Post-harvest crop activities and seed processing for propagation

This class includes post-harvest crop activities on a fee or contract basis:

• preparation of crops for primary markets (e.g. cleaning, trimming, grading or disinfecting)
• cotton ginning
• preparation of tobacco leaves (e.g. sun drying)
• preparation of cocoa beans (e.g. peeling)
• waxing of fruit
• drying of fruit, vegetables, herbs, spices, medicinal herbs and tobacco
• sorting, cleaning and cutting of medicinal herbs
• grain drying
• post-harvest activities aimed at improving the propagation quality of seed (e.g. by the removal of non-seed materials, or damaged or immature seeds, or by reducing the seed moisture to a safe level for storage)
• retting of plants bearing vegetable textile fibres (such as jute, flax or coir), not associated with the growing of vegetable textile fibres
• artificial ripening of fruits as a service (e.g. banana ripening)

This class also includes:

• drying, cleaning, grading and treating of seeds until they are marketed
• treatment of genetically modified seeds

This class excludes:

• preparation of agricultural products by the producer, see the corresponding classes in groups 01.1, 01.2, 01.3
• growing of seeds, see 01.1, 01.2
• processing of seeds to obtain oil, see 10.41
• stemming and redrying of tobacco, see 12.00
• marketing activities of commission merchants and cooperative associations, see division 46
• wholesale of agricultural raw materials, see 46.2
• research to develop or modify new forms of seeds, see 72.10