ISIC 0163—Post-harvest crop activities

Where 0163 sits

1. A Agriculture, forestry and fishing
2. 01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
3. 016 Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities
4. 0163 Post-harvest crop activities

What 0163 includes

• Post-harvest crop activities on a fee or contract basis
• Preparation of crops for primary markets, e.g. cleaning, trimming, grading, disinfecting
• Cotton ginning
• Preparation of tobacco leaves, e.g. sun drying
• Preparation of cocoa beans, e.g. peeling
• Waxing of fruit
• Drying of fruit, vegetable, herbs, spices, medicinal herbs and tobacco under natural conditions
• Sorting, cleaning and cutting of medicinal herbs
• Grain drying
• Retting of plants bearing vegetable textile fibers (jute, flax, coir etc.) not associated with the growing of vegetable textile fibers
• Artificial ripening of fruits as a service, e.g. banana ripening

What 0163 excludes

• Preparation of agricultural products by the producer, see corresponding class in groups 011, 012 or 013
• Post-harvest activities aimed at improving the propagation quality of seed, see 0164
• Stemming and redrying of tobacco, see 1200
• Marketing activities of commission merchants and cooperative associations, see division 46
• Wholesale of agricultural raw materials, see 462
• Growing of seeds, see groups 011 and 012
• Processing of seeds to obtain oil, see 1040
• Research to develop or modify new forms of seeds, see 7210

0163 in other systems