Chapter 25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement - PART V MINERALS

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Chapter 25: Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement

Notes

1. Except where otherwise provided in Note 4 to this Chapter, the headings of this Chapter cover only products which have been crude or which have been cleaned (including by remove chemical means to impurities without changing the structure of the product), crushed, pressed, ground, powdered, sifted, screened, separated by flotation, by magnetic separation or by other mechanical or physical processes (other than crystallisation), but not calcined, tempered or mixed products or products obtained by processes other than those specified in the respective headings.

Products of this Chapter may contain anti-dusting agents provided that such additions do not render the product particularly suitable for a particular purpose rather than for general use.

2. This chapter does not cover:

(a) Sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur or colloidal sulphur (heading 28.02);

(b) Earth colours containing 70% or more by mass of combined iron (Fe2O3 _{) ( heading 28.21);}

(c) Pharmaceuticals or other products of Chapter 30;

(d) Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (Chapter 33);

(e) Dolomite ramming mix (heading 38.16);

(f) Flags, curbstones or flagstones (heading 68.01); mosaic cubes or the like (heading 68.02); roofing, facing or revetment slates (heading 68.03);

(g) Precious or semi-precious stones (heading 71.02 or 71.03);

(h) Cultured crystals (other than optical elements), each weighing 2.5 g or more, of sodium chloride or magnesium oxide, of heading 38.24; optical elements of sodium chloride or magnesium oxide (heading 90.01);

(i) Billiard chalk (heading 95.04); or

(k) Writing or drawing chalks or tailors' chalks (heading 96.09).

3. Any product classifiable in heading 25.17 and in any other heading of this Chapter is to be classified in heading 25.17.

4. Heading 25.30 includes, inter alia, vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded; earth colours, whether or not calcined or mixed together; natural mica iron oxides; meerschaum (whether or not in polished pieces); amber; agglomerated meerschaum and agglomerated amber, in plates, rods, sticks or similar forms, not worked after moulding; jet; strontianite (whether or not calcined), other than strontium oxide; broken pieces of pottery, brick or concrete.

2501

Salt (including food grade 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

25010010

– Food salt

25010020

– Unprocessed rock salt

25010050

– Sea water

– Other types:

25010091

– – Containing more than 60% but less than 97% sodium chloride, calculated on the dry matter, with added iodine ^(SEN)

25010093

– – Containing 97% or more sodium chloride, calculated on the dry matter ^(SEN)

25010099

– – Other

25020000

Unburned iron pyrites

25030000

Sulphur of all kinds, except sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur

2504

Natural graphite

25041000

– In powder or flake form

25049000

– Other

2505

Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26

25051000

– Silica sand and quartz sand

25059000

– Other

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

25061000

– Quartz

25062000

– Quartzite

25070000

Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined

2508

Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 68.06), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths

25081000

– Bentonite

25083000

– Refractory clay

250840

– Other clays:

25084010

– – Lake soil (bleaching soil)

25084090

– – Other

25085000

– Andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite

25086000

– Mullite

25087000

– Fire soil or dinas soil

25090000

Chalk

2510

Natural calcium phosphate, natural aluminium calcium phosphate and phosphate-containing chalk

251010

– Not crushed:

25101010

– – Apatite

25101090

– – Other

251020

– Crushed:

25102010

– – Apatite

25102090

– – Other

2511

Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 28.16

25111000

– Natural barium sulfate (barytes)

25112000

– Natural barium carbonate (witherite)

25120000

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 stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated

25131000

– Pumice stone

25132000

– Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives

25140000

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, 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:

25151100

– – Rough or roughly trimmed

251512

– – Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape:

25151210

– – – Block form ^(SEN)

25151220

– – – Plate form ^(SEN)

25152000

– Ecaussine and other limestone, of a kind used for monumental or building purposes; alabaster

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

– Granite:

25161100

– – Rough or roughly trimmed

251612

– – Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape:

25161210

– – – Block form ^(SEN)

25161220

– – – Plate form ^(SEN)

251620

– Sandstone:

25162010

– – Rough or roughly trimmed

25162020

– – Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

25169000

– Other stones for making monuments or building stones

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 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not heat-treated

25171000

– 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

25172000

– Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating materials of subheading 2517.10

25173000

– Crushed stone mixed with asphalt

– Granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not heat-treated:

25174100

– – From marble

25174900

– – Other

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

25181000

– Dolomite, not calcined or sintered

25182000

– Calcined or sintered dolomite

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

25191000

– Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite)

251990

– Other types:

25199010

– – Fused magnesium oxide; dead-burned (sintered) magnesium oxide

25199090

– – Other

2520

Gypsum; anhydrous gypsum; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders

25201000

– Gypsum; anhydrous gypsum

252020

– Plaster:

25202010

– – Type suitable for use in dentistry

25202090

– – Other

25210000

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 calcium hydroxide of heading 28.25

25221000

Quicklime

25222000

– Lime

25223000

– Hydraulic lime

2523

Portland cement ⁽¹⁾ , aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers

252310

– Cement clinker ⁽¹⁾ :

25231010

– – Type used to produce white cement

25231090

– – Other

– Portland cement ⁽¹⁾ :

25232100

– – White cement, whether or not artificially coloured

252329

– – Other types:

25232910

– – – Colored cement

25232990

– – – Other

25233000

– Aluminum cement

25239000

– Other hydraulic cements

2524

Asbestos.

25241000

– Crocidolite

25249000

– Other

2525

Mica, including split mica; mica waste

25251000

– Raw mica and mica split into sheets or layers

25252000

– Mica powder

25253000

– Mica scrap

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

25261000

– Not crushed, not powdered

252620

– Crushed or powdered:

25262010

– – Talc powder

25262090

– – Other

25280000

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 H ₃ BO ₃ calculated on the dry weight

2529

Feldspar (feldspar); leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorite

252910

– Feldspar (Bodhisattva stone):

25291010

– – Potash feldspar; soda feldspar ^(SEN)

25291090

– – Other

– Fluorite mineral:

25292100

– – Containing not more than 97% by mass of calcium fluoride

25292200

– – Containing more than 97% by mass of calcium fluoride

25293000

– Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite

2530

Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included

25301000

– Vermiculite, perlite and chlorite, unexpanded

253020

– Kiezerite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphate):

25302010

– – Kiezerit

25302020

– – Epsomite (natural magnesium sulphate)

253090

– Other types:

25309010

– – Micron-sized zircon sand (zircon silicate) used as a contrast agent

25309090

– – Other

(1) Refer to TCVN 2682:2020, TCVN 7024:2013

(SEN): Refer to the Supplementary Explanatory Notes (SEN) of the ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN) 2022