.
As a result, units that have goods manufactured for them on commission will be included in the Wholesale Trade Division where they do not own the material inputs to the manufacturing process, but take title to the outputs and sell them in the manner prescribed above for typical wholesaling units.
This division contains the following ANZSIC subdivisions:
33 Basic Material Wholesaling
This subdivision contains the following ANZSIC groups:
331 Agricultural Product Wholesaling
This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:
3311 Wool Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling wool.
Primary activities
- Wool wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- providing wool broking services are included in Class 3800 Commission-Based Wholesaling;
- providing wool classing (including reclassing or bulk classing) services are included in Class 0529 Other Agricultural and Fishing Support Services;
- providing wool dumping services are included in Class 5299 Other Transport Support Services n.e.c.; and
- providing wool testing services are included in Class 6925 Scientific Testing and Analysis Services.
3312 Cereal Grain Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling wheat or other cereal grains.
Primary Activities
- Cereal grain wholesaling
- Rice wholesaling
- Wheat wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- wholesaling milled or polished rice are included in Class 3609 Other Grocery Wholesaling.
3319 Other Agricultural Product Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling skins, hides or tallow, stock feed and other agricultural products not elsewhere classified.
Primary activities
- Farm produce wholesaling n.e.c.
- Feed wholesaling
- Flower, cut, wholesaling
- Hide wholesaling
- Leather wholesaling
- Livestock wholesaling
- Meat meal wholesaling
- Nursery stock, horticultural, wholesaling
- Seed, farm or garden, wholesaling
- Sugar, raw, wholesaling
- Tallow wholesaling
- Tobacco leaf wholesaling
- Tree or shrub, potted, wholesaling
- Vegetable oil meal wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- wholesaling wool are included in Class 3311 Wool Wholesaling;
- wholesaling cereal grains are included in Class 3312 Cereal Grain Wholesaling;
- wholesaling agricultural chemicals, fertiliser, pesticides and weedkiller are included in Class 3323 Industrial and Agricultural Chemical Product Wholesaling;
- wholesaling agricultural machinery and equipment are included in Class 3411 Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling;
- wholesaling meat, poultry, eggs, dairy products, fruit, vegetables, honey, e.t.c. are included in the appropriate classes of Group 360 Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling;
- providing livestock broking services are included in Class 3800 Commission-Based Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling fence posts and fencing wire are included in Class 3339 Other Hardware Goods Wholesaling.
332 Mineral, Metal and Chemical Wholesaling
This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:
3321 Petroleum Product Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling petroleum or petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gas, heating oil or other fuel oils.
Primary activities
- Bitumen wholesaling
- Crude oil wholesaling
- Crude petroleum wholesaling
- Diesel oil wholesaling
- Distillate wholesaling
- Fuel oil wholesaling
- Heating oil dealing (wholesaling)
- Kerosene wholesaling
- Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) wholesaling (in bulk or in containers)
- Oil or grease, industrial or lubricating, wholesaling
- Paraffin wholesaling
- Petroleum product wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in distributing liquefied petroleum gas through a mains system are included in Class 2700 Gas Supply.
3322 Metal and Mineral Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling pig iron, ingot steel or semi-fabricated products of iron or steel such as sheet, strip, bars, rods, sections, structural steel or tubes; wholesaling minerals (including coal or coke) not elsewhere classified; or wholesaling metal waste or scrap.
Primary activities
- Aluminium or aluminium alloy wholesaling
- Bearing metal wholesaling
- Briquette wholesaling
- Charcoal wholesaling
- Coal wholesaling
- Coke wholesaling
- Copper or copper alloy wholesaling
- Metal scrap wholesaling
- Metallic ore wholesaling
- Mineral earths wholesaling
- Mineral wholesaling n.e.c.
- Precious metal scrap dealing (wholesaling)
- Steel bar, plate, rod, sheet or strip wholesaling
3323 Industrial and Agricultural Chemical Product Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling industrial or agricultural chemicals or chemical products, including waste or scrap.
