201500 Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds


This type includes:

  • manufacture of fertilisers:
  • straight or complex nitrogenous, phosphatic or potassic fertilisers
  • urea, crude natural phosphates and crude natural potassium salts
  • manufacture of associated nitrogen products:
  • nitric and sulphonitric acids, ammonia, ammonium chloride, ammonium carbonate, nitrites and nitrates of potassium

This type also includes:

  • manufacture of potting soil with peat as main constituent
  • manufacture of potting soil mixtures of natural soil, sand, clays and minerals

This type excludes:

  • mining of guano (see 089100)
  • manufacture of agrochemical products, such as pesticides (see 202000)

acid sulfonitrique; ammonia; associated nitrogen products; carbonate of ammonium; chloride of ammonium; fertilizing chemical; nitrates of potassium; nitric acid; nitrites of potassium; nitrogen products; phosphates manures; phosphates natural crude; salt of potassium natural crude; straight nitrogenous, complex nitrogenous; turpentine; urea

Codification rules

Priority in case of multiple activities

If production, repair and sales activities are carried out, the priority is as follows :

- if production and sale: production takes priority
- if production and repair: production takes priority
- if repair and sale: repair takes priority

Outsourced activities (outsourcing)

There are several types of outsourcing, the enterprise may outsource::
• Part of a production process, classification: production
• All of a production process
o & owner of commodities, classification: production
o & non-owner of commodities, classification: section G, M or N :

For a construction enterprise:
• Part of the construction activities, classification: construction - section F

Further information:
- Introduction to NOGA 2008