HTS tariff line · chapter 25
2506.10.00
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: quartz
Analysis
HTS 2506.10.00 covers 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… under heading 2506 (quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in metric tons.
For statistics it divides in two: 2506.10.00.10 for sands (other than natural) containing by weight 95 percent… and 2506.10.00.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 91% of the 78 tariff lines in chapter 25. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other line in the same group is 2506.20.00 (quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 212311 (Dimension Stone Mining and Quarrying), an industry of 379 US establishments employing 4,660 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2506.20.00 | 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: quartzite | Free |