Primary activities
- Acid wholesaling
- Adhesive wholesaling
- Agricultural chemical wholesaling
- Alcohol, industrial, wholesaling
- Bleaching compound wholesaling
- Chemical colour wholesaling
- Chemical wholesaling n.e.c.
- Cleanser, abrasive, wholesaling
- Detergent, industrial, wholesaling
- Dry-cleaning preparation wholesaling
- Dyestuff wholesaling
- Explosive wholesaling (except ammunition)
- Fertiliser wholesaling
- Gas, industrial, wholesaling (except liquefied petroleum gas)
- Gelatine wholesaling
- Herbicide wholesaling
- Industrial oil or fat wholesaling
- Insecticide wholesaling
- Liquefied gas wholesaling (except liquefied petroleum gas)
- Marine oil wholesaling
- Match wholesaling
- Methylated spirit wholesaling
- Oil treating compound wholesaling
- Pesticide wholesaling
- Photographic chemical wholesaling
- Pigment wholesaling
- Plastic block, rod, plate or other unfinished form wholesaling
- Plastic film sheeting wholesaling
- Plasticiser wholesaling
- Polish wholesaling
- Sheep dip wholesaling
- Sheep lick wholesaling
- Soap, industrial, wholesaling
- Synthetic rubber wholesaling
- Tanning requisite wholesaling
- Water proofing compound wholesaling
- Weedkiller wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- wholesaling pharmaceutical and toiletry goods are included in Class 3720 Pharmaceutical and Toiletry Goods Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are included in Class 3321 Petroleum Product Wholesaling.
333 Timber and Hardware Goods Wholesaling
This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:
3331 Timber Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling timber (except firewood).
Primary activities
- Plywood wholesaling
- Timber dealing, wholesaling, (except firewood)
- Veneer, wood, wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in firewood wholesaling are included in Class 3739 Other Goods Wholesaling n.e.c.
3332 Plumbing Goods Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling plumbing goods.
Primary activities
- Bath wholesaling
- Bathroom or toilet fitting wholesaling
- Downpipe or guttering wholesaling
- Gas fitting wholesaling
- Hot water system wholesaling
- Pipes and pipe fitting wholesaling
- Plumber’s fitting wholesaling
- Plumbing tool wholesaling
- Sink and basin wholesaling
- Tap wholesaling
- Toilet wholesaling
- Wash basin wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in installing plumbing goods are included in Class 3231 Plumbing Services.
3339 Other Hardware Goods Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling other hardware goods (except timber or plumbing goods), including construction or building materials.
Primary activities
- Abrasive wholesaling (except abrasive cleansers)
- Awning wholesaling (except textile)
- Brick wholesaling
- Builders’ hardware dealing (wholesaling) n.e.c.
- Building material dealing (wholesaling) n.e.c.
- Building paper and paper board wholesaling
- Cement wholesaling
- Cloth hoist wholesaling
- Door or window wholesaling
- Earthenware construction good wholesaling
- Fence post wholesaling (except timber)
- Fencing wire wholesaling
- Galvanised iron product wholesaling
- Garden tool wholesaling
- Hand tool wholesaling (including power operated)
- Insulating material wholesaling
- Lock wholesaling
- Mineral turpentine wholesaling
- Paint wholesaling
- Plaster wholesaling
- Plastic decorative laminated sheet wholesaling
- Plastic wood wholesaling
- Reinforcing wire wholesaling
- Roller shutter wholesaling
- Roofing material wholesaling
- Sand wholesaling
- Screening wire wholesaling
- Screens, window, wholesaling
- Stain wholesaling
- Stonecutter’s tool wholesaling
- Swimming pool, below ground fibreglass, wholesaling
- Tile, ceramic, wholesaling
- Wall or ceiling board wholesaling
- Wallpaper wholesaling
- Wire netting wholesaling
- Wire or cable wholesaling (except electric cable)
- Woodworking tool wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- installing insulation, tiles or most other building components are included in the appropriate classes of Division E Construction;
- wholesaling abrasive cleansers are included in Class 3323 Industrial and Agricultural Chemical Product Wholesaling;
- wholesaling textile awnings are included in Class 3711 Textile Product Wholesaling;
- wholesaling non-ceramic floor tiles are included in Class 3731 Furniture and Floor Covering Wholesaling;
- wholesaling electric cable are included in Class 3494 Other Electrical and Electronic Goods Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling plumbing goods are included in Class 3332 Plumbing Goods Wholesaling.
