UN2071

AMMONIUM NITRATE BASED FERTILIZER

• Class: 9
• Packing Group / Category: III
• Special Provisions: 112, 114
• Explosive Limit and Limited Quantity Index: 5 kg
• Excepted Quantities: E1
• ERAP Index: None
• Passenger Carrying Vessel Index: None
• Passenger Carrying Road Vehicle or Passenger Carrying Railway Vehicle Index: 200 kg

Special Provision 112

To determine the content of ammonium nitrate in substances that are mixtures and that are transported under UN2067, AMMONIUM NITRATE BASED FERTILIZER, all nitrate ions for which a molecular equivalent of ammonium ions is present in the mixture must be calculated as a mass of ammonium nitrate.

Special Provision 114

1. The shipping name UN2071, AMMONIUM NITRATE BASED FERTILIZER, and the data in columns 3 to 9 of Schedule 1 must not be used for uniform ammonium nitrate based fertilizer mixtures of the nitrogen, phosphate or potash type unless the mixtures are within the following composition limits:

   1. 70 % or less of ammonium nitrate and 0.4 % or less of total combustible or organic material calculated as carbon; or

   2. 45 % or less of ammonium nitrate and unrestricted combustible material.

2. These Regulations, except for Part 1 (Coming into Force, Repeal, Interpretation, General Provisions and Special Cases) and Part 2 (Classification), do not apply to fertilizers within the composition limits if the fertilizers are shown not to be liable to self-sustaining decomposition by the Trough Test referred to subsection 38.2 of Part III of the Manual of Tests and Criteria.

CAUTION: This information is provided for information purposes only. It does not replace the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR). Please check the TDGR using this link.