Indian ITC-HS · Section V
Chapter 25
Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
26 Headings65 Subheadings171 Tariff Items
Source: CBIC Part II Import Tariff, chapter-wise PDFs·Indian Customs Tariff — First Schedule (as on 30.06.2025, CBIC)
Section V
MINERAL PRODUCTS
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Headings, subheadings & tariff items
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25081010CrudeMFN 5%→0%25081090Other (includes processed and ground)MFN 5%→0%25083010Non-plasticMFN 5%→0%25083020Semi-plasticMFN 5%→0%25083030PlasticMFN 5%→0%25083090OtherMFN 5%→0%25084010Ball clayMFN 5%→0%25084020Earth clayMFN 5%→0%25084090OtherMFN 5%→0%25085010Andalusite ---- Kyanite :MFN 5%→0%25085021Crude, other than calcinedMFN 5%→0%25085022Processed, other than calcined (washed or ground or screened or beneficiated)MFN 5%→0%25085023Calcined ---- Sillimanite :MFN 5%→0%25085031LumpsMFN 5%→0%25085032Fines (including sand)MFN 5%→0%25085039OtherMFN 5%→0%25086000MulliteMFN 5%→0%25087000Chamotte or dinas earthsMFN 5%→0%
25101010Natural calcium phosphateMFN 2.5%→0%25101020Natural aluminium calcium phosphateMFN 2.5%→0%25101030Natural calcium phosphate apatiteMFN 2.5%→0%25101090OtherMFN 2.5%→0%25102010Natural calcium phosphatesMFN 2.5%→0%25102020Natural aluminium calcium phosphateMFN 2.5%→0%25102030Natural calcium phosphates apatiteMFN 2.5%→0%25102090OtherMFN 2.5%→0%
25111010LumpsMFN 5%→0%25111020PowderMFN 5%→0%25111090OtherMFN 5%→0%25112000Natural barium carbonate (witherite) 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 LESSMFN 5%→0%
25171010Pakur stone, crushed or brokenMFN 5%→0%25171020FlintMFN 5%→0%25171090OtherMFN 5%→0%25172000Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in sub-heading 2517 10MFN 5%→0%25173000Tarred macadam ---- Granules, chippings and powder, of stone of heading 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat treated :MFN 5%→0%25174100Of marbleMFN 5%→0%25174900OtherMFN 5%→0%
25231000Cement clinkers ---- Portland cement:MFN 10%→0%25232100White cement, whether or not artificially colouredMFN 10%→0%25232910Ordinary portland cement, dryMFN 0%25232920Ordinary portland cement, colouredMFN 0%25232930Portland pozzolana CementMFN 0%25232940Portland slag cementMFN 0%25232990OtherMFN 0%25233000Aluminous cementMFN 10%→0%25239010Sagol; ashmohMFN 10%→0%25239020High alumina refractory cementMFN 10%→0%25239090OtherMFN 10%→0%
25241010CrocidoliteMFN 10%→0%25249011ChrysotileMFN 10%→0%25249012AmphiboleMFN 10%→0%25249013CrysoliteMFN 10%→0%25249014AmositeMFN 10%→0%25249019Other ---- Fibre raw, beaten or washed or graded to length :MFN 10%→0%25249021ChrysotileMFN 10%→0%25249022AmphiboleMFN 10%→0%25249023CrysoliteMFN 10%→0%25249024AmositeMFN 10%→0%25249029OtherMFN 10%→0%25249031ChrysotileMFN 10%→0%25249032AmphiboleMFN 10%→0%25249033CrysoliteMFN 10%→0%25249034AmositeMFN 10%→0%25249039Other: ---- Other:MFN 10%→0%25249091WasteMFN 10%→0%25249099OtherMFN 10%→0%
