HTS chapter · section V
Chapter 25
Mineral products
Chapter 25 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule sits in section V (mineral products). It has 29 headings and 79 eight-digit tariff lines.
71 of its 78 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (91%) and 7 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 3%. The median line pays duty-free.
1 of the lines carry specific or compound rates (per kilogram, per dozen and so on) rather than a percentage, so their burden depends on the unit value of the goods.
The most finely divided heading is 2508 (other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite…), with 6 lines; fine division usually means the rates or the trade statistics differ enough to be worth separating.
24 of its 29 headings are entirely duty-free at the general rate, including 2501 (salt (including table salt and denatured…), 2502 (unroasted iron pyrites) and 2503 (sulfur of all kinds, other than sublimed…).
The heading with the highest median rate is 2516 (granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone…) at 2.8%.
Headings
| Heading | Description | Lines | Free | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501 | 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… | 1 | 1 | duty-free |
| 2502 | Unroasted iron pyrites | 1 | 1 | duty-free |
| 2503 | Sulfur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulfur, precipitated sulfur and colloidal sulfur | 1 | 1 | duty-free |
| 2504 | Natural graphite | 3 | 3 | duty-free |
| 2505 | Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not colored, other than metalbearing sands of chapter 26 | 3 | 3 | duty-free |
| 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… | 2 | 2 | duty-free |
| 2507 | Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined | 1 | 1 | duty-free |
| 2508 | Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths | 6 | 6 | duty-free |
| 2509 | Chalk | 2 | 2 | duty-free |
| 2510 | Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminum calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk | 2 | 2 | duty-free |
| 2511 | Natural barium sulfate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 2816 | 3 | 2 | duty-free |
| 2512 | Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific… | 1 | 1 | duty-free |
| 2513 | Pumice; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated | 3 | 3 | duty-free |
| 2514 | Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | 1 | 1 | duty-free |
| 2515 | Marble, travertine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2.5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly… | 4 | 2 | 1.5% |
| 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… | 5 | 2 | 2.8% |
| 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… | 5 | 5 | duty-free |
| 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… | 2 | 1 | 1.5% |
| 2519 | Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added… | 4 | 4 | duty-free |
| 2520 | Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulfate) whether or not colored, with or without small quantities of accelerators or… | 2 | 2 | duty-free |
| 2521 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 1 | 1 | duty-free |
| 2522 | Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825 | 3 | 3 | duty-free |
| 2523 | Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulfate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not colored or in the form of clinkers | 5 | 5 | duty-free |
| 2524 | Asbestos | 2 | 2 | duty-free |
| 2525 | Mica, including splittings; mica waste | 3 | 3 | duty-free |
| 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 | 2 | 2 | duty-free |
| 2528 | Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including borates separated from natural brine; natural boric acid containing not… | 1 | 1 | duty-free |
| 2529 | Feldspar; leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar | 4 | 4 | duty-free |
| 2530 | Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included | 6 | 5 | duty-free |