# What is CNAE?

CNAE is Brazil's classification of economic activities. The CNPJ register gives each establishment a main CNAE code of seven digits. Its first two digits are the same divisions as the international classification, so manufacturing is divisions 10 to 33. Testigo shows the code and its Portuguese description, with an English one beside it.

- Manufacturers in Brazil: the public record explained: https://testigomexico.com/guides/public-record-brazil
- How to find manufacturers in Brazil: https://testigomexico.com/guides/find-manufacturers-brazil
- How to check a supplier in Latin America before you visit: https://testigomexico.com/guides/check-supplier-latin-america
- Glossary: the words behind every record: CNAE (Classificação Nacional de Atividades Econômicas): https://testigomexico.com/glossary#cnae


Cite as: Testigo, "What is CNAE?", https://testigomexico.com/questions/what-is-cnae, data file 2026-10-12.

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This is the Markdown version of https://testigomexico.com/questions/what-is-cnae. Testigo: Testigo is supplier intelligence for people who source from Latin America: a search over manufacturers taken from the official public registry of each country. Each record shows its source, its date and what was not checked.