01.63 — 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