Section V, Mineral products · HTS release 2026HTSRev21
HTS Chapter 25: headings and duty rates
Headings 2501 to 2530: 29 headings and 101 statistical lines. Each heading page gives its base-rate range and the additional duties for the main origins on 2026-10-09.
| Heading | Lines | Base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2501Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or… | 1 | Free |
| 2502Unroasted iron pyrites | 1 | Free |
| 2503Sulfur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulfur, precipitated sulfur and colloidal sulfur | 2 | Free |
| 2504Natural graphite | 3 | Free |
| 2505Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not colored, other than metalbearing sands of chapter 26 | 3 | Free |
| 2506Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise,… | 4 | Free |
| 2507Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined | 1 | Free |
| 2508Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not… | 8 | Free |
| 2509Chalk | 2 | Free |
| 2510Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminum calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk | 2 | Free |
| 2511Natural barium sulfate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium… | 3 | Free + specific |
| 2512Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whether or not… | 1 | Free |
| 2513Pumice; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated | 4 | Free |
| 2514Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular… | 1 | Free |
| 2515Marble, travertine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2.5 or more,… | 4 | Free–3% |
| 2516Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely… | 7 | Free–3% |
| 2517Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling, or for… | 7 | Free |
| 2518Dolomite, whether or not calcined or sintered, including dolomite roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or… | 2 | Free–3% |
| 2519Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing… | 4 | Free |
| 2520Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulfate) whether or not colored, with or without… | 2 | Free |
| 2521Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 1 | Free |
| 2522Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825 | 3 | Free |
| 2523Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulfate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not… | 5 | Free |
| 2524Asbestos | 7 | Free |
| 2525Mica, including splittings; mica waste | 5 | Free |
| 2526Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a… | 2 | Free |
| 2528Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including borates separated from natural… | 3 | Free |
| 2529Feldspar; leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar | 5 | Free |
| 2530Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included | 8 | Free–2.9% |
Changes since 2025-10-09
No statistical lines were established or discontinued in this chapter in this period. Dated changes: change list.
Scope
We do not classify goods. These pages show reference rates for HTS codes. Choosing the code for an entry is the importer's responsibility, and entries are filed by the importer of record or a licensed customs broker. Duties shown are calculations from public sources, not legal advice.