0163 Post-harvest crop activities and seed processing for propagation

This subcategory includes:

• preparation services for primary markets, i.e. cleaning, trimming, grading, disinfecting, drying, shelling
• cotton ginning services
• preparation services for tobacco leaves, e.g. drying
• preparation services for cocoa beans, e.g. peeling
• services of waxing fruit
• services of drying fruit, vegetables, herbs, spices, medicinal herbs and tobacco
• grain drying services
• services of sorting, cleaning and cutting medicinal herbs
• services of retting plants bearing vegetable textile fibres, not associated with the growing of vegetable textile fibres
• artificial ripening of fruits as a service

This subcategory also includes:

• services to improve the propagation quality of the seed, including treatment of genetically modified seeds:
• removal of non-seed materials, undersized, mechanically or insect-damaged and immature seeds
• removal of seed moisture to a safe level for seed storage
• drying, cleaning, grading and treating of seeds until they are marketed
• services for the treatment of genetically modified seeds

This subcategory excludes:

• preparation services of agricultural products by the producer, see corresponding class in groups 01.1 , 01.2 or 01.3
• seeds, see groups 01.1 , 01.2
• services for the processing of seeds to obtain oil, see 10.41
• stemming and redrying services for tobacco, see 12.00.1
• marketing services of commission merchants and cooperative associations, see division 46
• wholesale trade services of agricultural raw materials, see 46.2
• research services to develop or modify new forms of seeds, see 72.10.51