ISIC Code 0163 - Post-harvest crop activities

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Key facts for ISIC 0163

Code
0163
Level
Class, ISIC Rev. 5
Official title
Post-harvest crop activities
Basis
Primary activity of the establishment

Last updated August 19, 2026

Inclusions

Source: United Nations Statistics Division, ISIC Rev. 5 explanatory notes, August 19, 2026.

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

  • Preparation of crops for primary markets, e.g. cleaning, trimming, grading, disinfecting
  • Cotton ginning
  • Preparation of tobacco leaves, e.g. sun drying
  • Preparation of cocoa beans, e.g. peeling
  • Waxing of fruit
  • Drying of fruit, vegetable, herbs, spices, medicinal herbs and tobacco under natural conditions
  • Sorting, cleaning and cutting of medicinal herbs
  • Grain drying
  • Retting of plants bearing vegetable textile fibers (jute, flax, coir etc.) not associated with the growing of vegetable textile fibers
  • Artificial ripening of fruits as a service, e.g. banana ripening

Exclusions

Activities the United Nations places in another code.

  • Preparation of agricultural products by the producer, see corresponding class in ISIC 011, 012 or 013
  • Post-harvest activities aimed at improving the propagation quality of seed, see ISIC 0164
  • Stemming and redrying of tobacco, see ISIC 1200
  • Marketing activities of commission merchants and cooperative associations, see ISIC 46
  • Wholesale of agricultural raw materials, see ISIC 462
  • Growing of seeds, see ISIC 011 and ISIC 012
  • Processing of seeds to obtain oil, see ISIC 1040
  • Research to develop or modify new forms of seeds, see ISIC 7210

Where ISIC 0163 sits in the hierarchy

Section A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Division 01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities Group Direct parent 016 Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities
Class Current 0163 Post-harvest crop activities
Other classes in this group (3)

NAICS equivalents for ISIC 0163

These NAICS 2022 codes correspond to ISIC 0163 (Post-harvest crop activities).

Source: United Nations Statistics Division, ISIC Rev. 4 to ISIC Rev. 5 correspondence table; U.S. Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS to ISIC Rev. 4 concordance; U.S. Census Bureau, 2017 to 2022 NAICS concordance.

NACE Rev. 2.1 equivalents for ISIC 0163

These NACE Rev. 2.1 (via ISIC) codes correspond to ISIC 0163 (Post-harvest crop activities).

Source: Eurostat, NACE Rev. 2.1 to ISIC Rev. 5 correspondence.

Using ISIC 0163

Use ISIC 0163 for post-harvest crop activities, when that is the establishment's primary activity.

What does ISIC 0163 include?

ISIC 0163 covers preparation of crops for primary markets and cotton ginning, among other activities listed under Inclusions above.

What does ISIC 0163 exclude?

ISIC 0163 does not cover preparation of agricultural products and growing of seeds, which are ISIC 011, among other activities listed under Exclusions above.

How is ISIC 0163 different from ISIC 0164?

ISIC 0163 covers post-harvest crop activities, and post-harvest activities aimed at improving the propagation quality of seed belongs in ISIC 0164 (Seed processing for propagation).

What NAICS codes correspond to ISIC 0163?

ISIC 0163 corresponds to NAICS 115111 (Cotton Ginning), and NAICS 115114 (Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning)).

Sources for ISIC 0163

  • Official classification source United Nations Statistics Division. International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Rev. 5. Explanatory notes, August 19, 2026. United Nations ISIC page

Published by SICCODE.com. Titles, inclusions, and exclusions are the United Nations text.