PKD 01.63.Z—Post-harvest services and seed processing for plant propagation purposes

Where 01.63.Z sits

1. A Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
2. 01 Agricultural crops, animal breeding and husbandry, hunting, including service activities
3. 01.6 Agricultural support and post-harvest service activities
4. 01.63 Post-harvest services and seed processing for plant propagation purposes
5. 01.63.Z Post-harvest services and seed processing for plant propagation purposes

What 01.63.Z includes

• This subclass includes post-harvest service activities performed on a contract basis:
• Preparation of crops for sale on the primary market, for example, by cleaning, cutting, sorting, and disinfecting,
• Cotton ginning,
• Preparation of tobacco leaves, hop cones, and herbs, for example, by natural drying,
• Preparation of cocoa beans, for example, by shelling,
• Fruit waxing,
• Drying of fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, medicinal herbs, and tobacco,
• Sorting, cleaning, cutting, and drying of medicinal herbs,
• Grain drying,
• Post-harvest activities aimed at improving seed quality, for example, by removing underdeveloped, damaged, or immature seeds, or by maintaining seed moisture at a safe storage level,
• Retting of fiber plants (such as jute, flax, coconut) not related to their cultivation,
• Treatments accelerating fruit ripening, for example, accelerating banana ripening,
• Drying, cleaning, sorting, and storing seeds until they are sold,
• Processing genetically modified seeds.

What 01.63.Z excludes

• Preparation for sale of agricultural products by the producer, classified in the appropriate subclasses of groups 01.1, 01.2, and 01.3,
• Seed production, classified in the appropriate subclasses of groups 01.1 and 01.2,
• Services related to the processing of seeds for the purpose of obtaining oil, classified in 10.41.Z,
• Primary processing of raw tobacco, i.e., preparation for further processing by tobacco product manufacturers, consisting in particular of stripping, cutting, impregnating, or drying the leaf blade, classified in 12.00.Z,
• Marketing activities performed on a commission basis, classified in the appropriate subclasses of division 46,
• Wholesale of agricultural produce, classified in the appropriate subclasses of group 46.2,
• Experimental research related to the development and modification of seeds, classified in 72.10.Z.

01.63.Z in other systems