Classification Detail


ISIC, Rev. 3 - Code 2412


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2412 - Manufacture of fertilizers and nitrogen compounds

Explanatory note

This class includes manufacture of straight, mixed, compound or complex nitrogenous, phosphatic or potassic fertilizers. Included is manufacture of urea. Manufacture of products of the nitrogenous fertilizer industry: nitric acid, ammonia, commercial ammonium chloride, nitrates of potassium. Exclusions: Guano mining is classified in class 1421 (Mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals). Manufacture of pesticides and other agro-chemical products is classified in class 2421.