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 mixtures of natural soil, peat, sand, clays and minerals, with nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium as an essential constituent
• manufacture of other fertilisers by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products

This type excludes:

• mining of guano, see 089100
• manufacture of agrochemical products (e.g. pesticides), see 202000
• manufacture of liming agents, see 205900
• production of waste compost, see 382100