HSN chapter 25

Salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plastering materials, lime and cement

29 headings · 295 codes

2501 2502 2503 2504 2505 2506 2507 2508 2509 2510 2511 2512 2513 2514 2515 2516 2517 2518 2519 2520 2521 2522 2523 2524 2525 2526 2528 2529 2530

2501Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free flowing agents, sea water

Code	Description	Actions
250100Sub-heading	Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free flowing agents, sea water:
25010010Tariff item	Common salt (including iodised salt)
25010020Tariff item	Rock salt
25010090Tariff item	Other

2502Unroasted iron pyrites

Code	Description	Actions
250200Sub-heading	Unroasted iron pyrites
25020000Tariff item	Unroasted iron pyrites

2503Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and collodial sulphur

Code	Description	Actions
250300Sub-heading	Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and collodial sulphur:
25030010Tariff item	Sulphur recovered as by-product in refining of crude oil
25030090Tariff item	Other

2504Natural graphite

Code	Description	Actions
250410Sub-heading	In powder or in flakes:
25041010Tariff item	Graphite, crystalline
25041020Tariff item	Graphite, amorphous
25041090Tariff item	Other
250490Sub-heading	Other:
25049010Tariff item	Graphite, micronised
25049090Tariff item	Other

2505Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26

Code	Description	Actions
250510Sub-heading	Silica sands and quartz sands:
25051011Tariff item	Processed (white)
25051012Tariff item	Processed (brown)
25051019Tariff item	Other
25051020Tariff item	Quartz sands
250590Sub-heading	Other
25059000Tariff item	Other

2506Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

Code	Description	Actions
250610Sub-heading	Quartz:
25061010Tariff item	In lumps
25061020Tariff item	In powder
250620Sub-heading	Quartzite:
25062010Tariff item	In lumps
25062020Tariff item	In powder
25062090Tariff item	Other
25062110Tariff item	Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape - quartzite: crude or roughly trimmed: in lumps
25062120Tariff item	Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape - quartzite: crude or roughly trimmed: in powder
25062190Tariff item	Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape - quartzite: crude or roughly trimmed: other
25062900Tariff item	Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape - quartzite: other

2507Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined

Code	Description	Actions
250700Sub-heading	Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined:
25070010Tariff item	Crude
25070021Tariff item	Pharmaceutical grade
25070022Tariff item	Ceramic grade
25070029Tariff item	Other

2508Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths

Code	Description	Actions
250810Sub-heading	Bentonite:
25081010Tariff item	Crude
25081090Tariff item	Other (includes processed and ground)
25082010Tariff item	Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths - decolourising earths and fullers earth: processed (including activated)
25082090Tariff item	Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths - decolourising earths and fullers earth: other
250830Sub-heading	Fire clay:
25083010Tariff item	Non-plastic
25083020Tariff item	Semi-plastic
25083030Tariff item	Plastic
25083090Tariff item	Other
250840Sub-heading	Other clays:
25084010Tariff item	Ball clay
25084020Tariff item	Earth clay
25084090Tariff item	Other
250850Sub-heading	Andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite:
25085010Tariff item	Andalusite
25085021Tariff item	Crude, other than calcined
25085022Tariff item	Processed, other than calcined (washed or ground or screened or beneficiated)
25085023Tariff item	Calcined
25085031Tariff item	Lumps
25085032Tariff item	Fines (including sand)
25085039Tariff item	Other
250860Sub-heading	Mullite
25086000Tariff item	Mullite
250870Sub-heading	Chamotte or dinas earths
25087000Tariff item	Chamotte or dinas earths

2509Chalk

Code	Description	Actions
250900Sub-heading	Chalk
25090000Tariff item	Chalk

2510Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk

Code	Description	Actions
251010Sub-heading	Unground:
25101010Tariff item	Natural calcium phosphate
25101020Tariff item	Natural aluminium calcium phosphate
25101030Tariff item	Natural calcium phosphate apatite
25101090Tariff item	Other
251020Sub-heading	Ground:
25102010Tariff item	Natural calcium phosphates
25102020Tariff item	Natural aluminium calcium phosphate
25102030Tariff item	Natural calcium phosphates apatite
25102090Tariff item	Other

