{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1359/annex-I/chapter-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1359/annex-I/chapter-25.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1995/1359",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1359/95 of 13 June 1995 amending Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 802/80",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1359",
  "path": "annex/I/chapter/25",
  "kind": "chapter",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIALS, LIME AND CEMENT",
  "text": "CN code\nDescription\nRate of duty\nautonomous (%)\nconventional (%)\nSupplementary unit\n250100\nSalt (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\n25010010\nSea water and salt liquors\nFree\nFree\n—\nCommon 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\n25010031\nFor chemical transformation (separation of Na from C1) for the manufacture of other products\n1 Ecu/1 000 kg/net\n0,8 Ecu/1 000 kg/net\n—\nOther\n25010051\nDenatured or for industrial uses (including refining) other than the preservation or preparation of foodstuffs for human or animal consumption\n5 Ecu/1 000 kg/net\n2,3 Ecu/1 000 kg/net\n—\nOther\n25010091\nSalt suitable for human consumption\n16 Ecu/1 000 kg/net\n4,7 Ecu/1 000 kg/net\n—\n25010099\nOther\n16 Ecu/1 000 kg/net\n4,7 Ecu/1 000 kg/net\n—\n25020000\nUnroasted iron pyrites\nFree\nFree\n—\n2503\nSulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur\n25031000\nCrude or unrefined sulphur\nFree\nFree\n—\n25039000\nOther\n10\n2,9\n—\n2504\nNatural graphite\n25041000\nIn powder or in flakes\nFree\nFree\n—\n25049000\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n2505\nNatural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26\n25051000\nSilica sands and quartz sands\nFree\nFree\n—\n25059000\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n2506\nQuartz (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\n25061000\nQuartz\n1\nFree\n—\nQuartzite\n25062100\nCrude or roughly trimmed\n1\nFree\n—\n25062900\nOther\n1\nFree\n—\n250700\nKaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined\n25070020\nKaolin\nFree\nFree\n—\n25070080\nOther kaolinic clays\nFree\nFree\n—\n2508\nOther clays (not including expanded clays of heading No 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths\n25081000\nBentonite\nFree\nFree\n—\n25082000\nDecolourizing earths and fuller's earth\nFree\nFree\n—\n25083000\nFire-clay\nFree\nFree\n—\n25084000\nOther clays\nFree\nFree\n—\n25085000\nAndalusite, kyanite and sillimanite\nFree\nFree\n—\n25086000\nMullite\nFree\nFree\n—\n250870\nChamotte or dinas earths\n25087010\nChamotte earth\nFree\nFree\n—\n25087090\nDinas earth\nFree\nFree\n—\n25090000\nChalk\nFree\nFree\n—\n2510\nNatural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk\n25101000\nUnground\nFree\nFree\n—\n25102000\nGround\nFree\nFree\n—\n2511\nNatural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading No 2816\n25111000\nNatural barium sulphate (barytes)\nFree\nFree\n—\n25112000\nNatural barium carbonate (witherite)\n3\n0,5\n—\n25120000\nSiliceous 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\nFree\nFree\n—\n2513\nPumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated\nPumice stone\n25131100\nCrude or in irregular pieces, including crushed pumice (‘bimskies’)\nFree\nFree\n—\n25131900\nOther\n3\n0,4\n—\nEmery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives\n25132100\nCrude or in irregular pieces\nFree\nFree\n—\n25132900\nOther\n3\n0,4\n—\n25140000\nSlate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape\nFree\nFree\n—\n2515\nMarble, 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\nMarble and travertine\n25151100\nCrude or roughly trimmed\nFree\nFree\n—\n251512\nMerely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape\n25151220\nOf a thickness not exceeding 4 cm\nFree\nFree\n—\n25151250\nOf a thickness exceeding 4 cm but not exceeding 25 cm\nFree\nFree\n—\n25151290\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n25152000\nEcaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster\nFree\nFree\n—\n2516\nGranite, 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\nGranite\n25161100\nCrude or roughly trimmed\nFree\nFree\n—\n251612\nMerely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape\n25161210\nOf a thickness not exceeding 25 cm\n7\n2,8\n—\n25161290\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\nSandstone\n25162100\nCrude or roughly trimmed\nFree\nFree\n—\n251622\nMerely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape\n25162210\nOf