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Chapter 25 of the HSN tariff covers Salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plastering materials, lime and cement. It has 29 headings (4-digit codes) and 196 tariff items (8-digit codes), each with its GST rate today. Tap a code to open it in the BooksOn HSN app with its conditions and the CBIC notification entry.
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Headings in this chapter
2501Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not…2502Unroasted iron pyrites2503Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and collodial…2504Natural graphite2505Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of…2506Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely…2507Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined2508Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and…2509CHALK2510Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk2511Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not…2512Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar…2513Pumice stones, emery, natural corundum, ntural garnet and other natrual abrasives…2514SLATE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGHLY TRIMMED kg. Nil OR MERELY CUT, BY SAWING OR OTHERWISE…2515Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an…2516Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or…2517Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete…2518Dolomite, whether or not calcined or sintered, including dolomite roughly trimmed or…2519Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered)…2520Gypsum, anhydrite, plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether…2521Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stones, of a kind used for the…2522Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of…2523Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar…2524Asbestos2525Mica, including splittings; mica waste2526Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise…2528Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including…2529Feldspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar2530Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included
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
GST: Nil
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
250100 | 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 | Nil |
25010010 | Common salt (including iodised salt) | Nil |
25010020 | Rock salt | Nil |
25010090 | Other | Nil |
2502 Unroasted iron pyrites
GST: 5%
2503 Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and collodial sulphur
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
250300 | Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and collodial sulphur | 5% |
25030010 | Sulphur recovered as by-product in refining of crude oil | 5% |
25030090 | Other | 5% |
2504 Natural graphite
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
250410 | In powder or in flakes | 5% |
25041010 | Graphite, crystalline | 5% |
25041020 | Graphite, amorphous | 5% |
25041090 | Other | 5% |
250490 | Other | 5% |
25049010 | Graphite, micronised | 5% |
25049090 | Other | 5% |
2505 Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
250510 | Silica sands and quartz sands | 5% |
25051011 | Processed (white) | 5% |
25051012 | Processed (brown) | 5% |
25051019 | Other | 5% |
25051020 | Quartz sands | 5% |
250590 | Other | 5% |
25059000 | Other | 5% |
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
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
250610 | Quartz | 5% |
25061010 | In lumps | 5% |
25061020 | In powder | 5% |
250620 | Quartzite | 5% |
25062010 | In lumps | 5% |
25062020 | In powder | 5% |
25062090 | Other | 5% |
25062110 | 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 - quartzite : crude or roughly trimmed: in lumps | 5% |
25062120 | 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 - quartzite : crude or roughly trimmed: in powder | 5% |
25062190 | 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 - quartzite : crude or roughly trimmed: other | 5% |
25062900 | 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 - quartzite : other | 5% |
2507 Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
250700 | Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined | 5% |
25070010 | CRUDE | 5% |
25070021 | Pharmaceutical grade | 5% |
25070022 | Ceramic grade | 5% |
25070029 | Other | 5% |
2508 Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
250810 | Bentonite | 5% |
25081010 | CRUDE | 5% |
25081090 | Other (includes processed and ground) | 5% |
25082010 | Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths - decolourising earths and fullers earth: processed (including activated) | 5% |
25082090 | Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths - decolourising earths and fullers earth: other | 5% |
250830 | Fire clay | 5% |
25083010 | Non-plastic | 5% |
25083020 | Semi-plastic | 5% |
25083030 | Plastic | 5% |
25083090 | Other | 5% |
250840 | Other clays | 5% |
25084010 | Ball clay | 5% |
25084020 | Earth clay | 5% |
25084090 | Other | 5% |
250850 | Andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite | 5% |
25085010 | Andalusite | 5% |
25085021 | Crude, other than calcined | 5% |
25085022 | Processed, other than calcined (washed or ground or screened or beneficiated) | 5% |
25085023 | Calcined | 5% |
25085031 | LUMPS | 5% |
25085032 | Fines (including sand) | 5% |
25085039 | Other | 5% |
250860 | Mullite | 5% |
25086000 | Mullite | 5% |
250870 | Chamotte or dinas earths | 5% |
25087000 | Chamotte or dinas earths | 5% |
2509 CHALK
GST: 5%
2510 Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
251010 | Unground | 5% |
25101010 | Natural calcium phosphate | 5% |