2511Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 2816

Code	Description	Actions
251110Sub-heading	Natural barium sulphate (barytes):
25111010Tariff item	Lumps
25111020Tariff item	Powder
25111090Tariff item	Other
251120Sub-heading	Natural barium carbonate (witherite)
25112000Tariff item	Natural barium carbonate (witherite)

2512Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whetheror not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less

Code	Description	Actions
251200Sub-heading	Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less:
25120010Tariff item	Kieselguhr
25120020Tariff item	Tripolite
25120030Tariff item	Diatomite
25120090Tariff item	Other

2513Pumice stones, emery, natural corundum, ntural garnet and other natrual abrasives, whether or not heat-treated

Code	Description	Actions
251310Sub-heading	Pumice stone
25131000Tariff item	Pumice stone
25131100Tariff item	Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated - pumice stone: crude or in irregular pieces, including crushed pumice (bimskies)
25131900Tariff item	Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated - pumice stone: other
251320Sub-heading	Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives:
25132010Tariff item	Emery
25132020Tariff item	Natural corundum
25132030Tariff item	Natural garnet
25132090Tariff item	Other

2514SLATE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGHLY TRIMMED kg. Nil OR MERELY CUT, BY SAWING OR OTHERWISE, INTO BLOCKS OR SLABS OF A RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) SHAPE

Code	Description	Actions
251400Sub-heading	Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shapeSalt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
25140000Tariff item	Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

2515Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2.5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape:

Code	Description	Actions
251511Sub-heading	Crude or roughly trimmed
25151100Tariff item	Crude or roughly trimmed
251512Sub-heading	Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
25151210Tariff item	Blocks
25151220Tariff item	Slabs
25151290Tariff item	Other
251520Sub-heading	Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone, alabaster:
25152010Tariff item	Alabaster
25152090Tariff item	Other

2516Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

Code	Description	Actions
251611Sub-heading	Crude or roughly trimmed
25161100Tariff item	Crude or roughly trimmed
251612Sub-heading	Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
25161200Tariff item	Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
251620Sub-heading	Sandstone
25162000Tariff item	Sandstone
25162100Tariff item	Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape - sandstone: crude or roughly trimmed
25162200Tariff item	Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape - sandstone: merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
251690Sub-heading	Other monumental or building stone:
25169010Tariff item	Pakur stone
25169020Tariff item	Stone boulders
25169090Tariff item	Other

2517Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated, macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in the first part of the heading, tarred macadam, granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat-treated

Code	Description	Actions
251710Sub-heading	Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated:
25171010Tariff item	Pakur stone, crushed or broken
25171020Tariff item	Flint
25171090Tariff item	Other
251720Sub-heading	Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in sub-heading 2517 9
25172000Tariff item	Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in sub-heading 2517 9
251730Sub-heading	Tarred macadam
25173000Tariff item	Tarred macadam
251741Sub-heading	Of marble
25174100Tariff item	Of marble
251749Sub-heading	Other
25174900Tariff item	Other

2518Dolomite, whether or not calcined or sintered, including dolomite roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape,

Code	Description	Actions
251810Sub-heading	Dolomite not calcined or sintered
25181000Tariff item	Dolomite not calcined or sintered
251820Sub-heading	Calcined or sintered dolomite
25182000Tariff item	Calcined or sintered dolomite
25183000Tariff item	Dolomite, whether or not calcined or sintered, including dolomite roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; dolomite ramming mix -dolomite ramming mix

2519Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure

Code	Description	Actions
251910Sub-heading	Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite)
25191000Tariff item	Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite)
251990Sub-heading	Other:
25199010Tariff item	Fused magnesia (natural)
25199020Tariff item	Dead-burnt (sintered) magnesia
25199030Tariff item	Magnesium calcined (other than dead-burnt) not elsewhere specified or included
25199040Tariff item	Magnesium oxide
25199090Tariff item	Other

