HSN Code 998619: Support Services Overview
HSN Code 998619: Support Services Overview
Service code 998612 for animal husbandry focuses on services such as sheep shearing, managing herds, artificial insemination, egg grading, cleaning agricultural premises, and pet services like kennels, grooming, and training. In contrast, veterinary services for pets and other animals, under service code 99835, specifically involve medical care and treatments for animals .
Support services to oil and gas extraction under service code 998621 specifically include derrick erection, repair, and dismantling, well casing, cementing, pumping, plugging, abandoning wells, specialized fire extinguishing, and test drilling and exploration services related to petroleum and gas. This differs from general mining support services which do not include these oil and gas-specific activities .
Non-agricultural activities under Section 9986 for business support services involve auctioning services, reading meters for utilities, data preparation services, stenotype and stenography services, and other support services not elsewhere classified .
The service code 998611 includes services such as improving seed propagation quality through treatments and removing non-seed materials, drying, cleaning, grading and treating seeds for marketing, post-harvest crop services like preparation for primary markets, cotton ginning, tilling, planting, cultivation, fertilization, aerial spraying, pest control, trimming, transplanting, thinning, and harvesting, provision of agricultural machinery with operators, and operation of irrigation systems .
Support services to fishing under service code 998615 include the operation of fishing units and aquaculture units on a fee or contract basis, as well as other services supporting fishery, fish hatcheries, and fish farms .
Service code 998611 excludes formation and clearance of agricultural land, services provided by agronomists and agricultural economists, other pest control services, and water distribution services through mains on a fee or contract basis .
Logging-related services under service code 998614 include felling, cutting, debarking, and transport of logs within the forest. However, activities such as planting, pruning, or thinning of trees and bushes as part of landscaping are explicitly excluded .
Service code 998614 includes operation of a forestry or logging unit, forest tree nursery services, services such as transplanting, replanting, thinning, forestry inventories, timber evaluation, fire protection related to forestry production, and related logging services like felling, cutting, debarking, and transport of logs within forests .
Support services to hunting under service code 998613 involve operating a hunting unit on a fee or contract basis and culling of wildlife, contributing to wildlife management by regulating wildlife populations and maintaining ecological balance .
Service code 998611 is focused on crop production support services which include seed quality improvement, post-harvest crop services, and machinery operation. In contrast, service code 998629 pertains to management services for artistic rights, illustrating a clear focus on intellectual property management in arts, rather than agricultural production .