25101020 | Natural aluminium calcium phosphate | 5% |
25101030 | Natural calcium phosphate apatite | 5% |
25101090 | Other | 5% |
251020 | Ground | 5% |
25102010 | Natural calcium phosphates | 5% |
25102020 | Natural aluminium calcium phosphate | 5% |
25102030 | Natural calcium phosphates apatite | 5% |
25102090 | Other | 5% |
2511 Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 2816
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
251110 | Natural barium sulphate (barytes) | 5% |
25111010 | LUMPS | 5% |
25111020 | Powder | 5% |
25111090 | Other | 5% |
251120 | Natural barium carbonate (witherite) | 5% |
25112000 | Natural barium carbonate (witherite) | 5% |
2512 Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whetheror not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
251200 | 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% |
25120010 | Kieselguhr | 5% |
25120020 | Tripolite | 5% |
25120030 | Diatomite | 5% |
25120090 | Other | 5% |
2513 Pumice stones, emery, natural corundum, ntural garnet and other natrual abrasives, whether or not heat-treated
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
251310 | Pumice stone | 5% |
25131000 | Pumice stone | 5% |
25131100 | Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated - pumice stone: crude or in irregular pieces, including crushed pumice (bimskies) | 5% |
25131900 | Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated - pumice stone: other | 5% |
251320 | Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives | 5% |
25132010 | EMERY | 5% |
25132020 | Natural corundum | 5% |
25132030 | Natural garnet | 5% |
25132090 | Other | 5% |
2514 SLATE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGHLY TRIMMED kg. Nil OR MERELY CUT, BY SAWING OR OTHERWISE, INTO BLOCKS OR SLABS OF A RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) SHAPE
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
251400 | Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | 5% |
25140000 | Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | 5% |
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
GST: 5% or 18%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
251511 | Crude or roughly trimmed | 5% |
25151100 | Crude or roughly trimmed | 5% |
251512 | Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | 5% or 18% |
25151210 | Blocks | 5% |
25151220 | SLABS | 18% |
25151290 | Other | 18% |
251520 | Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone, alabaster | 5% |
25152010 | Alabaster | 5% |
25152090 | Other | 5% |
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
GST: 5% or 18%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
251611 | Crude or roughly trimmed | 5% |
25161100 | Crude or roughly trimmed | 5% |
251612 | Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | 5% or 18% |
25161200 | Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | 18% |
251620 | Sandstone | 5% |
25162000 | Sandstone | 5% |
25162100 | 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 - sandstone: crude or roughly trimmed | 5% |
25162200 | 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 - sandstone: merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | 5% |
251690 | Other monumental or building stone | 5% |
25169010 | Pakur stone | 5% |
25169020 | Stone boulders | 5% |
25169090 | Other | 5% |
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
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
251710 | 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 | 5% |
25171010 | Pakur stone, crushed or broken | 5% |
25171020 | FLINT | 5% |
25171090 | Other | 5% |
251720 | Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in sub-heading 2517 9 | 5% |
25172000 | Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in sub-heading 2517 9 | 5% |
251730 | Tarred macadam | 5% |
25173000 | Tarred macadam | 5% |
251741 | Of marble | 5% |
25174100 | Of marble | 5% |
251749 | Other | 5% |
25174900 | Other | 5% |
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
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
251810 | Dolomite not calcined or sintered | 5% |
25181000 | Dolomite not calcined or sintered | 5% |
251820 | Calcined or sintered dolomite | 5% |
25182000 | Calcined or sintered dolomite | 5% |
25183000 | 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; dolomite ramming mix -dolomite ramming mix | 5% |
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
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
251910 | Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite) | 5% |
25191000 | Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite) | 5% |
251990 | Other | 5% |
25199010 | Fused magnesia (natural) | 5% |
25199020 | Dead-burnt (sintered) magnesia | 5% |
25199030 | Magnesium calcined (other than dead-burnt) not elsewhere specified or included | 5% |
25199040 | Magnesium oxide | 5% |
25199090 | Other | 5% |
2520 Gypsum, anhydrite, plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
252010 | Gypsum, anhydrite | 5% |
25201010 | Natural | 5% |
25201020 | Marine | 5% |
25201090 | Other | 5% |
252020 | Plasters | 5% |
25202010 | Calcined | 5% |
25202090 | Other | 5% |
2521 Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stones, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
252100 | Limestone flux, limestone and other calcareous stones, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 5% |
25210010 | Limestone flux (l.d., below 1% sio2) | 5% |
25210090 | Other | 5% |
2522 Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
252210 | Quicklime | 5% |
25221000 | Quicklime | 5% |
252220 | Slaked lime | 5% |
25222000 | Slaked lime | 5% |
252230 | Hydraulic lime | 5% |
25223000 | Hydraulic lime | 5% |
2523 Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
