EU tariff chapter 25
SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIALS, LIME AND CEMENT. 29 headings and 80 eight-digit codes, with conventional duty rates from free to 1.7 per cent; 3 lines carry a specific rate.
Notes
1. Except where their context or note 4 to this chapter otherwise requires, the headings of this chapter cover only products which are in the crude state or which have been washed (even with chemical substances eliminating the impurities without changing the structure of the product), crushed, ground, powdered, levigated, sifted, screened, concentrated by flotation, magnetic separation or other mechanical or physical processes (except crystallisation), but not products which have been roasted, calcined, obtained by mixing or subjected to processing beyond that mentioned in each heading.
The products of this chapter may contain an added anti-dusting agent, provided that such addition does not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use.
2. This chapter does not cover:
(a) sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur or colloidal sulphur (heading 2802);
(b) earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe₂O₃ (heading 2821);
(c) medicaments or other products of Chapter 30;
(d) perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (Chapter 33);
(e) dolomite ramming mix (heading 3816);
(f) setts, curbstones or flagstones (heading 6801); mosaic cubes or the like (heading 6802); roofing, facing or damp-course slates (heading 6803);
(g) precious or semi-precious stones (heading 7102 or 7103);
(h) cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2,5 g each, of sodium chloride or of magnesium oxide, of heading 3824; optical elements of sodium chloride or of magnesium oxide (heading 9001);
(ij) billiard chalks (heading 9504); or
(k) writing or drawing chalks or tailors' chalks (heading 9609).
3. Any products classifiable in heading 2517 and any other heading of the chapter are to be classified in heading 2517.
4. Heading 2530 applies, inter alia, to: vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded; earth colours, whether or not calcined or mixed together; natural micaceous iron oxides; meerschaum (whether or not in polished pieces); amber; agglomerated meerschaum and agglomerated amber, in plates, rods, sticks or similar forms, not worked after moulding; jet; strontianite (whether or not calcined), other than strontium oxide; broken pieces of pottery, brick or concrete.
Headings and duty rates
Heading 2501 00
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:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501 00 10 | Sea water and salt liquors | Free | |
| 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: | |||
| 2501 00 31 | For chemical transformation (separation of Na from Cl) for the manufacture of other products(31) | Free | |
| Other: | |||
| 2501 00 51 | Denatured or for industrial uses (including refining) other than the preservation or preparation of foodstuffs for human or animal consumption(59)(31) | 1,7 €/1 000 kg/net | |
| Other: | |||
| 2501 00 91 | Salt suitable for human consumption | 2,6 €/1 000 kg/net | |
| 2501 00 99 | Other | 2,6 €/1 000 kg/net |
- (31) Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant provisions of the European Union (see Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/952/oj)).
- (59) Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in section II, paragraph F, of the preliminary provisions.
Heading 2502 00 00
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2502 00 00 | Unroasted iron pyrites | Free |
Heading 2503 00
Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2503 00 10 | Crude or unrefined sulphur | Free | |
| 2503 00 90 | Other | 1.7 % |
Heading 2504
Natural graphite:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2504 10 00 | In powder or in flakes | Free | |
| 2504 90 00 | Other | Free |
Heading 2505
Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2505 10 00 | Silica sands and quartz sands | Free | |
| 2505 90 00 | Other | Free |
Heading 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:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2506 10 00 | Quartz | Free | |
| 2506 20 00 | Quartzite | Free |
Heading 2507 00
Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2507 00 20 | Kaolin | Free | |
| 2507 00 80 | Other kaolinic clays | Free |
Heading 2508
Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2508 10 00 | Bentonite | Free | |
| 2508 30 00 | Fireclay | Free | |
| 2508 40 00 | Other clays | Free | |
| 2508 50 00 | Andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite | Free | |
| 2508 60 00 | Mullite | Free | |
| 2508 70 00 | Chamotte or dinas earths | Free |
Heading 2509 00 00
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2509 00 00 | Chalk | Free |
Heading 2510
Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2510 10 00 | Unground | Free | |
| 2510 20 00 | Ground | Free |
Heading 2511
Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 2816:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2511 10 00 | Natural barium sulphate (barytes) | Free | |
