CPV Codes in the Industry: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources - Guide

A guide to CPV codes (Common Procurement Vocabulary) for the agriculture, food, and natural resources sector. Learn which codes are the most important in your sector and how to effectively use them to monitor tenders.

Key CPV Codes in the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Industry

03000000-1 – Products of agriculture, aquaculture, forestry, and similar[2]

A parent code covering the entire industry. Use it to monitor broad tenders related to agricultural, breeding, and forestry raw materials. Practice: setting alerts for this code allows you to track all orders in the sector, although it may generate many results – it is worth combining it with more specific codes.[5]

03100000-2 – Products of agriculture and horticulture[1]

A category covering plant products for agricultural and horticultural purposes. Includes seeds, crops, and vegetable products. Example: orders for seeds for green space revitalization projects or supplies for farms.

03111000-2 – Seeds[1]

A universal category for all types of seeds. Includes soybean seeds (03111100-3), peanuts (03111200-4), sunflower (03111300-5), cotton (03111400-6), and sesame (03111500-7).[1] Application: monitoring tenders for the supply of seed material by local authorities, research institutions, and agricultural enterprises.

03111700-9 – Vegetable seeds and 03111800-0 – Fruit seeds[1]

Specialized codes for the horticultural and pomological industry. Use these codes for tracking public orders for vegetable seeds for nurseries, botanical gardens, or educational programs.

03113000-6 – Plants used for sugar production (including 03113100-7 – Sugar beets, 03113200-8 – Sugar cane)[1]

Dedicated codes for sugar raw materials. Practical application: monitoring tenders from processing companies and sugar factories.

03114000-3 – Straw and hay (03114100-4 Straw, 03114200-5 Hay)[1]

Codes for feed and zootechnical materials. Orders of this type mainly go to municipalities, care institutions, and breeding enterprises.

03115100-1 – Plant materials used for textile production[1]

Includes flax, hemp, and other natural fibers. Monitor for orders for the textile industry and manufacturing.

03130000-1 – Plants used for the production of beverages and spices[4]

A category for tea, coffee, herbs, and spices. Application: tracking tenders from catering units, schools, and hospitals.

03140000-4 – Animal products and similar[4]

Includes meat, milk, eggs, and products of animal origin. A key code for monitoring food deliveries to public institutions.

How to Monitor Tenders Using CPV Codes?

Effective Monitoring Strategy

Instead of just tracking the parent code, combine 3-4 specialized codes that correspond to your interests. For example: if you operate in the seed industry, monitor 03111000-2 (seeds in general) along with 03111100-3 (soy) and 03111300-5 (sunflower) at the same time.

Automation through Mimira

The Mimira platform allows setting alerts for specific CPV codes[3] – including 09000000 for fuels or codes related to Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources. The system automatically notifies you about new tenders that match the selected codes, saving you time on manual searches in tender portals.

Common Mistakes in Assigning Codes

Many institutions assign too general codes instead of specialized ones – if you are looking for orders for a specific type of seed, searching under code 03000000-1 will yield thousands of results. Always drill down to the lowest available level of the CPV code hierarchy.

Practical Tips

• CPV Dictionary as a Reference: Portals such as portalzp.pl contain a complete tree of codes with a search engine to help find the right code[2]

• Combination of Codes + Additional Filters: Combine monitoring of CPV codes with filters for order value, type of ordering entity (municipality, hospital, enterprise), and region

• Regular Update of Alerts: Track changes in the CPV Dictionary – sometimes codes are reorganized or new subcategories are added

This guide has been generated for the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources sector. The Mimira platform automatically monitors tenders assigned to the relevant CPV codes, saving you time on manually reviewing announcements.