Chapter · Chapter 25 · Section V, Mineral products
HS 25Salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plastering materials, lime and cement
- Customs duty
- 0% to 40%
- 173 tariff items
- Import policy
- Mostly Free
- Restricted: 17 items
- Export policy
- Mostly Free
- Restricted: 9 items, STE: 4 items
- Unit
- kg
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026
Codes under this chapter
29 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.
| Code | Description | Customs duty | GST now | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5% | 0% | kg |
| 2502 | Unroasted iron pyrites | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2503 | Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and collodial sulphur | 2.5% to 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2504 | Natural graphite | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2505 | Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26 | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 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 | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2507 | Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2508 | Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2509 | Chalk | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2510 | Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk | 2.5% | 5% | kg |
| 2511 | Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 2816 | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 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 | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2513 | Pumice stones; emery; natural corundum, ntural garnet and other natrual abrasives, whether or not heat-treated | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2514 | Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2515 | Marble, 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 | 10% to 40% | 5% | kg |
| 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 | 10% to 40% | 5% | kg |
| 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 | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 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; | 10% | 5% | kg |
| 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 | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2520 | Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders | 2.5% to 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2521 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stones, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2522 | Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825 | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2523 | Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers | 0% to 10% | 18% | kg |
| 2524 | Asbestos | 10% | 5% | kg |
| 2525 | Mica, including splittings; mica waste | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 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 | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 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% of h3bo3 calculated on the dry weight | 2.5% | 5% | kg |
| 2529 | Feldspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2530 | Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included | 5% | 5% | kg |
Importing into India
Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 173 tariff items: 0% to 40%. The rules below cover this whole code.
Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty in force
- Anti-dumping duty on goods from United Arab Emirates, Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia: reference price USD 82.73–117.84/MT, by origin and producer (until 16 Mar 2027). Calcined Gypsum Powder. 73/2021-ADD
Charged on top of the duty above, only on goods from the countries named.
Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items
- Free: 157 tariff items
- Restricted: 17 tariff items
Exporting from India
Export duty
It depends on the goods: the entries below name only some goods under this code, or rate them differently.
| Entry | Goods | Export duty |
|---|---|---|
| The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, S.No. 15Named goods or on a condition | Sillimanite | 20% |
| The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, S.No. 16Named goods or on a condition | Kyanite | Rs. 40 per tonne |
| The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, S.No. 17Named goods or on a condition | Barytes | Rs. 50 per tonne |
| The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, S.No. 18Named goods or on a condition | Granite (including black granite) porphyry and basalt, all sorts | 15% |
| The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, S.No. 19Named goods or on a condition | Mica including fabricated mica | 40% |
| The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, S.No. 20Named goods or on a condition | Steatite (Talc) | 20% |
| Notification 27/2011-Customs, S.No. 15Named goods or on a condition | Sillimanite | Nil |
| Notification 27/2011-Customs, S.No. 16Named goods or on a condition | Kyanite | Nil |
| Notification 27/2011-Customs, S.No. 17Named goods or on a condition | Barytes | Nil |
| Notification 27/2011-Customs, S.No. 18Named goods or on a condition | Granite (including black granite) porphyry and basalt, all sorts | Nil |
| Notification 27/2011-Customs, S.No. 19Named goods or on a condition | Mica including fabricated mica | Nil |
| Notification 27/2011-Customs, S.No. 20Named goods or on a condition | Steatite (talc) | Nil |
Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items
- Free: 161 tariff items
- Restricted: 9 tariff items
- STE: 4 tariff items
Nearby codes
Sources
- GSTN HSN code masterChecked 13 Oct 2026
- DGFT ITC(HS) import and export policyChecked 9 Oct 2026
- GST rate per HSN (archived GSTZen extract)Checked 29 Sep 2026
- Customs Tariff of India (First Schedule): sections, chapters, notes and statutory BCDChecked 19 Oct 2026
- BIS compulsory certification: products and Quality Control OrdersChecked 18 Oct 2026
- Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties in force (India)Checked 19 Oct 2026
- India's export duty (Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act and notifications 27/2011, 55/2022, 22/2024)Checked 18 Oct 2026
For information, not a customs ruling. Only notifications published in the Gazette have legal force; confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE before you price a deal.