2520Gypsum, anhydrite, plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders

Code	Description	Actions
252010Sub-heading	Gypsum, anhydrite:
25201010Tariff item	Natural
25201020Tariff item	Marine
25201090Tariff item	Other
252020Sub-heading	Plasters:
25202010Tariff item	Calcined
25202090Tariff item	Other

2521Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stones, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement

Code	Description	Actions
252100Sub-heading	Limestone flux, limestone and other calcareous stones, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement:
25210010Tariff item	Limestone flux (l.d., below 1% sio2)
25210090Tariff item	Other

2522Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825

Code	Description	Actions
252210Sub-heading	Quicklime
25221000Tariff item	Quicklime
252220Sub-heading	Slaked lime
25222000Tariff item	Slaked lime
252230Sub-heading	Hydraulic lime
25223000Tariff item	Hydraulic lime

2523Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers

Code	Description	Actions
252310Sub-heading	Cement clinkers
25231000Tariff item	Cement clinkers
252321Sub-heading	White cement, whether or not artificially coloured
25232100Tariff item	White cement, whether or not artificially coloured
252329Sub-heading	Other:
25232910Tariff item	Ordinary portland cement, dry
25232920Tariff item	Ordinary portland cement, coloured
25232930Tariff item	Portland pozzolana cement
25232940Tariff item	Portland slag cement
25232990Tariff item	Other
252330Sub-heading	Aluminous cement
25233000Tariff item	Aluminous cement
252390Sub-heading	Other hydraulic cements:
25239010Tariff item	Sagol, ashmoh
25239020Tariff item	High alumina refractory cement
25239090Tariff item	Other

2524Asbestos

Code	Description	Actions
25240011Tariff item	Asbestos - asbestos: asbestos in rock form: chrysotile
25240012Tariff item	Asbestos - asbestos: asbestos in rock form: amphibole
25240019Tariff item	Asbestos - asbestos: asbestos in rock form: other
25240021Tariff item	Asbestos - asbestos: fibre raw, beaten or washed or graded to length: chrysolite
25240022Tariff item	Asbestos - asbestos: fibre raw, beaten or washed or graded to length: amosite
25240029Tariff item	Asbestos - asbestos: fibre raw, beaten or washed or graded to length: other
25240031Tariff item	Asbestos - asbestos: flakes or powder: amosite
25240039Tariff item	Asbestos - asbestos: flakes or powder: other
25240091Tariff item	Asbestos - asbestos: other: waste
25240099Tariff item	Asbestos - asbestos: other: other
252410Sub-heading	Crocidolite
25241000Tariff item	Asbestos - crocidolite
25241010Tariff item	Crocidolite
252490Sub-heading	Other
25249011Tariff item	Chrysotile
25249012Tariff item	Amphibole
25249013Tariff item	Crysolite
25249014Tariff item	Amosite
25249019Tariff item	Other
25249021Tariff item	Chrysotile
25249022Tariff item	Amphibole
25249023Tariff item	Crysolite
25249024Tariff item	Amosite
25249029Tariff item	Other
25249031Tariff item	Chrysotile
25249032Tariff item	Amphibole
25249033Tariff item	Crysolite
25249034Tariff item	Amosite
25249039Tariff item	Other:
25249091Tariff item	Waste
25249099Tariff item	Other

2525Mica, including splittings; mica waste

Code	Description	Actions
252510Sub-heading	Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittings:
25251010Tariff item	Mica blocks
25251020Tariff item	Condensor films trimmed but not cut to shape
25251030Tariff item	Mica splittings, book form
25251040Tariff item	Mica splittings, loose
25251090Tariff item	Other
252520Sub-heading	Mica powder:
25252010Tariff item	Mica flakes, 2.20 mesh
25252020Tariff item	Mica powder, dry ground
25252030Tariff item	Mica powder, micronised
25252040Tariff item	Mica powder, wet ground
25252050Tariff item	Mica powder, calcined
25252090Tariff item	Other
252530Sub-heading	Mica waste:
25253010Tariff item	Mica mine scrap and waste
25253020Tariff item	Mica factory scrap
25253030Tariff item	Mica cuttings book form
25253090Tariff item	Other

