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

Common External Tariff · MFN rates

2501 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt); pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water

2501.00 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt); pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water

  • 2501.00.10 Not for human consumptionFree
  • 2501.00.90 OtherFree

2502 Iron pyrites; unroasted

2502.00 Iron pyrites; unroasted

  • 2502.00.00 Unroasted iron pyritesFree

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

2503.00 Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur

  • 2503.00.00 Sulphur of all kinds (excluding sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur)Free

2504 Graphite; natural

2504.10 Graphite; natural, in powder or in flakes

  • 2504.10.00 In powder or in flakesFree

2504.90 Graphite; natural, in other forms, excluding powder or flakes

  • 2504.90.00 OtherFree

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

2505.10 Sands; natural, silica and quartz sands, whether or not coloured

  • 2505.10.00 Silica sand and quartz sandFree

2505.90 Sands; natural, (other than silica and quartz sands), whether or not coloured, (other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26)

  • 2505.90.00 OtherFree

2506 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

2506.10 Quartz; other than natural sands

  • 2506.10.00 QuartzFree

2506.20 Quartzite; whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

  • 2506.20.00 QuartziteFree

2507 Kaolin and other kaolinic clays; whether or not calcined

2507.00 Kaolin and other kaolinic clays; whether or not calcined

  • 2507.00.00 Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcinedFree

2508 Clays; (not including expanded clays of heading no. 6806), andalusite kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earth

2508.10 Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); bentonite, whether or not calcined

  • 2508.10.00 BentoniteFree

2508.30 Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined

  • 2508.30.00 Fire-clayFree

2508.40 Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined

  • 2508.40.00 Other claysFree

2508.50 Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined

  • 2508.50.00 Andalusite, kyanite and sillimaniteFree

2508.60 Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); mullite

  • 2508.60.00 MulliteFree

2508.70 Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); chamotte or dinas earths

  • 2508.70.00 Chamotte or dinas earthsFree

2509 Chalk

2509.00 Chalk

  • 2509.00.00 ChalkFree

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

2510.10 Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; unground

  • 2510.10.00 UngroundFree

2510.20 Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; ground

  • 2510.20.00 GroundFree

2511 Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate, (witherite) whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading no. 2816

2511.10 Barium sulphate (barytes); natural

  • 2511.10.00 Natural barium sulphate (barytes)Free

2511.20 Barium carbonate (witherite); natural, whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading no. 2816

  • 2511.20.00 Natural barium carbonate (witherite)Free

2512 Siliceous fossil meals (e.g. kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths; whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less

2512.00 Siliceous fossil meals (e.g. kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths; whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less

  • 2512.00.00 Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whether or not calcined, of an apparent relative density of 1 or lessFree

2513 Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat treated

2513.10 Pumice stone, whether or not heat treated

  • 2513.10.00 Pumice stoneFree

2513.20 Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated

  • 2513.20.00 Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasivesFree

2514 Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

2514.00 Slate; whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

  • 2514.00.00 Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shapeFree

2515 Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous stone; of an apparent specific gravity of less than 2.5, alabaster, whether cut by sawing etc, into blocks, slabs of a rectangular (square) shape

2515.11 Marble and travertine; having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more, crude or roughly trimmed by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

  • 2515.11.00 Crude or roughly trimmedFree

2515.12 Marble and travertine; merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape, having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more

  • 2515.12.00 Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shapeFree

2515.20 Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster, having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more

  • 2515.20.00 Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabasterFree

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

2516.11 Granite; crude or roughly trimmed

  • 2516.11.00 Crude or roughly trimmedFree

2516.12 Granite; merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

  • 2516.12.00 Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shapeFree

2516.20 Sandstone;. whether or not roughly trimmed, cut, by sawing etc, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

  • 2516.20.00 SandstoneFree

2516.90 Monumental or building stone; n.e.c. in heading no. 2516, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

  • 2516.90.00 Other monumental or building stoneFree

2517 Pebbles, gravel, crushed stone for concrete aggregates for road or railway ballast, shingle or flint; macadam of slag, dross etc tarred granules, chippings, powder of stones of heading no. 2515 and 2516

2517.10 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

  • 2517.10.00 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-treatedFree

2517.20 Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste; whether or not incorporating the materials in Tariff item 2517.10.00

  • 2517.20.00 Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in subheading 2517.10Free