25251010Mica blocksMFN 5%→0%25251020Condensor films trimmed but not cut to shapeMFN 5%→0%25251030Mica splittings, book formMFN 5%→0%25251040Mica splittings, looseMFN 5%→0%25251090OtherMFN 5%→0%25252010Mica flakes, 2.20 meshMFN 5%→0%25252020Mica powder, dry groundMFN 5%→0%25252030Mica powder, micronisedMFN 5%→0%25252040Mica powder, wet groundMFN 5%→0%25252050Mica powder, calcinedMFN 5%→0%25252090OtherMFN 5%→0%25253010Mica mine scrap and wasteMFN 5%→0%25253020Mica factory scrapMFN 5%→0%25253030Mica cuttings book formMFN 5%→0%25253090OtherMFN 5%→0%
25280010Natural sodium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined)MFN 2.5%→0%25280020Natural boric acid containing not more than 85% of H BO ( calculated on the dry weight ) 3 3MFN 2.5%→0%25280030Natural calcium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined)MFN 2.5%→0%25280090OtherMFN 2.5%→0%
25301010VermiculiteMFN 5%→0%25301020PerliteMFN 5%→0%25301090Others (including powder)MFN 5%→0%25302000Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates)MFN 5%→0%25309010Meerschaum (whether or not in polished pieces) and amber agglomerated; meerachaum and agglomerated amber in plates, rods, etc., not worked after moulding jetMFN 5%→0%25309020Natural arsenic sulphides (such as orpiment)MFN 5%→0%25309030CalciteMFN 5%→0%25309040Ores and concentrates of rare earth metalsMFN 5%→0%25309050WollastoniteMFN 5%→0%25309060Earth colour ochre, crudeMFN 5%→0%25309070Other processed earth colour ochre ---- Other :MFN 5%→0%25309091Strontium sulphate (natural ore)MFN 0%25309099OtherMFN 5%→0%
All tariff codes in Chapter 25
Flat index of every 8-digit tariff item in this chapter, grouped by 4-digit heading.
2501SALT (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
2503SULPHUR OF ALL KINDS, OTHER THAN SUBLIMED SULPHUR, PRECIPITATED SULPHUR AND COLLODIAL SULPHUR
2505NATURAL SANDS OF ALL KINDS, WHETHER OR NOT COLOURED, OTHER THAN METAL-BEARING SANDS OF CHAPTER 26
2506QUARTZ (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
2507KAOLIN AND OTHER KAOLINIC CLAYS, WHETHER OR NOT CALCINED
2508OTHER CLAYS (NOT INCLUDING EXPANDED CLAYS OF HEADING 6806), ANDALUSITE, KYANITE AND SILLIMANITE, WHETHER OR NOT CALCINED; MULLITE; CHAMOTTE OR DINAS EARTHS
- 25081010Crude
- 25081090Other (includes processed and ground)
- 25083010Non-plastic
- 25083020Semi-plastic
- 25083030Plastic
- 25083090Other
- 25084010Ball clay
- 25084020Earth clay
- 25084090Other
- 25085010Andalusite ---- Kyanite :
- 25085021Crude, other than calcined
- 25085022Processed, other than calcined (washed or ground or screened or beneficiated)
- 25085023Calcined ---- Sillimanite :
- 25085031Lumps
- 25085032Fines (including sand)
- 25085039Other
- 25086000Mullite
- 25087000Chamotte or dinas earths
2510NATURAL CALCIUM PHOSPHATES, NATURAL ALUMINIUM CALCIUM PHOSPHATES AND PHOSPHATIC CHALK
2511NATURAL BARIUM SULPHATE (BARYTES); NATURAL BARIUM CARBONATE (WITHERITE), WHETHER OR NOT CALCINED, OTHER THAN BARIUM OXIDE OF HEADING 2816
2513PUMICE STONES; EMERY; NATURAL CORUNDUM, NTURAL GARNET AND OTHER NATRUAL ABRASIVES, WHETHER OR NOT HEAT-TREATED
2515MARBLE, TRAVERTINE, ECAUSSINE 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 ---- Marble and travertine :
2516GRANITE, 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 ---- Granite :
2517PEBBLES, 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
- 25171010Pakur stone, crushed or broken
- 25171020Flint
- 25171090Other
- 25172000Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in sub-heading 2517 10
