MINERAL
PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 25
SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE;
PLASTERING MATERIALS, LIME AND CEMENT
Notes :
1. Except where their context or Note 4 to this Chapter otherwise requires,
the headings of this Chapter cover only products which are in the crude
state or which have been washed (even with chemical substances eliminating
the impurities without changing the structure of the product), crushed,
ground, powdered, levigated, sifted, screened, concentrated by flotation,
magnetic separation or other mechanical or physical processes (except
crystallization), but not products that have been roasted, calcined, obtained
by mixing or subjected to processing beyond that mentioned in each heading.
The products of this Chapter may contain an added anti-dusting agent,
provided that such addition does not render the product particularly suitable
for specific use rather than for general use.
2. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur (heading
2802);
(b) Earth colours containing 70 percent or more by weight of combined
iron evaluated at Fe2O3 (heading 2821);
(c) Medicaments and other products of Chapter 30;
(d) Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (Chapter 33);
(e) Setts, curbstones and flagstones (heading 6801); mosaic cubes or
the like (heading 6802); roofing, facing or damp course slates (heading
6803);
(f) Precious or semi-precious stones (heading 7102 or 7103);
(g) Cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less
than 2.5 g each, of sodium chloride or of magnesium oxide, of heading
3824; optical elements of sodium chloride or of magnesium oxide (heading
9001);
(h) Billiard chalks (heading 9504); or
(i) Writing or drawing chalks and tailors’ chalks (heading 9609).
3. Any products classifiable in heading 2517 and any other heading of
this Chapter are to be classified in heading 2517.
4. Heading 2530 applies, inter alia, to : vermiculite, perlite and chlorites,
unexpanded; earth colours, whether or not calcined or mixed together;
natural micaceous 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.
Supplementary Notes:
1. In the heading 2523, ‘sagol’ means cement obtained by
heating limestone and burnt coal in a kiln and ‘ashmoh’ means
cement obtained by fine grinding of paddy husk, ash and hydrated lime
with an additive.
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Exim
Code
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Item
Description
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Policy
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Policy
Conditions
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2501
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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
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2501 00
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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:
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2501 00 10
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Common Salt (including iodised salt)
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Free
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2501 00 20
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Rock Salt
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Free
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2501 00 90
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Other
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Free
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2502
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Unroasted iron pyrites
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2502 00 00
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Unroasted iron pyrites
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Free
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2503
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Sulphur of all kinds, other than sub-limited sulphur, precipated
sulphur and collodial sulphur
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2503 00
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Sulphur of all kinds, other than sub-limited
sulphur, precipated sulphur and collodial sulphur:
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2503 00 10
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Sulphur recovered as by-product in refining of
crude oil
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Free
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2503 00 90
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Other
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Free
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2504
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Natural graphite
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2504 10
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In powder or in flakes:
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2504 10 10
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Graphite, crystalline
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Free
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2504 10 20
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Graphite, amorphous
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Free
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2504 10 90
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Other
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Free
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2504 90
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Other:
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2504 90 10
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Graphite, micronised
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Free
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2504 90 90
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Other
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Free
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2505
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Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than
metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26
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2505 10
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Silica sands and quartz sands:
Silica Sands:
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2505 10 11
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Processed (White)
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Free
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2505 10 12
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Processed (Brown)
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Free
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2505 10 19
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Other
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Free
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2505 10 20
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Quartz sands
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Free
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2505 90 00
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Other
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Free
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2506
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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
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2506 10
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Quartz:
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2506 10 10
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In lumps
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Free
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2506 10 20
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In powder
Quartzite :
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Free
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2506 21
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Crude or roughly trimmed:
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2506 21 10
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In lumps
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Free
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2506 21 20
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In powder
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Free
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2506 21 90
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Other
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Free
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2506 29 00
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Other
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Free
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2507
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Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined
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2507 00
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Kaolin and other kailinic clays, whether or not
calcined:
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2507 00 10
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Crude
Other:
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Free
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2507 00 21
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Pharmaceutical grade
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Free
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2507 00 22
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Ceramic grade
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Free
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2507 00 29
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Other
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Free
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2508
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Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806),
andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite;
chamotte or dinas earths
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2508 10
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Bentonite:
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2508 10 10
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Crude
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Free
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2508 10 90
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Other (includes processed, activated and ground)
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Free
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2508 20
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Decolourising earths and Fuller’s earth:
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2508 20 10
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Processed (including activated)
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Free
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2508 20 90
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Other
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Free
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2508 30
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Fire Clay:
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2508 30 10
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Non-plastic
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Free
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2508 30 20
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Semi-plastic
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Free
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2508 30 30
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Plastic
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Free
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2508 30 90
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Other
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Free
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2508 40
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Other Clays:
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2508 40 10
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Ball Clay
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Free
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2508 40 20
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Earth Clay
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Free
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2508 40 90
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Other
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Free
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2508 50
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Andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite:
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2508 50 10
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Andalusite
Kyanite:
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Free
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2508 50 21
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Crude,other than calcined
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Free
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2508 50 22
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Processed, other than calcined (washed or ground or
screened or beneficiated)
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Free
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2508 50 23
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Calcined
Sillimanite:
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Free