2517.30 Tarred macadam

  • 2517.30.00 Tarred macadamFree

2517.41 Stones; of marble, in granules, chippings and powder, whether or not heat-treated

  • 2517.41.00 Of marbleFree

2517.49 Stones; of heading no. 2515 or 2516 (excluding marble), in granules, chippings and powder, whether or not heat-treated

  • 2517.49.00 OtherFree

2518 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

2518.10 Dolomite, not calcined or sintered; including dolomite roughly trimmed, or merely cut by sawing or otherwise into blocks or slabs of rectangular (including square) shape

  • 2518.10.00 Dolomite, not calcined or sinteredFree

2518.20 Dolomite, calcined or sintered; including dolomite roughly trimmed, or merely cut by sawing or otherwise into blocks or slabs of rectangular (including square) shape

  • 2518.20.00 Calcined or sintered dolomiteFree

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

2519.10 Magnesium carbonate (magnesite); natural

  • 2519.10.00 Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite)Free

2519.90 Magnesia, fused or dead-burned (sintered); whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering, other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure, (not natural magnesium carbonate)

  • 2519.90.00 OtherFree

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

2520.10 Gypsum; anhydrite

  • 2520.10.00 Gypsum; anhydriteFree

2520.20 Plasters; (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders

  • 2520.20.00 PlastersFree

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

2521.00 Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement

  • 2521.00.00 Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cementFree

2522 Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime; other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825

2522.10 Quicklime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825

  • 2522.10.00 QuicklimeFree

2522.20 Slaked lime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825

  • 2522.20.00 Slaked limeFree

2522.30 Hydraulic lime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825

  • 2522.30.00 Hydraulic limeFree

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

2523.10 Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured)

  • 2523.10.00 Cement clinkersFree

2523.21 Cement; portland, white, whether or not artificially coloured

  • 2523.21.00 White cement, whether or not artificially colouredFree

2523.29 Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured

  • 2523.29.00 OtherFree

2523.30 Cement; aluminous (ciment fondu), whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers

  • 2523.30.00 Aluminous cementFree

2523.90 Cement; hydraulic kinds n.e.c. in heading no. 2523

  • 2523.90.00 Other hydraulic cementsFree

2524 Asbestos

2524.10 Asbestos; crocidolite (blue asbestos)

  • 2524.10.10 ChrysotileFree
  • 2524.10.90 OtherFree

2524.90 Asbestos; other than crocidolite (blue asbestos)

  • Other
  • 2524.90.01 ActinoliteFree
  • 2524.90.02 AnthophylliteFree
  • 2524.90.03 AmositeFree
  • 2524.90.04 TremoliteFree
  • 2524.90.90 OtherFree

2525 Mica, including splittings; mica waste

2525.10 Mica; crude and rifted into sheets or splittings

  • 2525.10.00 Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittingsFree

2525.20 Mica; powder

  • 2525.20.00 Mica powderFree

2525.30 Mica; waste

  • 2525.30.00 Mica waste10%

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

2526.10 Steatite; natural, (not crushed or powdered), whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc

  • 2526.10.00 Not crushed, not powderedFree

2526.20 Steatite; natural, crushed, powdered, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc

  • 2526.20.00 Crushed or powderedFree

2528 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

2528.00 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

  • 2528.00.00 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 per cent of H3BO3 calculated on the dry massFree

2529 Feldspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar

2529.10 Feldspar

  • 2529.10.00 FeldsparFree

2529.21 Fluorspar; containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride

  • 2529.21.00 Containing by mass 97 per cent or less of calcium fluorideFree

2529.22 Fluorspar; containing by weight more than 97% of calcium fluoride

  • 2529.22.00 Containing by mass more than 97 per cent of calcium fluorideFree

2529.30 Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite

  • 2529.30.00 Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syeniteFree

2530 Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included

2530.10 Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites; unexpanded

  • 2530.10.00 Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpandedFree

2530.20 Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates)

  • 2530.20.00 Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates)Free

2530.90 Mineral substances; n.e.c. in chapter 25

  • 2530.90.00 OtherFree

MFN rates from the Common External Tariff as published, without preferences, quotas, trade remedies or additional measures. Inferred works those out for each product and origin. Whether a product from this chapter qualifies for a lower rate depends on each agreement's product-specific rule for it, under the agreements we cover.