34 Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling
This subdivision contains the following ANZSIC groups:
341 Specialised Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling
This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:
3411 Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling agricultural machinery, agricultural implements, earth-moving or other construction machinery or equipment or parts for such equipment.
Primary activities
- Agricultural implement wholesaling
- Agricultural machinery wholesaling
- Construction machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Earthmoving machinery wholesaling
- Excavation machinery wholesaling
- Grader wholesaling
- Harvester wholesaling
- Lawn mower wholesaling
- Parts, agricultural or construction machinery, wholesaling
- Tractor wholesaling
- Windmill wholesaling
3419 Other Specialised Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling specialised industrial machinery, parts or equipment not elsewhere classified.
Primary activities
- Distilling equipment wholesaling
- Dry-cleaning machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Food processing machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Forging machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Foundry machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Leather working machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Machine attachment, part or accessory wholesaling
- Machine tool wholesaling
- Metalworking machinery wholesaling
- Milk processing machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Mining machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Paper making machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Printing machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Rubber making or working machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Tanning machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Textile working machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Welding machinery or equipment, non-electric, wholesaling
- Woodworking machinery or equipment wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- wholesaling electrical or electronic equipment are included in the appropriate classes of Group 349 Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling industrial machinery and equipment used in a wide range of industries are included in Class 3499 Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling n.e.c.
349 Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling
This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:
3491 Professional and Scientific Goods Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling scientific, medical or other professional equipment (except photographic equipment).
Primary activities
- Aeronautical equipment wholesaling
- Dental instrument or equipment wholesaling
- Draughting instrument wholesaling
- Mathematical instrument wholesaling
- Medical equipment wholesaling
- Navigation equipment wholesaling
- Optical instrument wholesaling
- Professional equipment wholesaling n.e.c.
- Scientific equipment wholesaling
- Surgical equipment wholesaling
- X-ray equipment or film wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- wholesaling cameras are included in Class 3494 Other Electrical and Electronic Good Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling binoculars or photographic film are included in Class 3499 Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling n.e.c.
3492 Computer and Computer Peripheral Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling computers or computer peripheral equipment.
Primary activities
- Blank compact disc (CD) wholesaling
- Blank computer disc wholesaling
- Blank digital versatile disc (DVD) wholesaling
- Computer game wholesaling
- Computer peripheral wholesaling n.e.c.
- Computer software wholesaling
- Computer wholesaling
- Inkjet printer wholesaling
- Keyboard wholesaling
- Laser printer wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- wholesaling telecommunication goods are included in Class 3493 Telecommunication Goods Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling pre-recorded audio or visual entertainment media such as CDs or DVDs are included in Class 3739 Other Goods Wholesaling n.e.c.
3493 Telecommunication Goods Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling telecommunication goods.
Primary activities
- Cellular telephone wholesaling
- Communication equipment wholesaling
- Facsimile (fax) machine wholesaling
- Mobile phone accessory wholesaling
- Mobile phone battery wholesaling
- Mobile phone wholesaling
- Modem wholesaling
- Telecommunication equipment parts wholesaling
- Telephone and electric cable ducting system wholesaling
- Telephone or telegraph equipment wholesaling
- Two-way radio equipment wholesaling
3494 Other Electrical and Electronic Goods Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling electrical or electronic goods not elsewhere classified.
Primary activities
- Air conditioning equipment, electric, wholesaling
- Alarm system, electric or electronic, wholesaling
- Battery, dry cell, wholesaling
- Bulb or tube, electric light, wholesaling
- Cable or wire, electric, wholesaling
- Calculator wholesaling
- Camera wholesaling
- Cash register wholesaling
- Digital versatile disc (DVD) players wholesaling
- Electric fitting dealing (wholesaling) n.e.c.
