The High Technology sector is defined according to the criteria adopted by the OECD, including all those economic activities, both industrial and service-related, whose common denominator is their relation to the High Technology sector.

The following activities from the CNAE-2009 [National Classification of Economic Activities] are included in this sector:

CNAE-2009 SECTORS

High Technology manufacturing sectors

• 21 Manufacture of pharmaceutical products
• 26 Manufacture of computer, electronic & optical products
• 30.3 Manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft and of its machinery

Medium-High Technology manufacturing sectors

• 20 Chemical industry
• 25.4 Manufacture of weapons and munitions
• 27 to 29 Manufacture of electrical material & equipment; Manufacture of machinery and equipment not classified elsewhere; Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
• 30 (except 30.1 and 30.3) Manufacture of other transport material, except Naval construction and Manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft and of its machinery
• 32.5 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies

High/cutting-edge technology services

• 59 to 63 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities; Radio and television programming and broadcasting activities; Telecommunications; Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; Information service activities
• 72 Research and development