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

All 67 six-digit HS codes in this chapter, under 29 headings, with the official descriptions.

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HS codeOfficial description
25.01Salt (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.
2501.00Salt (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 water.
25.02Unroasted iron pyrites.
2502.00Unroasted iron pyrites.
25.03Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur.
2503.00Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur.
25.04Natural graphite.
2504.10In powder or in flakes
2504.90Other
25.05Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26.
2505.10Silica sand and quartz sands
2505.90Other
25.06Quartz (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.
2506.10Quartz
2506.20Quartzite
25.07Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined.
2507.00Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined.
25.08Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 68.06), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths.
2508.10Bentonite
2508.30Fire-clay
2508.40Other clays
2508.50Andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite
2508.60Mullite
2508.70Chamotte or dinas earths
25.09Chalk.
2509.00Chalk.
25.10Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminum calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk.
2510.10Unground
2510.20Ground
25.11Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 28.16.
2511.10Natural barium sulphate (barytes)
2511.20Natural barium carbonate (witherite)
25.12Siliceous 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.
2512.00Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less.
25.13Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated.
2513.10Pumice stone
2513.20Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives
25.14Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape.
2514.00Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape.
25.15Marble, 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.
2515.11Crude or roughly trimmedMarble and travertine
2515.12Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shapeMarble and travertine
2515.20Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster
25.16Granite, 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.
2516.11Crude or roughly trimmedGranite
2516.12Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shapeGranite
2516.20Sandstone
2516.90Other monumental or building stone
25.17Pebbles, 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 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not heat-treated.
2517.10Pebbles, 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
2517.20Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in subheading 2517.10
2517.30Tarred macadam
2517.41Of marbleGranules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not heat-treated
2517.49OtherGranules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not heat-treated
25.18Dolomite, 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.
2518.10Dolomite, not calcined or sintered
2518.20Calcined or sintered dolomite
25.19Natural 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.
2519.10Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite)
2519.90Other
25.20Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders.
2520.10Gypsum; anhydrite
2520.20Plasters
25.21Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement.
2521.00Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement.
25.22Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 28.25.
2522.10Quicklime
2522.20Slaked lime
2522.30Hydraulic lime
25.23Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers.
2523.10Cement clinkers
2523.21White cement, whether or not artificially colouredPortland cement
2523.29OtherPortland cement
2523.30Aluminous cement
2523.90Other hydraulic cements
25.24Asbestos.
2524.10Crocidolite
2524.90Other
25.25Mica, including splittings; mica waste.
2525.10Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittings
2525.20Mica powder
2525.30Mica waste
25.26Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc.
2526.10Not crushed, not powdered
2526.20Crushed or powdered
25.28Natural 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.
2528.00Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including borates separated from natural brine; natural boric acid containing not more than 85% of H3BO3 calculated on the dry weight.
25.29Feldspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar.
2529.10Feldspar
2529.21Containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluorideFluorspar
2529.22Containing by weight more than 97% of calcium fluorideFluorspar
2529.30Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite
25.30Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included.
2530.10Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded
2530.20Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates)
2530.90Other

Official descriptions: CBSA Customs Tariff, 2026 (version 2). These are six-digit HS subheadings, shared by Canada, the United States and Mexico. Import entries need the full ten-digit code for the importing country: check the CBSA Customs Tariff for Canada or the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, and confirm the classification with your customs broker.

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