This directory combines historical reference rows with separately labelled national sources. Read the source title, observation date, printed units and conditions on each entry. National source observations do not establish all measures applicable to a shipment.

Chapter 25:

68 total items67 with duty rates0 headings
HS CodeDescriptionArabicDuty Rate
2501.00Salt (including table salt and denatured salt); pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2502.00Iron pyrites; unroasted10.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2503.00Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur0.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2504.10Graphite; natural, in powder or in flakes5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2504.90Graphite; natural, in other forms, excluding powder or flakes5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2505.10Sands; natural, silica and quartz sands, whether or not coloured5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2505.90Sands; natural, (other than silica and quartz sands), whether or not coloured, (other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26)10.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2506.10Quartz; other than natural sands5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2506.20Quartzite; whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2507.00Kaolin and other kaolinic clays; whether or not calcined5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2508.10Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); bentonite, whether or not calcined5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2508.30Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2508.40Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2508.50Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2508.60Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); mullite5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2508.70Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); chamotte or dinas earths5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2509.00Chalk10.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2510.10Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; unground0.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2510.20Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; ground0.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2511.10Barium sulphate (barytes); natural5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2511.20Barium carbonate (witherite); natural, whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading no. 28165.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2512.00Siliceous fossil meals (e.g. kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths; whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less10.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2513.10Pumice stone, whether or not heat treated10.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2513.20Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2514.00Slate; whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2515.11Marble and travertine; having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more, crude or roughly trimmed by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2515.12Marble and travertine; merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape, having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2515.20Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster, having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2516.11Granite; crude or roughly trimmed25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2516.12Granite; merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2516.20Sandstone;. whether or not roughly trimmed, cut, by sawing etc, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2516.90Monumental or building stone; n.e.c. in heading no. 2516, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape15.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
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-treated5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2517.20Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste; whether or not incorporating the materials in item no. 2517.1025.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2517.30Tarred macadam25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2517.41Stones; of marble, in granules, chippings and powder, whether or not heat-treated25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2517.49Stones; of heading no. 2515 or 2516 (excluding marble), in granules, chippings and powder, whether or not heat-treated5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2518.10Dolomite, not calcined or sintered; including dolomite roughly trimmed, or merely cut by sawing or otherwise into blocks or slabs of rectangular (including square) shape5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2518.20Dolomite, calcined or sintered; including dolomite roughly trimmed, or merely cut by sawing or otherwise into blocks or slabs of rectangular (including square) shape5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2518.30Dolomite ramming mix5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2519.10Magnesium carbonate (magnesite); natural10.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2519.90Magnesia, fused or dead-burned (sintered); whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering, other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure, (not natural magnesium carbonate)10.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2520.10Gypsum; anhydrite2.50% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2520.20Plasters; (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2521.00Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement6.67% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2522.10Quicklime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 28255.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2522.20Slaked lime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 28255.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2522.30Hydraulic lime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 28255.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2523.10Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured)WITS 2023 historical MFN average ยท no usable average
2523.21Cement; portland, white, whether or not artificially coloured25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2523.29Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2523.30Cement; aluminous (ciment fondu), whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2523.90Cement; hydraulic kinds n.e.c. in heading no. 252325.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2524.10Asbestos; crocidolite (blue asbestos)25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2524.90Asbestos; other than crocidolite (blue asbestos)25.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2525.10Mica; crude and rifted into sheets or splittings5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2525.20Mica; powder5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2525.30Mica; waste10.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2526.10Steatite; natural, (not crushed or powdered), whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc10.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2526.20Steatite; natural, crushed, powdered, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc10.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
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 weight10.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2529.10Feldspar5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2529.21Fluorspar; containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2529.22Fluorspar; containing by weight more than 97% of calcium fluoride5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2529.30Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2530.10Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites; unexpanded5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2530.20Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates)5.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average
2530.90Mineral substances; n.e.c. in chapter 255.00% (2023 MFN average)WITS 2023 historical MFN average

Data source: WITS/UNCTAD TRAINS (MFN 2022). Values are indicative HS6 MFN averages, not shipment-specific applied rates. Import permission and restrictions are not assessed. Historical reference rates exclude VAT, excise and other national measures. Separate national entries preserve the columns printed by their source; these are not a complete shipment assessment. Full disclaimer.