CHAPTER 25
Salt, Sulfur, Earths, Stone
Section V of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule. 29 headings.
Headings in this chapter
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 agents; sea water
2502
Unroasted iron pyrites
2503
Sulfur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulfur, precipitated sulfur and colloidal sulfur
2504
Natural graphite:
2505
Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not colored, other than metalbearing sands of chapter 26:
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 (including square) shape:
2507
Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined
2508
Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths:
2509
Chalk:
2510
Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminum calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk:
2511
Natural barium sulfate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 2816:
2512
Siliceous 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
2513
Pumice; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated:
2514
Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
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 trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape:
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 or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape:
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 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 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat-treated:
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 (including square) shape:
2519
Natural 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:
2520
Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulfate) whether or not colored, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders:
2521
Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement
2522
Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825:
2523
Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulfate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not colored or in the form of clinkers:
2524
Asbestos:
2525
Mica, including splittings; mica waste:
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:
2528
Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including borates separated from natural brine; natural boric acid containing not more than 85 percent of H3BO3 calculated on the dry weight
2529
Feldspar; leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar:
2530
Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included:
Recent CBP rulings in Chapter 25
H354212
May 28, 2026
Appraisement of Zircon from Australia; Computed Value Method
N359068
March 18, 2026
The tariff classification and marking of crushed basalt from Australia.
N357180
January 23, 2026
The tariff classification, country of origin, country of origin marking, eligibility under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) for nonwoven filtration fabric; 19 CFR 102.21 (c)(5)
N357243
January 16, 2026
The tariff classification of lunar regolith simulants from Spain.
H350894
December 19, 2025
U.S. Government Procurement; Title III, Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. § 2511); Subpart B, Part 177, CBP Regulations; Country of Origin of Lumens Camera
N354617
October 24, 2025
The eligibility of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) of Gin from Canada
N351841
August 22, 2025
The eligibility of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) of Bitter Bianca Aperitif from Canada
H342780
July 21, 2025
Revocation of NY N306461; Modification of NY 853255; Tariff Classification of Molybdenum Disulphide Powder
N349949
July 3, 2025
The country of origin of steel door hinges
N349950
July 3, 2025
The country of origin of steel door hinges
N350212
June 25, 2025
The eligibility of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) of Gin from Canada
H342828
June 24, 2025
U.S. Government Procurement; Country of Origin of Pirfenidone Tablets
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