- Electrical distribution equipment wholesaling
- Electrical good wholesaling n.e.c.
- Electrical measuring or testing instrument wholesaling
- Electronic goods wholesaling n.e.c.
- Fan, electric, wholesaling
- Floor polisher wholesaling
- Generator, electricity, wholesaling
- Kitchen appliance, electric, wholesaling
- Light fitting, electric, wholesaling
- Motor, electric, wholesaling
- Photocopier wholesaling
- Photographic equipment, electrical or electronic, wholesaling
- Radio or television part wholesaling
- Radio receiving set wholesaling
- Refrigeration equipment, wholesaling
- Scale, electrical or electronic, wholesaling
- Sewing machine wholesaling
- Shaver, electric, wholesaling
- Shop or office scale wholesaling
- Sound recording or reproducing equipment, wholesaling
- Stove or heater wholesaling
- Switchgear, electrical, wholesaling
- Television set wholesaling
- Vacuum cleaner wholesaling
- Video cassette recorder (VCR) wholesaling
- Washing machine wholesaling
- Welding equipment, electrical, wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in wholesaling binoculars or photographic film are included in Class 3499 Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling n.e.c.
3499 Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling n.e.c.
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified.
Primary activities
- Air conditioning equipment, non-electric, wholesaling
- Bearing wholesaling
- Binocular wholesaling
- Blank cassette wholesaling
- Boat wholesaling
- Compressor, air or gas, wholesaling
- Display or notice board wholesaling
- Fire protection equipment, wholesaling
- Furnace or furnace equipment, industrial, wholesaling (except electrical)
- Gas generator or equipment wholesaling
- Gas heater wholesaling
- Hairdressing equipment wholesaling
- Industrial brush wholesaling
- Internal combustion engine wholesaling (except motor vehicle engines)
- Jetski part wholesaling
- Jetski wholesaling
- Kerosene heater wholesaling
- Lubricating machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Machinery and equipment wholesaling n.e.c.
- Marine engine wholesaling
- Marine equipment wholesaling n.e.c.
- Material handling equipment wholesaling
- Oil heater wholesaling
- Photographic film wholesaling
- Photographic supply wholesaling n.e.c.
- Portable fire extinguisher wholesaling
- Pumping machinery or equipment wholesaling
- Scale, non-electrical or non-electronic, wholesaling
- Weighing machinery wholesaling n.e.c.
- Wire working machinery or equipment wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- wholesaling electrical or electronic equipment, including cameras, are included in Class 3494 Other Electrical and Electronic Goods Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling motor vehicle engines are included in Class 3504 Motor Vehicle New Parts Wholesaling.
35 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts Wholesaling
This subdivision contains the following ANZSIC group:
350 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts Wholesaling
This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:
3501 Car Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling new and used motor cars.
Primary Activities
- New car wholesaling
- Used car wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in wholesaling buses, trucks or other commercial vehicles are included in Class 3502 Commercial Vehicle Wholesaling.
3502 Commercial Vehicle Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling new or used commercial motor vehicles.
Primary activities
- Bus, wholesaling
- Commercial vehicle wholesaling n.e.c.
- Truck wholesaling
3503 Trailer and Other Motor Vehicle Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling other types of new or used motor vehicles, including motorcycles, and trailers.
Primary activities
- Box trailer wholesaling
- Caravan wholesaling
- Four-wheeled motor cycle wholesaling
- Horse float wholesaling
- Motorcycle wholesaling
- Motorhome wholesaling
- Scooter wholesaling
- Trailer wholesaling n.e.c.
3504 Motor Vehicle New Parts Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling new parts or accessories for motor vehicles and motorcycles.
Primary activities
- Automotive air conditioning wholesaling
- Automotive battery wholesaling
- Car radio or CD-player wholesaling
- Motorcycle accessory, new, wholesaling
- Motorcycle part, new, wholesaling
- Motor vehicle accessory, new, wholesaling
- Motor vehicle part, new, wholesaling
- Tyre wholesaling
3505 Motor Vehicle Dismantling and Used Parts Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in dismantling motor vehicles or motorcycles, or wholesaling used parts for motor vehicles and motorcycles.