a thickness not exceeding 25 cm\n7\n2,8\n—\n25162290\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n251690\nOther monumental or building stone\n25169010\nPorphyry, syenite, lava, basalt, gneiss, trachyte and other similar hard rocks, merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape, of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm\n7\n2,8\n—\n25169090\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n2517\nPebbles, 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 No 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat-treated\n251710\nPebbles, 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\n25171010\nPebbles, gravel, shingle and flint\nFree\nFree\n—\n25171020\nLimestone, dolomite and other calcareous stone, broken or crushed\nFree\nFree\n—\n25171080\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n25172000\nMacadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in subheading 2517 10\nFree\nFree\n—\n25173000\nTarred macadam\nFree\nFree\n—\nGranules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading No 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat-treated\n25174100\nOf marble\nFree\nFree\n—\n25174900\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n2518\nDolomite, whether or not calcined; dolomite, roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; agglomerated dolomite (including tarred dolomite)\n25181000\nDolomite not calcined\nFree\nFree\n—\n25182000\nCalcined dolomite\n4\n1,4\n—\n25183000\nAgglomerated dolomite (including tarred dolomite)\n5\n1,8\n—\n2519\nNatural 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\n25191000\nNatural magnesium carbonate (magnesite)\nFree\nFree\n—\n251990\nOther\n25199010\nMagnesium oxide, other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate\n9\n3,6\n—\n25199030\nDead-burned (sintered) magnesia\nFree\nFree\n—\n25199090\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n2520\nGypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders\n25201000\nGypsum; anhydrite\nFree\nFree\n—\n252020\nPlasters\n25202010\nBuilding\nFree\nFree\n—\n25202090\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n25210000\nLimestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement\nFree\nFree\n—\n2522\nQuicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading No 2825\n25221000\nQuicklime\n4\n3,1\n—\n25222000\nSlaked lime\n4\n3,1\n—\n25223000\nHydraulic lime\n4\n3,1\n—\n2523\nPortland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers\n25231000\nCement clinkers\n8\n2,9\n—\nPortland cement\n25232100\nWhite cement, whether or not artificially coloured\n8\n2,9\n—\n25232900\nOther\n8\n2,9\n—\n25233000\nAluminous cement\n8\n2,9\n—\n252390\nOther hydraulic cements\n25239010\nBlast furnace cement\n8\n2,9\n—\n25239030\nPozzolanic cement\n8\n2,9\n—\n25239090\nOther\n8\n2,9\n—\n252400\nAsbestos\n25240030\nFibres, flakes or powder\nFree\nFree\n—\n25240080\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n2525\nMica, including splittings; mica waste\n25251000\nCrude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittings\nFree\nFree\n—\n25252000\nMica powder\nFree\nFree\n—\n25253000\nMica waste\nFree\nFree\n—\n2526\nNatural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc\n25261000\nNot crushed, not powdered\nFree\nFree\n—\n25262000\nCrushed or powdered\n3\n0,4\n—\n25270000\nNatural cryolite; natural chiolite\nFree\nFree\n—\n2528\nNatural 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\n25281000\nNatural sodium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined)\nFree\nFree\n—\n25289000\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n2529\nFelspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar\n25291000\nFelspar\nFree\nFree\n—\nFluorspar\n25292100\nContaining by weight 97 % or less of calcium fluoride\n3\nFree\n—\n25292200\nContaining by weight more than 97 % of calcium fluoride\n3\nFree\n—\n25293000\nLeucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite\nFree\nFree\n—\n2530\nMineral substances not elsewhere specified or included\n253010\nVermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded\n25301010\nPerlite\nFree\nFree\n—\n25301090\nVermiculite and chlorites\nFree\nFree\n—\n25302000\nKieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates)\nFree\nFree\n—\n25303000\nEarth colours\nFree\nFree\n—\n25304000\nNatural micaceous iron oxides\n3\n1,4\n—\n253090\nOther\n25309020\nSepiolite\nFree\nFree\n—\n25309080\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions."
    }
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