SSIC 20120—Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds

Where 20120 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
3. 201 Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms
4. 2012 Manufacture of Fertilisers and Nitrogen Compounds
5. 20120 Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds

What 20120 includes

• This sub-class includes the manufacture of fertilisers and/or nitrogen compounds.
• Units in this sub-class include the manufacture of:
• Fertilisers: straight or complex nitrogenous, phosphatic or potassic fertilisers, urea, crude natural phosphates and/or crude natural potassium salts
• Associated nitrogen products: nitric and/or sulphonitric acids, ammonium chloride, ammonium carbonate, nitrites and/or nitrates of potassium.
• Potting soil with peat as main constituent and/or mixtures of natural soil, sand, clays and minerals
• Other fertilisers by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products
• Biological crop additives
• Plant bio-stimulants, bio-fertilisers and plant growth promoters
• Soil improvers

What 20120 excludes

• Mining of guano, see 08900
• Manufacture of agrochemical products, such as pesticides, see 20210
• Manufacture of liming agents, see 23940
• Operation of compost dumps, see 38200

20120 in other systems