PKD 20.15.Z—Production of fertilizers and nitrogen compounds

Where 20.15.Z sits

1. C Industrial Processing
2. 20 Production of chemicals and chemical products
3. 20.1 Production of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms
4. 20.15 Production of fertilizers and nitrogen compounds
5. 20.15.Z Production of fertilizers and nitrogen compounds

What 20.15.Z includes

• Production of fertilizers: • pure or mixed fertilizers: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, • urea, crude natural phosphates, and crude natural potassium salts,
• Production of nitrogen compounds: • nitric acid, nitrating mixtures, ammonia, ammonium chloride, ammonium carbonate, nitrites, and potassium nitrates,
• Production of substrate without mushroom spawn,
• Production of potting soil, which is a mixture of natural soil, peat, sand, clay, and minerals, with nitrogen, phosphorus, or potassium as an essential ingredient,
• Production of other fertilizers by mixing or chemically treating products of animal or plant origin (organic, organo-mineral, and microelement fertilizers).

What 20.15.Z excludes

• Guano extraction, see 08.91.Z,
• Manufacture of agrochemicals (for example, pesticides), see 20.20.A, 20.20.B, 20.20.C,
• Manufacture of liming materials, see 20.59.Z,
• Manufacture of compost from waste, see 38.21.Z,
• Manufacture of fertilizers, which are separate, chemically defined compounds, see appropriate subclasses of other divisions of Section C.

20.15.Z in other systems