HTS chapter 25

HTS chapter 25: salt, sulfur, stone and cement codes and duty rates

Chapter 25 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States has 29 headings and 79 rate lines, split into 101 ten-digit statistical codes. Each heading below lists its rate lines with the official description and the general (Column 1) rate of duty. The general rate is only the starting point: Section 301, Section 232 and other programs can add to it depending on the country of origin, and the calculator applies them for any line.

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2501.00.00Salt (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 waterFree

2502Unroasted iron pyrites

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2502.00.00Unroasted iron pyritesFree

2503Sulfur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulfur, precipitated sulfur and colloidal sulfur

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2503.00.00Sulfur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulfur, precipitated sulfur and colloidal sulfurFree

2504Natural graphite

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2504.10.10In powder or in flakes › Crystalline flake (not including flake dust)Free
2504.10.50In powder or in flakesFree
2504.90.00OtherFree

2505Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not colored, other than metalbearing sands of chapter 26

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2505.10.10Silica sands and quartz sands › Sand containing by weight 95 percent or more of silica and not more than 0.6 percent of oxide of ironFree
2505.10.50Silica sands and quartz sandsFree
2505.90.00OtherFree

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2506.10.00QuartzFree
2506.20.00QuartziteFree

2507Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2507.00.00Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcinedFree

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2508.10.00BentoniteFree
2508.30.00Fire-clayFree
2508.40.01Other claysFree
2508.50.00Andalusite, kyanite and sillimaniteFree
2508.60.00MulliteFree
2508.70.00Chamotte or dinas earthFree

2509Chalk

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2509.00.10CrudeFree
2509.00.20OtherFree

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2510.10.00UngroundFree
2510.20.00GroundFree

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2511.10.10Natural barium sulfate (barytes) › GroundFree
2511.10.50Natural barium sulfate (barytes)$1.25/t
2511.20.00Natural barium carbonate (witherite)Free

2512Siliceous 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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2512.00.00Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or lessFree

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2513.10.00Pumice stoneFree
2513.20.10Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives › Crude or in irregular piecesFree
2513.20.90Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasivesFree

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

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

2515Marble, travertine 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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2515.11.00Marble and travertine › Crude or roughly trimmedFree
2515.12.10Marble and travertine › Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape › MarbleFree
2515.12.20Marble and travertine › Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape › Travertine3%
2515.20.00Other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster3%

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2516.11.00Granite › Crude or roughly trimmedFree
2516.12.00Granite › Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape2516.12.00.602.8%
2516.20.10Sandstone › Crude or roughly trimmedFree
2516.20.20Sandstone › Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape3%
2516.90.00Other monumental or building stone3%

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2517.10.00Pebbles, 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
2517.20.00Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in subheading 2517.10Free
2517.30.00Tarred macadamFree
2517.41.00Granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat-treated › Of marbleFree
2517.49.00Granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat-treatedFree

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2518.10.00Dolomite, not calcined or sinteredFree
2518.20.00Calcined or sintered dolomite3%

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2519.10.00Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite)Free
2519.90.10Fused magnesia and dead-burned (sintered) magnesiaFree
2519.90.20Caustic calcined magnesiteFree
2519.90.50Other › OtherFree

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2520.10.00Gypsum; anhydriteFree
2520.20.00PlastersFree

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

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

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2522.10.00QuicklimeFree
2522.20.00Slaked limeFree
2522.30.00Hydraulic limeFree

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2523.10.00Cement clinkers2523.10.00.00Free
2523.21.00Portland cement › White cement, whether or not artificially coloredFree
2523.29.00Portland cementFree
2523.30.00Aluminous cementFree
2523.90.00Other hydraulic cementsFree

2524Asbestos

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2524.10.00Crocidolite (Blue)Free
2524.90.00OtherFree

2525Mica, including splittings; mica waste

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2525.10.00Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittingsFree
2525.20.00Mica powderFree
2525.30.00Mica wasteFree

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

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2526.10.00Not crushed, not powderedFree
2526.20.00Crushed or powderedFree

2528Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including borates separated from natural brine; natural boric acid containing not more than 85 percent of H3BO3 calculated on the dry weight

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2528.00.00Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including borates separated from natural brine; natural boric acid containing not more than 85 percent of H3BO3 calculated on the dry weightFree

2529Feldspar; leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2529.10.00FeldsparFree
2529.21.00Fluorspar › Containing by weight 97 percent or less of calcium fluorideFree
2529.22.00Fluorspar › Containing by weight more than 97 percent of calcium fluorideFree
2529.30.00Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syeniteFree

2530Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2530.10.00Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpandedFree
2530.20.10Kieserite, epsom salts (natural magnesium sulfates) › KieseriteFree
2530.20.20Kieserite, epsom salts (natural magnesium sulfates) › Epsom saltsFree
2530.90.10Natural cryolite; natural chioliteFree
2530.90.20Natural micaceous iron oxides2.9%
2530.90.80Other › Other2530.90.80.50Free

Descriptions and general rates from the current USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The general rate excludes additional duties such as Section 301, Section 232 and antidumping or countervailing duties, which depend on the country of origin.