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2508 50 31
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Lumps
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Free
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2508 50 32
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Fines (including sand)
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Free
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2508 50 39
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Other
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Free
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2508 60 00
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Mullite
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Free
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2508 70 00
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Chamotte or dinas earths
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Free
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2509
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Chalk
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2509 00 00
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Chalk
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Free
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2510
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Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates
and phosphatic chalk
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2510 10
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Unground:
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2510 10 10
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Natural calcium phosphates
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Free
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2510 10 20
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Natural aluminium calcium phosphate
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Free
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2510 10 30
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Natural calcium phosphate apatite
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Free
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2510 10 90
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Other
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Free
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2510 20
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Ground:
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2510 20 10
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Natural calcium phosphates
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Free
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2510 20 20
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Natural aluminium calcium phosphates
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Free
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2510 20 30
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Natural calcium phosphates apatite
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Free
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2510 20 90
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Other
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Free
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2511
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Natural barium sulphate (barytes); Natural barium carbonate (witherite),
whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of Heading 2816
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2511 10
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Natural barium sulphate (barytes):
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2511 10 10
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Lumps
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Free
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2511 10 20
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Powder
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Free
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2511 10 90
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Other
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Free
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2511 20 00
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Natural barium carbonate (witherite)
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Free
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2512
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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
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2512 00
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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:
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2512 00 10
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Kieselguhr
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Free
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2512 00 20
2512 00 30
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Tripolite
Diatomite
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Free
Free
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2512 00 90
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Other
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Free
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2513
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Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other
natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated
Pumice Stone:
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2513 11 00
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Crude or in irregular pieces, including crushed
pumice (“bimskies”)
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Free
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2513 19 00
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Other
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Free
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2513 20
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Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other
natural abrasives:
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2513 20 10
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Emery
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Free
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2513 20 20
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Natural Corundum
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Free
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2513 20 30
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Natural garnet
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Free
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2513 20 90
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Other
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Free
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2514
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Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or
otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square)
shape
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2514 00 00
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Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely
cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular
(including square) shape
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Restricted
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2515
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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:
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2515 11 00
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Crude or roughly trimmed
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Restricted
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2515 12
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Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or
slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape:
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2515 12 10
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Blocks
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Restricted
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2515 12 20
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Slabs
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Restricted
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2515 12 90
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Other
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Restricted
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2515 20
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Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or
building stone; alabaster:
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2515 20 10
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Alabaster
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Free
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2515 20 90
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Other
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Restricted
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2516
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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 :
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2516 11 00
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Crude or roughly trimmed
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Restricted
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2516 12 00
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Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or
slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
Sandstone:
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Restricted
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2516 21 00
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Crude or roughly trimmed
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Restricted
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2516 22 00
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Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or
slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
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Restricted
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2516 90
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Other monumental or building stone:
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2516 90 10
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Pakur stone
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Restricted
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2516 90 20
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Stone boulders
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Restricted
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2516 90 90
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Other
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Restricted
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2517
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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
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2517 10
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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:
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2517 10 10
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Pakur stone, crushed or broken
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Free
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2517 10 20
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Flint
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Free
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2517 10 90
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Other
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Free
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2517 20 00
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Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste,
whether or not incorporating the materials cited in sub-heading 2517 10
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Free
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2517 30 00
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Tarred macadam
Granules, chippings and powder, of stone of heading 2515 or 2516,
whether or not heat treated:
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Free
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2517 41 00
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Of marble
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Restricted
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2517 49 00
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Other
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Restricted
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2518
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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 squareshape); dolomite ramming Mix
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2518 10 00
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Dolomite, not calcined sintered
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Free
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2518 20 00
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Calcined or sintered dolomite
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Free
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2518 30 00
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Dolomite ramming mix
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Free
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