- 25173000Tarred macadam ---- Granules, chippings and powder, of stone of heading 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat treated :
- 25174100Of marble
- 25174900Other
2518DOLOMITE, 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;
2519NATURAL 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
2520GYPSUM; ANHYDRITE; PLASTERS (CONSISTING OF CALCINED GYPSUM OR CALCIUM SULPHATE) WHETHER OR NOT COLOURED, WITH OR WITHOUT SMALL QUANTITIES OF ACCELERATORS OR RETARDERS
2522QUICKLIME, SLAKED LIME AND HYDRAULIC LIME, OTHER THAN CALCIUM OXIDE AND HYDROXIDE OF HEADING 2825
2523PORTLAND CEMENT, ALUMINOUS CEMENT, SLAG CEMENT, SUPERSULPHATE CEMENT AND SIMILAR HYDRAULIC CEMENTS, WHETHER OR NOT COLOURED OR IN THE FORM OF CLINKERS
- 25231000Cement clinkers ---- Portland cement:
- 25232100White cement, whether or not artificially coloured
- 25232910Ordinary portland cement, dry
- 25232920Ordinary portland cement, coloured
- 25232930Portland pozzolana Cement
- 25232940Portland slag cement
- 25232990Other
- 25233000Aluminous cement
- 25239010Sagol; ashmoh
- 25239020High alumina refractory cement
- 25239090Other
2524ASBESTOS
- 25241010Crocidolite
- 25249011Chrysotile
- 25249012Amphibole
- 25249013Crysolite
- 25249014Amosite
- 25249019Other ---- Fibre raw, beaten or washed or graded to length :
- 25249021Chrysotile
- 25249022Amphibole
- 25249023Crysolite
- 25249024Amosite
- 25249029Other
- 25249031Chrysotile
- 25249032Amphibole
- 25249033Crysolite
- 25249034Amosite
- 25249039Other: ---- Other:
- 25249091Waste
- 25249099Other
2525MICA, INCLUDING SPLITTINGS; MICA WASTE
- 25251010Mica blocks
- 25251020Condensor films trimmed but not cut to shape
- 25251030Mica splittings, book form
- 25251040Mica splittings, loose
- 25251090Other
- 25252010Mica flakes, 2.20 mesh
- 25252020Mica powder, dry ground
- 25252030Mica powder, micronised
- 25252040Mica powder, wet ground
- 25252050Mica powder, calcined
- 25252090Other
- 25253010Mica mine scrap and waste
- 25253020Mica factory scrap
- 25253030Mica cuttings book form
- 25253090Other
2526NATURAL STEATITE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGHLY TRIMMED OR MERELY CUT, BY SAWING OR OTHERWISE, INTO BLOCKS OR SLABS OF A RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) SHAPE; TALC
2528NATURAL 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 H BO CALCULATED ON THE DRY WEIGHT 3 3
2529FELDSPAR; LEUCITE; NEPHELINE AND NEPHELINE SYENITE; FLUORSPAR
2530MINERAL SUBSTANCES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
- 25301010Vermiculite
- 25301020Perlite
- 25301090Others (including powder)
- 25302000Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates)
- 25309010Meerschaum (whether or not in polished pieces) and amber agglomerated; meerachaum and agglomerated amber in plates, rods, etc., not worked after moulding jet
- 25309020Natural arsenic sulphides (such as orpiment)
- 25309030Calcite
- 25309040Ores and concentrates of rare earth metals
- 25309050Wollastonite
- 25309060Earth colour ochre, crude
- 25309070Other processed earth colour ochre ---- Other :
- 25309091Strontium sulphate (natural ore)
- 25309099Other
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