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283000 Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery


This type includes:

  • manufacture of agricultural and forestry tractors
  • manufacture of track-laying tractors
  • manufacture of single-axle (pedestrian-controlled) tractors
  • manufacture of mowers, including lawnmowers
  • manufacture of self-loading or self-unloading trailers or semi-trailers for agricultural purposes
  • manufacture of agricultural machinery for soil preparation or cultivation, e.g.:
  • ploughs, harrows, manure spreaders, seeders, fertiliser distributors, etc.
  • manufacture of harvesting or threshing machinery, e.g.:
  • harvesters, threshers, sorters, etc.
  • manufacture of milking machines
  • manufacture of agricultural or horticultural spraying appliances
  • manufacture of diverse agricultural machinery, e.g.:
  • poultry-keeping machinery, bee-keeping equipment, equipment for preparing fodder, etc.
  • machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruits, etc.
  • manufacture of machinery for vertical farming

This type excludes:

  • manufacture of non-power-driven hand tools, of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry, see 256300
  • manufacture of conveyors for farm use, see 282200
  • manufacture of power-driven hand tools, see 282400
  • manufacture of earth-moving machinery, see 289200
  • manufacture of cream separators, see 289300
  • manufacture of machinery to clean, sort or grade seed, grain or dried leguminous vegetables, see 289300
  • manufacture of road tractors for semi-trailers, see 291000
  • manufacture of trailers or semi-trailers for other than agricultural purposes, see 292000