Primary activities
- Motorcycle dismantling
- Motor vehicle dismantling
- Second hand motorcycle parts wholesaling
- Second hand motor vehicle parts wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in second hand car parts retailing are included in Class 3921 Motor Vehicle Parts Retailing.
36 Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling
This subdivision contains the following ANZSIC group:
360 Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling
This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:
3601 General Line Grocery Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling a wide range or general line of groceries encompassing a number of grocery types throughout this subdivision.
These units wholesale at least three of the following grocery lines:
- meat, poultry and smallgoods
- dairy produce
- fish and seafood
- fruit and vegetables
- liquor or tobacco
- confectionery or soft drink
Primary activities
- General line grocery wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in wholesaling a specific grocery type are included in the appropriate classes of Group 360 Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling.
3602 Meat, Poultry and Smallgoods Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling fresh or frozen meat, bacon, ham, smallgoods, poultry or rabbit meat.
Primary activities
- Bacon wholesaling
- Frozen meat wholesaling
- Ham wholesaling
- Meat wholesaling (except canned)
- Poultry wholesaling (except canned)
- Rabbit meat wholesaling
- Sausage wholesaling
- Smallgoods wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- wholesaling canned meat, poultry and smallgoods are included in Class 3609 Other Grocery Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling meat, poultry and smallgoods in conjunction with a wide variety of other grocery items are included in Class 3601 General Line Grocery Wholesaling.
3603 Dairy Produce Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling dairy produce, ice cream and other frozen desserts.
Primary activities
- Butter wholesaling
- Cheese wholesaling
- Cream wholesaling
- Dairy product wholesaling
- Frozen dessert wholesaling
- Ice cream wholesaling
- Milk wholesaling (except canned)
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- wholesaling canned milk are included in Class 3609 Other Grocery Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling dairy products in conjunction with a wide variety of other grocery items are included in Class 3601 General Line Grocery Wholesaling.
3604 Fish and Seafood Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling fresh or frozen fish or other seafood (except canned).
Primary activities
- Crustacean wholesaling (including processed, except canned)
- Fish wholesaling
- Mollusc wholesaling (including processed, except canned)
- Seafood, fresh or frozen, wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- operating vessels which both catch and process fish or other seafood are included in the appropriate classes of Group 041 Fishing;
- cleaning, cooking or freezing crustaceans or molluscs (including shelling and bottling oysters) or in freezing filleted fish (including whole fin fish) are included in Class 1120 Seafood Processing;
- wholesaling canned fish or seafood are included in Class 3609 Other Grocery Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling fish or seafood in conjunction with a wide variety of other grocery items are included in Class 3601 General Line Grocery Wholesaling.
3605 Fruit and Vegetable Wholesaling
This class consists of units (including wholesaling units of marketing authorities) mainly engaged in wholesaling fresh fruit or vegetables.
Primary activities
- Fruit, fresh, wholesaling
- Vegetable, fresh, wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- washing and packing fruit or vegetables are included in Class 7320 Packaging Services; and
- wholesaling fruit and vegetables in conjunction with a wide variety of other grocery items are included in Class 3601 General Line Grocery Wholesaling.
3606 Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling beer, wine or spirits; or in wholesaling cigarettes, cigars or other tobacco products (except leaf tobacco).
Primary activities
- Alcoholic beverage wholesaling
- Tobacco product wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- blending wine or spirits are included in the appropriate classes of Group 121 Beverage Manufacturing;
- breaking down bulk quantities and bottling without wholesaling are included in Class 7320 Packaging Services;
- wholesaling tobacco leaf are included in Class 3319 Other Agricultural Product Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling liquor and tobacco products in conjunction with a wide variety of other grocery items are included in Class 3601 General Line Grocery Wholesaling.
3609 Other Grocery Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling specific grocery or food items not elsewhere classified. This class also includes units that repack groceries such as flour, cereal foods or dried fruits and wholesale them.
