WZ 20.15.0—Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds

Where 20.15.0 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
3. 20.1 Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms
4. 20.15 Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds
5. 20.15.0 Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds

What 20.15.0 includes

• Production of fertilizers: • simple or complex nitrogen, phosphate, or potassium fertilizers • urea, natural crude phosphates, and natural crude potassium salts
• Production of related nitrogen products: • nitric and nitrating acids, ammonia, ammonium chloride, ammonium carbonate, nitrites, and potassium nitrates
• Manufacture of potting soil mixtures from natural soil, peat, sand, clay and minerals, with nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium as the main component
• Manufacture of other fertilizers by mixing or chemically treating animal or plant products

What 20.15.0 excludes

• Extraction of guano, see 08.91.0
• Manufacture of agrochemical products (e.g., pesticides), see 20.20.0
• Manufacture of lime products, see 20.59.9
• Production of waste compost, see 38.21.2

20.15.0 in other systems