HSN 25 — Salt

Description: SALT, SULPHUR, EARTHS AND STONE, PLASTERING MATERIALS, LIME AND CEMENT

Indian GST rate: 0.0%

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Sub-codes

  • 2501 — SALT (INCLUDING TABLE SALT AND DENATURED SALT) AND PURE SODIUM CHLORID
  • 2502 — UNROASTED IRON PYRITES
  • 2503 — SULPHUR OF ALL KINDS, OTHER THAN SUBLIMED SULPHUR, PRECIPITATED SULPHU
  • 2504 — NATURAL GRAPHITE
  • 2505 — NATURAL SANDS OF ALL KINDS, WHETHER OR NOT COLOURED, OTHER THAN METAL-
  • 2506 — QUARTZ (OTHER THAN NATURAL SANDS); QUARTZITE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGHLY T
  • 2507 — KAOLIN AND OTHER KAOLINIC CLAYS, WHETHER OR NOT CALCINED
  • 2508 — OTHER CLAYS (NOT INCLUDING EXPANDED CLAYS OF HEADING 6806), ANDALUSITE
  • 2509 — CHALK
  • 2510 — NATURAL CALCIUM PHOSPHATES, NATURAL ALUMINIUM CALCIUM PHOSPHATES AND P
  • 2511 — NATURAL BARIUM SULPHATE (BARYTES); NATURAL BARIUM CARBONATE (WITHERITE
  • 2512 — SILICEOUS FOSSIL MEALS (FOR EXAMPLE, KIESELGUHR, TRIPOLITE AND DIATOMI
  • 2513 — PUMICE STONES, EMERY, NATURAL CORUNDUM, NTURAL GARNET AND OTHER NATRUA
  • 2514 — SLATE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGHLY TRIMMED kg. Nil OR MERELY CUT, BY SAWING
  • 2515 — MARBLE, TRAVERTINE, ECAUSSINE AND OTHER CALCAREOUS MONUMENTAL OR BUILD
  • 2516 — GRANITE, PORPHYRY, BASALT, SANDSTONE AND OTHER MONUMENTAL OR BUILDING
  • 2517 — PEBBLES, GRAVEL, BROKEN OR CRUSHED STONE, OF A KIND COMMONLY USED FOR
  • 2518 — DOLOMITE, WHETHER OR NOT CALCINED OR SINTERED, INCLUDING DOLOMITE ROUG
  • 2519 — NATURAL MAGNESIUM CARBONATE (MAGNESITE); FUSED MAGNESIA; DEAD-BURNED (
  • 2520 — GYPSUM, ANHYDRITE, PLASTERS (CONSISTING OF CALCINED GYPSUM OR CALCIUM
  • 2521 — LIMESTONE FLUX; LIMESTONE AND OTHER CALCAREOUS STONES, OF A KIND USED
  • 2522 — QUICKLIME, SLAKED LIME AND HYDRAULIC LIME, OTHER THAN CALCIUM OXIDE AN
  • 2523 — PORTLAND CEMENT, ALUMINOUS CEMENT, SLAG CEMENT, SUPERSULPHATE CEMENT A
  • 2524 — ASBESTOS
  • 2525 — MICA, INCLUDING SPLITTINGS; MICA WASTE
  • 2526 — NATURAL STEATITE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGHLY TRIMMED OR MERELY CUT, BY SAW
  • 2528 — NATURAL BORATES AND CONCENTRATES THEREOF (WHETHER OR NOT CALCINED), BU
  • 2529 — FELDSPAR; LEUCITE; NEPHELINE AND NEPHELINE SYENITE; FLUORSPAR
  • 2530 — MINERAL SUBSTANCES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
India import policy (DGFT ITC-HS)

Status: not in our table

DGFT's ITC-HS is the authority for 'Freely importable / Restricted / Prohibited / Canalised / STE'. Missing from our table is not the same as 'Free' — check DGFT before a filing.

Source: DGFT ITC-HS schedule (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.762611

Export incentive (RoDTEP / RoSCTL)

No recorded benefit for this HS code in our table. Many codes carry none at all — verify against DGFT's notification before quoting a benefit, because rates change annually.

Source: DGFT RoDTEP/RoSCTL notifications (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.764860

EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) - decision support only

possible EU CBAM exposure (CBAM-adjacent HS chapter)

cement, lime, articles of cement

EU CBAM transitional reporting applied from 1 Oct 2023; the definitive carbon levy phase begins 1 Jan 2026 (subject to ongoing legislative changes). Verify the exact CN code against https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism_en before quoting a price; chapters are not a code-by-code list.

Source: EU Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM), Annex I (sector list) . reviewed 2026-10-16; CBAM is applied at CN-code level - verify the exact code.

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