GST: 18%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
252310 | Cement clinkers | 18% |
25231000 | Cement clinkers | 18% |
252321 | White cement, whether or not artificially coloured | 18% |
25232100 | White cement, whether or not artificially coloured | 18% |
252329 | Other | 18% |
25232910 | Ordinary portland cement, dry | 18% |
25232920 | Ordinary portland cement, coloured | 18% |
25232930 | Portland pozzolana cement | 18% |
25232940 | Portland slag cement | 18% |
25232990 | Other | 18% |
252330 | Aluminous cement | 18% |
25233000 | Aluminous cement | 18% |
252390 | Other hydraulic cements | 18% |
25239010 | Sagol, ashmoh | 18% |
25239020 | High alumina refractory cement | 18% |
25239090 | Other | 18% |
2524 Asbestos
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
25240011 | Asbestos - asbestos: asbestos in rock form: chrysotile | 5% |
25240012 | Asbestos - asbestos: asbestos in rock form: amphibole | 5% |
25240019 | Asbestos - asbestos: asbestos in rock form: other | 5% |
25240021 | Asbestos - asbestos: fibre raw, beaten or washed or graded to length : chrysolite | 5% |
25240022 | Asbestos - asbestos: fibre raw, beaten or washed or graded to length : amosite | 5% |
25240029 | Asbestos - asbestos: fibre raw, beaten or washed or graded to length : other | 5% |
25240031 | Asbestos - asbestos: flakes or powder: amosite | 5% |
25240039 | Asbestos - asbestos: flakes or powder: other | 5% |
25240091 | Asbestos - asbestos: other: waste | 5% |
25240099 | Asbestos - asbestos: other: other | 5% |
252410 | Crocidolite | 5% |
25241000 | Asbestos - crocidolite | 5% |
25241010 | Crocidolite | 5% |
252490 | Other | 5% |
25249011 | Chrysotile | 5% |
25249012 | Amphibole | 5% |
25249013 | Crysolite | 5% |
25249014 | Amosite | 5% |
25249019 | Other | 5% |
25249021 | Chrysotile | 5% |
25249022 | Amphibole | 5% |
25249023 | Crysolite | 5% |
25249024 | Amosite | 5% |
25249029 | Other | 5% |
25249031 | Chrysotile | 5% |
25249032 | Amphibole | 5% |
25249033 | Crysolite | 5% |
25249034 | Amosite | 5% |
25249039 | Other | 5% |
25249091 | WASTE | 5% |
25249099 | Other | 5% |
2525 Mica, including splittings; mica waste
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
252510 | Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittings | 5% |
25251010 | Mica blocks | 5% |
25251020 | Condensor films trimmed but not cut to shape | 5% |
25251030 | Mica splittings, book form | 5% |
25251040 | Mica splittings, loose | 5% |
25251090 | Other | 5% |
252520 | Mica powder | 5% |
25252010 | Mica flakes, 2.20 mesh | 5% |
25252020 | Mica powder, dry ground | 5% |
25252030 | Mica powder, micronised | 5% |
25252040 | Mica powder, wet ground | 5% |
25252050 | Mica powder, calcined | 5% |
25252090 | Other | 5% |
252530 | Mica waste | 5% |
25253010 | Mica mine scrap and waste | 5% |
25253020 | Mica factory scrap | 5% |
25253030 | Mica cuttings book form | 5% |
25253090 | Other | 5% |
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
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
252610 | Not crushed, not powdered | 5% |
25261010 | Steatite (soap stone, etc.) block | 5% |
25261020 | Steatite (soap stone, etc.) lumps | 5% |
25261090 | Other | 5% |
252620 | Crushed or powdered | 5% |
25262000 | Crushed or powdered | 5% |
2528 Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including brates separated from natural brine, natural boric acid containing not more than 85% of h3bo3 calculated on the dry weight
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
252800 | 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 | 5% |
25280010 | Natural sodium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined) | 5% |
25280020 | Natural boric acid containing not more than 85% of h3bo3 ( calculated on the dry weight ) | 5% |
25280030 | Natural calcium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined) | 5% |
25280090 | Other | 5% |
252890 | Other | 5% |
25289020 | 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- other: natural calcium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined) | 5% |
2529 Feldspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
252910 | Feldspar | 5% |
25291010 | LUMPS | 5% |
25291020 | Powder | 5% |
252921 | Containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride | 5% |
25292100 | Containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride | 5% |
252922 | Containing by weight more than 97% of calcium fluoride | 5% |
25292200 | Containing by weight more than 97% of calcium fluoride | 5% |
252930 | Leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite | 5% |
25293000 | Leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite | 5% |
2530 Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
253010 | Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded | 5% |
25301010 | Vermiculite | 5% |
25301020 | Perlite | 5% |
25301090 | Others (including powder) | 5% |
253020 | Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates) | 5% |
25302000 | Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates) | 5% |
253090 | Other | 5% |
25309010 | Meerschaum (whether or not in polished pieces) and amber agglomerated, meerachaum and agglomerated amber in plates, rods, etc.,not worked after moulding jet | 5% |
25309020 | Natural arsenic sulphides (such as orpiment) | 5% |
25309030 | Calcite | 5% |
25309040 | Ores and concentrates of rare earth metals | 5% |
25309050 | Wollastonite | 5% |
25309060 | Earth colour ochre, crude | 5% |
25309070 | Other processed earth colour ochre | 5% |
25309091 | Strontium sulphate (natural ore) | 5% |
25309099 | Other | 5% |
Codes and descriptions from the BooksOn HSN dataset (version 7, 2026-10-19), compiled from the Customs Tariff and CBIC notifications. Reference only; see Sources & disclaimer.