| 2511 20 00 | Natural barium carbonate (witherite) | Free |
Heading 2512 00 00
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2512 00 00 | 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 | Free |
Heading 2513
Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2513 10 00 | Pumice stone | Free | |
| 2513 20 00 | Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives | Free |
Heading 2514 00 00
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) shape | Free |
Heading 2515
Marble, 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:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marble and travertine: | |||
| 2515 11 00 | Crude or roughly trimmed | Free | |
| 2515 12 00 | Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | Free | |
| 2515 20 00 | Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster | Free |
Heading 2516
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:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite: | |||
| 2516 11 00 | Crude or roughly trimmed | Free | |
| 2516 12 00 | Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | Free | |
| 2516 20 00 | Sandstone | Free | |
| 2516 90 00 | Other monumental or building stone | Free |
Heading 2517
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; 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:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 10 | Pebbles, gravel, shingle and flint | Free | |
| 2517 10 20 | Limestone, dolomite and other calcareous stone, broken or crushed | Free | |
| 2517 10 80 | Other | Free | |
| 2517 20 00 | Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in subheading 2517 10 | Free | |
| 2517 30 00 | Tarred macadam | Free | |
| Granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat-treated: | |||
| 2517 41 00 | Of marble | Free | |
| 2517 49 00 | Other | Free |
Heading 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:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2518 10 00 | Dolomite, not calcined or sintered | Free | |
| 2518 20 00 | Calcined or sintered dolomite | Free |
Heading 2519
Natural 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:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2519 10 00 | Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite) | Free | |
| 2519 90 | Other: | ||
| 2519 90 10 | Magnesium oxide, other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate | 1.7 % | |
| 2519 90 30 | Dead-burned (sintered) magnesia | Free | |
| 2519 90 90 | Other | Free |
Heading 2520
Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2520 10 00 | Gypsum; anhydrite | Free | |
| 2520 20 00 | Plasters | Free |
Heading 2521 00 00
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2521 00 00 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | Free |
Heading 2522
Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2522 10 00 | Quicklime | 1.7 % | |
| 2522 20 00 | Slaked lime | 1.7 % | |
| 2522 30 00 | Hydraulic lime | 1.7 % |
Heading 2523
Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2523 10 00 | Cement clinkers | 1.7 % | |
| Portland cement: | |||
| 2523 21 00 | White cement, whether or not artificially coloured | 1.7 % | |
| 2523 29 00 | Other | 1.7 % | |
| 2523 30 00 | Aluminous cement | 1.7 % | |
| 2523 90 00 | Other hydraulic cements | 1.7 % |
Heading 2524
Asbestos:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2524 10 00 | Crocidolite | Free | |
| 2524 90 00 | Other | Free |
Heading 2525
Mica, including splittings; mica waste:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2525 10 00 | Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittings | Free | |
| 2525 20 00 | Mica powder | Free | |
| 2525 30 00 | Mica waste | Free |
Heading 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:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2526 10 00 | Not crushed, not powdered | Free | |
| 2526 20 00 | Crushed or powdered | Free |
Heading 2528 00 00
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 % of H₃BO₃ calculated on the dry weight | Free |
Heading 2529
Feldspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2529 10 00 | Feldspar | Free | |
| Fluorspar: | |||
| 2529 21 00 | Containing by weight 97 % or less of calcium fluoride | Free | |
| 2529 22 00 | Containing by weight more than 97 % of calcium fluoride | Free | |
| 2529 30 00 | Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite | Free |
Heading 2530
Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2530 10 00 | Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded | Free | |
| 2530 20 00 | Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates) | Free | |
| 2530 90 | Other: | ||
| 2530 90 30 | Celestine and strontianite | Free | |
| 2530 90 40 | Spodumene, petalite, lepidolite, amblygonite, hectorite, jadarite and similar minerals, suitable for the extraction of lithium | Free | |
| 2530 90 50 | Bastnaesite, xenotime and similar minerals, suitable for the extraction of rare-earth metals, scandium or yttrium | Free | |
| 2530 90 70 | Other | Free |
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