2526Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape,talc

Code	Description	Actions
252610Sub-heading	Not crushed, not powdered:
25261010Tariff item	Steatite (soap stone, etc.) block
25261020Tariff item	Steatite (soap stone, etc.) lumps
25261090Tariff item	Other
252620Sub-heading	Crushed or powdered
25262000Tariff item	Crushed or powdered

2528Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including brates separated from natural brine, natural boric acid containing not more than 85% of h3bo3 calculated on the dry weight

Code	Description	Actions
252800Sub-heading	Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including borates separated from natural brine, natural boric acid containing not more than 85 % of h3bo3 calculated on the dry weight:
25280010Tariff item	Natural sodium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined)
25280020Tariff item	Natural boric acid containing not more than 85% of h3bo3 ( calculated on the dry weight )
25280030Tariff item	Natural calcium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined)
25280090Tariff item	Other
252890Sub-heading	Other
25289020Tariff item	Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including borates separated from natural brine; natural boric acid containing not more than 85% of h3bo3 calculated on the dry weight- other: natural calcium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined)

2529Feldspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar

Code	Description	Actions
252910Sub-heading	Feldspar:
25291010Tariff item	Lumps
25291020Tariff item	Powder
252921Sub-heading	Containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride
25292100Tariff item	Containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride
252922Sub-heading	Containing by weight more than 97% of calcium fluoride
25292200Tariff item	Containing by weight more than 97% of calcium fluoride
25292210Tariff item	Containing by weight more than 97 % of calcium fluoride:Acid grade
25292290Tariff item	Containing by weight more than 97 % of calcium fluoride:Others
252930Sub-heading	Leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite
25293000Tariff item	Leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite

2530Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included

Code	Description	Actions
253010Sub-heading	Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded:
25301010Tariff item	Vermiculite
25301020Tariff item	Perlite
25301090Tariff item	Others (including powder)
253020Sub-heading	Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates)
25302000Tariff item	Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates)
253090Sub-heading	Other:
25309010Tariff item	Meerschaum (whether or not in polished pieces) and amber agglomerated, meerachaum and agglomerated amber in plates, rods, etc.,not worked after moulding jet
25309020Tariff item	Natural arsenic sulphides (such as orpiment)
25309030Tariff item	Calcite
25309040Tariff item	Ores and concentrates of rare earth metals
25309050Tariff item	Wollastonite
25309060Tariff item	Earth colour ochre, crude
25309070Tariff item	Other processed earth colour ochre
25309091Tariff item	Strontium sulphate (natural ore)
25309099Tariff item	Other

Salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plastering materials, lime and cement

2501Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free flowing agents, sea water

2502Unroasted iron pyrites

2503Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and collodial sulphur

2504Natural graphite

2505Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26

2506Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

2507Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined

2508Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths

2509Chalk

2510Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk

2511Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 2816

2512Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whetheror not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less

2513Pumice stones, emery, natural corundum, ntural garnet and other natrual abrasives, whether or not heat-treated

2514SLATE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGHLY TRIMMED kg. Nil OR MERELY CUT, BY SAWING OR OTHERWISE, INTO BLOCKS OR SLABS OF A RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) SHAPE

2515Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2.5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape:

2516Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

2518Dolomite, whether or not calcined or sintered, including dolomite roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape,

2519Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure

2520Gypsum, anhydrite, plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders

2521Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stones, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement

2522Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825

2523Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers

2524Asbestos

2525Mica, including splittings; mica waste

2526Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape,talc

2528Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including brates separated from natural brine, natural boric acid containing not more than 85% of h3bo3 calculated on the dry weight

2529Feldspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar

2530Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included

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