This Chapter has been extracted from the ONS Explanatory Notes and provides a more detailed explanation of possible activities that could fall within the SIC Codes related to the Chapter.
This Division includes two basic activities, namely the production of crop products and production of animal products, covering also the forms of organic agriculture, the growing of genetically modified crops and the raising of genetically modified animals. This Division includes growing of crops in open fields as well in greenhouses.
This Division also includes service activities incidental to agriculture, as well as hunting, trapping and related activities.
Group 01.5 (Mixed farming) breaks with the usual principles for identifying main activity. It accepts that many agricultural holdings have reasonably balanced crop and animal production, and that it would be arbitrary to classify them in one category or the other.
Agricultural activity excludes any subsequent processing of the agricultural products (classified under divisions 10 and 11 (Manufacture of food products and beverages) and division 12 (Manufacture of tobacco products)), beyond that needed to prepare them for the primary markets. The preparation of
products for the primary markets is included here.
The division excludes field construction (e.g. agricultural land terracing, drainage, preparing rice paddies etc.) classified in section F (Construction) and buyers and cooperative associations engaged in the marketing of farm products classified in section G. Also excluded is landscape care and maintenance, which is classified in class 81.30.
01.1 Growing of non-perennial crops
This group includes the growing of non-perennial crops, i.e. plants that do not last for more than two growing seasons. Included is the growing of these plants for the purpose of seed production.
01.11 Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
This class includes all forms of growing of cereals, leguminous crops and oil seeds in open fields. The growing of these crops is often combined within agricultural units.
This class includes:
- growing of cereals such as:
• wheat
• grain maize
• sorghum
• barley
• rye
• oats
• millets
• other cereals n.e.c.
- growing of leguminous crops such as:
• beans
• broad beans
• chick peas
• cow peas
• lentils
• lupins
• peas
• pigeon peas
• other leguminous crops
- growing of oil seeds such as:
• soya beans
• groundnuts
• cottonseed
• castor bean
• linseed
• mustard seed
• niger seed
• rapeseed
• safflower seed
• sesame seed
• sunflower seed
• other oil seeds
This class excludes:
- growing of rice, see 01.12
- growing of sweet corn, see 01.13
- growing of maize for fodder, see 01.19
- growing of oleaginous fruits, see 01.26
01.12 Growing of rice
01.13 Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers
This class includes:
- growing of leafy or stem vegetables such as:
• artichokes
• asparagus
• cabbages
• cauliflower and broccoli
• lettuce and chicory
• spinach
• other leafy or stem vegetables
- growing of fruit bearing vegetables such as:
• cucumbers and gherkins
• eggplants (aubergines)
• tomatoes
• watermelons
• cantaloupes
• other melons and fruit-bearing vegetables
- growing of root, bulb or tuberous vegetables such as:
• carrots
• turnips
• garlic
• onions (incl. shallots)
• leeks and other alliaceous vegetables
• other root, bulb or tuberous vegetables
- growing of mushrooms and truffles
- growing of vegetable seeds, including sugar beet seeds, excluding other beet seeds
- growing of sugar beet
- growing of other vegetables
- growing of roots and tubers such as:
• potatoes
• sweet potatoes
• cassava
• yams
• other roots and tubers
This class excludes:
- growing of chillies, peppers (capsicum sop.) and other spices and aromatic crops, see 01.28
-growing of mushroom spawn, see 01.30
01.14 Growing of sugar cane
This class excludes:- growing of sugar beet, see 01.13
01.15 Growing of tobacco
This class excludes:
- manufacture of tobacco products, see 12.00
01.16 Growing of fibre crops
This class includes:
- growing of cotton
- growing of jute, kenaf and other textile bast fibres
- growing of flax and true hemp
- growing of sisal and other textile fibre of the genus agave
- growing of abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres
- growing of other fibre crops
01.19 Growing of other non-perennial crops
This class includes the growing of all other non-perennial crops:
- growing of mangolds, fodder roots, clover, alfalfa, sainfoin, fodder maize and other grasses, forage kale and similar forage products
- growing of buckwheat
- growing of beet seeds (excluding sugar beet seeds) and seeds of forage plants
- growing of flowers
- production of cut flowers and flower buds
- growing of flower seeds
01.2 Growing of perennial crops
This group includes the growing of perennial crops, i.e. plants that last for more than two growing seasons, either dying back after each season or growing continuously. Included is the growing of these plants for the purpose of seed production.
