Definition
Chemical Fertilizer (except Potash) Manufacturing (NAICS 325313)

Under this topic you will find the North American Industry Classification System definition of the Chemical Fertilizer (except Potash) Manufacturing (NAICS 325313) national industry. You can use this definition to properly identify the segment of the industry you wish to study further in other sections of Canadian Industry Statistics.

Change NAICS Level…32531 > Fertilizer ManufacturingIn this section of CIS there is no data available at lower levels of detail.
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Definition of the National Industry

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing nitrogenous and phosphoric fertilizer materials and mixing these ingredients with other ingredients into fertilizers. Establishments producing natural organic fertilizers and mixtures (except compost) are included. Establishments engaged in the manufacture of phosphoric acid, urea, ammonia and nitric acid, whether or not for use as a fertilizer material, are also included.

Example Activities:

• Ammonia (i.e., anhydrous or ammonium hydroxyde), manufacturing
• Ammonium nitrate, manufacturing
• Ammonium phosphates, manufacturing
• Ammonium sulphate, manufacturing
• Anhydrous ammonia, manufacturing
• Fertilizer materials, nitrogenous and phosphatic, manufacturing
• Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants producing nitrogenous or phosphatic fertilizer materials
• Fertilizers, natural organic (except compost), manufacturing
• Nitric acid, manufacturing
• Nitrogenous fertilizer materials, manufacturing
• Phosphatic fertilizer materials, manufacturing
• Phosphoric acid, manufacturing
• Superphosphates, manufacturing
• Urea, manufacturing

Exclusions

Establishments primarily engaged in:

• mining potash (212396, Potash Mining)