The present article aims at presenting concepts about industrial classifications of the "International Family of Economic and Social Classifications", which comprises economical activities, products, education, etc.; it also intends to demonstrate how the economical classifications of activities and products are applied, particularly, to the productive chain of the chemistry industry. For this, the main classifications of activities and products from the Systems of Statistical Information of European and American countries were selected.
Industrial classification; Systems of Statistical Information; Sectorial analysis; Statistical information; Chemical industry; Chemical products; Productive chain