01.21 Growing of grapes
This class includes:
- growing of wine grapes and table grapes in vineyards
This class excludes:
- manufacture of wine, see 11.02
01.22 Growing of tropical and subtropical fruits
01.23 Growing of citrus fruits
01.24 Growing of pome fruits and stone fruits
01.25 Growing of other tree and bush fruits and nuts
01.26 Growing of oleaginous fruits
01.27 Growing of beverage crops
This class includes:
- growing of beverage crops:
• coffee
• tea
• maté
• cocoa
• other beverage crops
01.28 Growing of spices, aromatic, drug and pharmaceutical crops
This class includes:
- growing of perennial and non-perennial spices and aromatic crops:
• pepper (piper sop.)
• chillies and peppers (capsicum sop.)
• nutmeg, mace and cardamoms
• anise, badian and fennel
• cinnamon (canella)
• cloves
• ginger
• vanilla
• hops
• other spices and aromatic crops
- growing of drug and narcotic crops
01.29 Growing of other perennial crops
This class includes:
- growing of rubber trees for harvesting of latex
- growing of Christmas trees
- growing of trees for extraction of sap
- growing of vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting
This class excludes:
- gathering of flowers, production of cut flower buds and growing of flower seeds, see 01.19
- gathering of tree sap or rubber-like gums in the wild, see 02.30
01.3 Plant propagation
01.30 Plant propagation
This class includes the production of all vegetative planting materials including cuttings, suckers and seedlings for direct plant propagation or to create plant grafting stock into which selected scion is grafted for eventual planting to produce crops.
This class includes:
- growing of plants for planting
- growing of plants for ornamental purposes, including turf for transplanting
- growing of live plants for bulbs, tubers and roots; cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn
- operation of tree nurseries, except forest tree nurseries
This class excludes:
- growing of plants for the purpose of seed production, see 01.1, 01.2
- operation of forest tree nurseries, see 02.10
01.4 Animal production
This group includes raising (farming) and breeding of all animals, except aquatic animals.
This group excludes:
- farm animal boarding and care, see 01.62
- production of hides and skins from slaughterhouses, see 10.11
01.41 Raising of dairy cattle
01.42 Raising of other cattle and buffaloes
This class includes:
- raising and breeding of cattle and buffaloes for meat
- production of bovine semen
01.43 Raising of horses and other equines
This class includes:
- raising and breeding of horses, asses, mules or hinnies
This class excludes:
- operation of racing and riding stables, see 93.19
01.44 Raising of camels and camelids
This class includes:
- raising and breeding of camels (dromedary) and camelids
01.45 Raising of sheep and goats
This class includes:
- raising and breeding of sheep and goats
- production of raw sheep or goat milk
- production of raw wool
01.46 Raising of swine/pigs
01.47 Raising of poultry
01.49 Raising of other animals
01.5 Mixed farming
01.50 Mixed farming
01.6 Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities
01.61 Support activities for crop production
01.62 Support activities for animal production
01.62/1 Farm animal boarding and care
01.62/9 Support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care) n.e.c.
01.63 Post-harvest crop activities
01.64 Seed processing for propagation
01.7 Hunting, trapping and related service activities
01.70 Hunting, trapping and related service activities
For all queries related to this Chapter or any other aspect of SIC Codes, please contact the Office of National Statistics on 01329 444970 or email classifications.helpdesk@ons.gov.uk.