CU 27690 — Fabricated metal product manufacturing (not elsewhere classified)
ACC files this unit under Manufacturing, in the group “Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing”, in levy risk group 226.
The work this unit covers
- Ammunition manufacturing
- Awning or blind, metal, manufacturing (including aluminium)
- Bathroom or toilet fittings, metal, manufacturing
- Blow torch manufacturing
- Bottle or can opener manufacturing (except power operated)
- Button, metal, manufacturing
- Clothes hoist manufacturing
- Coupling, metal, manufacturing
- Cutlery manufacturing (except of solid silver or gold)
- Door handle, metal, manufacturing
- Drilling bit manufacturing (except twist drills)
- Fabricated metal product manufacturing (not elsewhere classified)
- Fire sprinkler manufacturing
- Firearm manufacturing
- Fittings, steam, gas or water, manufacturing (non-ferrous metal)
- Garden tool manufacturing (except power operated)
- General engineering
- Grease gun manufacturing (except pneumatic or power operated)
- Hand tool manufacturing (except pneumatic or power operated)
- Handbag frame, metal, manufacturing
- Key manufacturing
- Knife blank manufacturing
- Knife, hand held, manufacturing (except power operated)
- Livestock yarding equipment, metal, manufacturing
- Lock manufacturing
- Machine knife or blades manufacturing
- Mast, aluminium, manufacturing
- Mattress support, woven wire, link mesh or wire spring, manufacturing (except upholstered)
- Pipe coil manufacturing
- Pipe fittings, non-ferrous metal, manufacturing
- Platework (not elsewhere classified)
- Razor or razor blade manufacturing (except power operated)
- Scissor manufacturing (except electric)
- Screwdriver manufacturing (including bits or blades; except pneumatic or power operated)
- Soldering iron manufacturing (except power operated)
- Sprocket chain manufacturing
- Steel wool manufacturing
- Tackle block, metal, manufacturing
- Tube fittings, non-ferrous metal, manufacturing
- Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing
- Turnstile, metal, manufacturing
- Valve or valve parts, steam, gas or water, manufacturing (non-ferrous metal)
- Vice, bench, manufacturing
Levy rate, 2026-27
| Employer / self-employed (CoverPlus) | $1.26 per $100 of liable earnings |
|---|---|
| Experience Rating programme rate | $1.35072 |
| CoverPlus Extra (standard) | $1.73 |
| CoverPlus Extra (lower weekly compensation) | $1.64 |
| At the 2026-27 maximum liable income ($156,641) | $1,974 a year |
Per $100 of liable earnings, GST-exclusive, as ACC publishes them; the Working Safer and Earners' levies are separate flat levies and are not included.
Rate history
| Levy year | Rate per $100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $1.25 | — |
| 2025-26 | $1.29 | +$0.04 |
| 2026-27 | $1.26 | −$0.03 |
Commonly confused with
CU 29220 — Metal furniture manufacturing
Metal furniture manufacturing covers cabinets, filing cabinets, metal furniture parts and fittings. This unit is the catch-all for fabricated metal goods that are not furniture — awnings and blinds, bathroom fittings, couplings, ammunition, metal buttons.
$1.26 against $0.74: $0.52 apart, CU 27690 dearer , $815 a year at the ceiling.
CU 27510 — Metal container manufacturing (not elsewhere classified)
Metal containers — cans, drums, bins, tool boxes, letter boxes, vacuum bottles — have a unit of their own. This one covers fabricated metal products that are not containers.
$1.26 against $0.79: $0.47 apart, CU 27690 dearer , $736 a year at the ceiling.
CU 27620 — Spring and wire product manufacturing
Spring and wire products are separate: barbed wire, wire gates, wire guards and hooks, fence droppers, chain other than forged or cast. This unit covers metal fabrication that is not wire or spring work.
$1.26 against $0.79: $0.47 apart, CU 27690 dearer , $736 a year at the ceiling.
BIC codes that map here
ACC assessors work from Business Industry Classification codes. These are the codes that land on CU 27690:
| C229902 | Ammunition mfg |
|---|---|
| C229905 | Awning mfg – metal |
| C229908 | Bathroom and toilet fitting mfg – metal |
| C229910 | Blacksmith service |
| C229912 | Blind mfg – metal |
| C229915 | Clothes hoist mfg |
| C229918 | Cutlery mfg |
| C229920 | Display model mfg – metal |
| C229922 | Fabricated metal product mfg nec |
| C229925 | Fire sprinkler mfg |
| C229928 | Firearm mfg |
| C229930 | Furniture fitting mfg – metal |
| C229932 | Garden tool mfg – except power operated |
| C229935 | General hardware mfg nec |
| C229938 | Gun or rifle mfg |
| C229940 | Hand tool mfg nec – except pneumatic or power operated |
| C229942 | Key mfg |
| C229945 | Knife mfg – hand held – except power operated |
| C229948 | Lamp or lamp part mfg |
| C229950 | Livestock yarding equipment mfg – metal |
| C229952 | Lock mfg |
| C229955 | Mast mfg – aluminium |
| C229958 | Metalworking hand tool mfg – except pneumatic or power operated |
| C229960 | Pipe fitting mfg – non-ferrous metal |
| C229962 | Platework nec |
| C229965 | Razor or razor blade mfg – except power operated |
| C229968 | Safe or vault mfg or installation |
| C229970 | Saw blade mfg |
| C229972 | Scissor mfg – except electric |
| C229975 | Screwdriver mfg – including bit or blade – except pneumatic or power operated |
| C229978 | Tubing mfg – flexible metal |
| C229980 | Valve or valve part, steam, gas or water, mfg (non-ferrous metal) |
| C229985 | Woodworking hand tool mfg – except of wood, pneumatic or power operated |
| C249910 | General engineering |
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