Primary activities
- Aerated water wholesaling
- Biscuit wholesaling
- Bottled water wholesaling
- Canned food wholesaling
- Cereal food wholesaling
- Coffee wholesaling
- Condiment wholesaling
- Confectionery wholesaling
- Cooking oil or fat wholesaling
- Cordial, aerated or carbonated, wholesaling
- Egg and egg product wholesaling
- Fruit juice wholesaling
- Health food wholesaling
- Honey wholesaling
- Margarine wholesaling
- Milk, dried, condensed or concentrated, wholesaling
- Nuts wholesaling (roasted, salted or sugar coated)
- Potato crisp wholesaling
- Preserved fruit or vegetable wholesaling
- Rice, milled or polished, wholesaling
- Salt, household, wholesaling
- Seafood, canned, wholesaling
- Soft drink wholesaling
- Specialised food wholesaling n.e.c.
- Specific cultural grocery wholesaling
- Tea wholesaling
- Vinegar wholesaling
- Yeast wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in wholesaling the above grocery products in conjunction with a wide variety of other grocery items are included in Class 3601 General Line Grocery Wholesaling.
37 Other Goods Wholesaling
This subdivision contains the following ANZSIC groups:
371 Textile, Clothing and Footwear Wholesaling
This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:
3711 Textile Product Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling textiles or textile products not elsewhere classified.
Primary activities
- Awning, textile, wholesaling
- Bag or sack, textile, wholesaling
- Blanket wholesaling
- Blind, textile, wholesaling
- Canvas goods wholesaling n.e.c.
- Cordage wholesaling
- Elasticised fabric wholesaling
- Fabric, textile, wholesaling
- Felt wholesaling (except floor coverings)
- Glass fibre fabric wholesaling
- Lace wholesaling
- Linen wholesaling
- Narrow fabric wholesaling
- Netting, textile wholesaling
- Piece-goods wholesaling
- Rope wholesaling (except wire rope)
- Sail cloth wholesaling
- Sewing thread wholesaling
- Soft furnishing wholesaling
- String wholesaling
- Tarpaulin wholesaling
- Tent wholesaling
- Textile wholesaling n.e.c.
- Thread wholesaling
- Towel wholesaling
- Trimming, textile, wholesaling
- Yarn wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- wholesaling floor coverings are included in Class 3731 Furniture and Floor Covering Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling wire rope are included in Class 3339 Other Hardware Goods Wholesaling.
3712 Clothing and Footwear Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling clothing or footwear.
Primary activities
- Clothing wholesaling
- Footwear wholesaling
- Hosiery wholesaling
- Leather clothing wholesaling
- Millinery wholesaling
- Sports clothing wholesaling
- Sports footwear wholesaling
372 Pharmaceutical and Toiletry Goods Wholesaling
This group contains the following ANZSIC class:
3720 Pharmaceutical and Toiletry Goods Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling human pharmaceuticals, medicines, cosmetics, perfumes and toiletries. Also included are units mainly engaged in wholesaling veterinary drugs or medicines.
Primary activities
- Cosmetic wholesaling
- Drug wholesaling
- Medicine wholesaling
- Perfume wholesaling
- Toiletry wholesaling
- Veterinary drug wholesaling
- Veterinary medicine wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in wholesaling industrial chemical products are included in Class 3323 Industrial and Agricultural Chemical Product Wholesaling.
373 Furniture, Floor Covering and Other Goods Wholesaling
This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:
3731 Furniture and Floor Covering Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling furniture or floor coverings (except ceramic floor tiles).
Primary activities
- Blind wholesaling (except textile)
- Floor covering wholesaling (except ceramic floor tiles)
- Furniture wholesaling
- Mattress wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- wholesaling ceramic tiles are included in Class 3339 Other Hardware Goods Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling canvas blinds are included in Class 3711 Textile Product Wholesaling
3732 Jewellery and Watch Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling watches or clocks (including parts), jewellery, precious stones or precious metals.
