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.

Codes under this code
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.

Export duty entries that meet this code
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

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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.