《农业机械分类》农业行业标准发布实施

Promulgation ＆ Enforcement of the Agricultural Industry Criteria-Classification of Farm Machinery

由农业部农机试验鉴定总站和农业部农业机械维修研究所共同起草，农业部审查批准的《农业机械分类》农业行业标准（NY／T1640—2008）于2008年7月14日正式发布实施。

The Classification of Agricultural Machinery, the agricultural industry criteria （NY/T 1640-2008）jointly drafted by the Master Station of Agricultural Mechanical Test of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Research Institute of Agricultural Machinery Maintenance of the Ministry of Agriculture, and ratified by the Ministry of Agriculture, was officially promulgated and enforced since July 14, 2008. The criteria adopts the method of liner classification to classified agricultural machinery into 3 levels, namely main type, subtype and item, and stipulates code structures and coding methods for such 3 levels respectively. It stipulates that, agricultural machinery totally includes 14 main types, 57 subtypes （ex. ＂Others＂） and 276 items （ex. ＂Others＂）.