Shelf 03 of 20: Raw materials, chemicals, paper and fuel
Raw materials, chemicals, paper and fuel
The goods segments at the raw end of the catalogue: living material, minerals, chemicals, resins, paper, fuels and the lines between them.
13 guides on this shelf.
- How do agricultural inputs sit across raw segments?
How do agricultural inputs sit across raw segments? seeds, live animals, chemicals and fuels that a farm buys, spread across several raw segments rather than one farm segment, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the chemicals segment?
What sits in the chemicals segment? chemicals including biochemicals and gas materials, grouped as inputs to industry, agriculture and laboratories, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- Why are fuel additives and lubricants grouped with fuels?
Why are fuel additives and lubricants grouped with fuels? materials that treat, protect or lubricate engines and machinery, grouped with the fuels they serve, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the fuels segment?
What sits in the fuels segment? fuels, fuel additives, lubricants and anti corrosive materials as a single segment, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- Where do laboratory raw materials sit?
Where do laboratory raw materials sit? chemicals, gases and related inputs that laboratories buy, grouped with industrial chemicals rather than with laboratory equipment, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the live plant and animal segment?
What sits in the live plant and animal segment? living material with its accessories and supplies, the raw end where agriculture meets procurement, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the mineral and textile segment?
What sits in the mineral and textile segment? mineral and textile materials together with inedible plant and animal materials, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How does paper move from material to product in UNSPSC?
How does paper move from material to product in UNSPSC? a chain inside one segment from paper materials through paper products to specific papers such as printer or copier paper, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the paper materials and products segment?
What sits in the paper materials and products segment? paper materials and paper products, including printing and writing paper as a class, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What are the classic borderlines among raw segments?
What are the classic borderlines among raw segments? inputs that could sit in two raw segments, such as a treated material, a blended fuel or a coated paper, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- How should spend in raw segments be counted?
How should spend in raw segments be counted? spend rolled up from commodity detail to segment level only after version and level have been fixed, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- Where does raw material end and processed product begin?
Where does raw material end and processed product begin? the boundary inside UNSPSC where an input stops being raw material and starts being a product in its own right, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
- What sits in the resin and rubber segment?
What sits in the resin and rubber segment? resin, rosin, rubber, foam, film and elastomeric materials as manufactured inputs, in UNSPSC as managed by the United Nations Development Programme since 1 January 2025.
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