Primary activities
- Clock wholesaling
- Costume jewellery wholesaling
- Gemstone wholesaling
- Jewellery wholesaling
- Precious metal wholesaling
- Watch or clock part wholesaling
- Watch wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in wholesaling scrap precious metals are included in Class 3322 Metal and Mineral Wholesaling.
3733 Kitchen and Diningware Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling china, glassware, crockery and other kitchen and dining ware.
Primary activities
- Brushware wholesaling
- Chinaware wholesaling
- Cooking utensil wholesaling (except electric appliances)
- Crockery wholesaling
- Cutlery wholesaling
- Enamelware wholesaling
- Glassware wholesaling
- Kitchenware wholesaling
- Tableware wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in wholesaling electrical appliances are included in Class 3494 Other Electrical and Electronic Goods Wholesaling.
3734 Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling toys, bicycles or bicycle parts, firearms, ammunition, fireworks or sporting equipment (except tents, sports clothing or footwear).
Primary activities
- Ammunition wholesaling
- Bicycle parts wholesaling
- Bicycle wholesaling
- Playground equipment wholesaling
- Sporting goods wholesaling (except clothing or footwear)
- Toy wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- wholesaling sports clothing or sports footwear are included in Class 3712 Clothing and Footwear Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling tents are included in Class 3711 Textile Product Wholesaling.
3735 Book and Magazine Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling books, periodicals and magazines.
Primary Activities
- Book wholesaling
- Magazine wholesaling
- Newspaper wholesaling
- Periodical wholesaling
3736 Paper Product Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling paper stationery, greeting cards and paper or paper products not elsewhere classified.
Primary activities
- Greeting card wholesaling
- Paper or paper board container wholesaling
- Paper product wholesaling n.e.c.
- Paper stationery wholesaling
- Paper wholesaling
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in wholesaling building paper and paper board are included in Class 3339 Other Hardware Goods Wholesaling.
3739 Other Goods Wholesaling n.e.c.
This class consists of units mainly engaged in wholesaling travel goods, containers (except of paper or paper board), musical instruments, second-hand goods, or other goods not elsewhere classified.
Primary activities
- Artists’ supplies wholesaling
- Can, metal, wholesaling
- Cask wholesaling
- Coffin wholesaling
- Container wholesaling (except of paper or paper board)
- Crate, wooden, wholesaling
- Firewood wholesaling
- Fur, dyed or dressed, wholesaling
- Glass container wholesaling
- Leather good wholesaling (except clothing or footwear)
- Luggage wholesaling
- Musical instrument wholesaling
- Pet food wholesaling
- Pre-recorded audio media wholesaling
- Pre-recorded entertainment media wholesaling
- Pre-recorded video media wholesaling
- Second-hand bottle dealing (wholesaling)
- Second-hand goods wholesaling n.e.c.
- Sheet music wholesaling
- Wholesale trade n.e.c.
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- wholesaling paper and paper board containers are included in Class 3736 Paper Product Wholesaling; and
- wholesaling leather clothing or shoes are included in Class 3712 Clothing and Footwear Wholesaling
38 Commission-Based Wholesaling
This subdivision contains the following ANZSIC group:
380 Commission-Based Wholesaling
This group contains the following ANZSIC class:
3800 Commission-Based Wholesaling
This class consists of units mainly engaged in the purchase and/or sale of goods or through the provision of sales services to businesses on behalf of one or more principals on a fee or commission basis. These activities include units who arrange the sale of goods on behalf of a principal, but do not take title to the goods.
Primary activities
- Auction service (except real estate)
- Auctioning livestock
- Electronic auction
- Export agent, wholesaler
- Goods wholesale broking n.e.c.
- Import agent, wholesaler
- Livestock agent
- Manufacturer’s sales agent
- Stock and station agent
- Stockyard operation
- Wholesaler’s sales agent
- Wool broking
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- the arrangement of the purchase of travel and related services are included in Class 7220 Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services;
- the activities of real estate agents are included in Class 6720 Real Estate Services; and
- the broking of financial or insurance services are included in the appropriate classes of Subdivision 64 Auxiliary Finance and Insurance Services.