# 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, Chapter 25: SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIALS, LIME AND CEMENT

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

CN code
Description
Rate of duty
autonomous (%)
conventional (%)
Supplementary unit
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
25010010
Sea water and salt liquors
Free
Free
—
Common 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
25010031
For chemical transformation (separation of Na from C1) for the manufacture of other products
1 Ecu/1 000 kg/net
0,8 Ecu/1 000 kg/net
—
Other
25010051
Denatured or for industrial uses (including refining) other than the preservation or preparation of foodstuffs for human or animal consumption
5 Ecu/1 000 kg/net
2,3 Ecu/1 000 kg/net
—
Other
25010091
Salt suitable for human consumption
16 Ecu/1 000 kg/net
4,7 Ecu/1 000 kg/net
—
25010099
Other
16 Ecu/1 000 kg/net
4,7 Ecu/1 000 kg/net
—
25020000
Unroasted iron pyrites
Free
Free
—
2503
Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur
25031000
Crude or unrefined sulphur
Free
Free
—
25039000
Other
10
2,9
—
2504
Natural graphite
25041000
In powder or in flakes
Free
Free
—
25049000
Other
Free
Free
—
2505
Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26
25051000
Silica sands and quartz sands
Free
Free
—
25059000
Other
Free
Free
—
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
25061000
Quartz
1
Free
—
Quartzite
25062100
Crude or roughly trimmed
1
Free
—
25062900
Other
1
Free
—
250700
Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined
25070020
Kaolin
Free
Free
—
25070080
Other kaolinic clays
Free
Free
—
2508
Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading No 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths
25081000
Bentonite
Free
Free
—
25082000
Decolourizing earths and fuller's earth
Free
Free
—
25083000
Fire-clay
Free
Free
—
25084000
Other clays
Free
Free
—
25085000
Andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite
Free
Free
—
25086000
Mullite
Free
Free
—
250870
Chamotte or dinas earths
25087010
Chamotte earth
Free
Free
—
25087090
Dinas earth
Free
Free
—
25090000
Chalk
Free
Free
—
2510
Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk
25101000
Unground
Free
Free
—
25102000
Ground
Free
Free
—
2511
Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading No 2816
25111000
Natural barium sulphate (barytes)
Free
Free
—
25112000
Natural barium carbonate (witherite)
3
0,5
—
25120000
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
Free
Free
—
2513
Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated
Pumice stone
25131100
Crude or in irregular pieces, including crushed pumice (‘bimskies’)
Free
Free
—
25131900
Other
3
0,4
—
Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives
25132100
Crude or in irregular pieces
Free
Free
—
25132900
Other
3
0,4
—
25140000
Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
Free
Free
—
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
Marble and travertine
25151100
Crude or roughly trimmed
Free
Free
—
251512
Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
25151220
Of a thickness not exceeding 4 cm
Free
Free
—
25151250
Of a thickness exceeding 4 cm but not exceeding 25 cm
Free
Free
—
25151290
Other
Free
Free
—
25152000
Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster
Free
Free
—
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
Granite
25161100
Crude or roughly trimmed
Free
Free
—
251612
Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
25161210
Of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm
7
2,8
—
25161290
Other
Free
Free
—
Sandstone
25162100
Crude or roughly trimmed
Free
Free
—
251622
Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
25162210
Of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm
7
2,8
—
25162290
Other
Free
Free
—
251690
Other monumental or building stone
25169010
Porphyry, 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
7
2,8
—
25169090
Other
Free
Free
—
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 No 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat-treated
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
25171010
Pebbles, gravel, shingle and flint
Free
Free
—
25171020
Limestone, dolomite and other calcareous stone, broken or crushed
Free
Free
—
25171080
Other
Free
Free
—
25172000
Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in subheading 2517 10
Free
Free
—
25173000
Tarred macadam
Free
Free
—
Granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading No 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat-treated
25174100
Of marble
Free
Free
—
25174900
Other
Free
Free
—
2518
Dolomite, 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)
25181000
Dolomite not calcined
Free
Free
—
25182000
Calcined dolomite
4
1,4
—
25183000
Agglomerated dolomite (including tarred dolomite)
5
1,8
—
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
25191000
Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite)
Free
Free
—
251990
Other
25199010
Magnesium oxide, other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate
9
3,6
—
25199030
Dead-burned (sintered) magnesia
Free
Free
—
25199090
Other
Free
Free
—
2520
Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders
25201000
Gypsum; anhydrite
Free
Free
—
252020
Plasters
25202010
Building
Free
Free
—
25202090
Other
Free
Free
—
25210000
Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement
Free
Free
—
2522
Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading No 2825
25221000
Quicklime
4
3,1
—
25222000
Slaked lime
4
3,1
—
25223000
Hydraulic lime
4
3,1
—
2523
Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
25231000
Cement clinkers
8
2,9
—
Portland cement
25232100
White cement, whether or not artificially coloured
8
2,9
—
25232900
Other
8
2,9
—
25233000
Aluminous cement
8
2,9
—
252390
Other hydraulic cements
25239010
Blast furnace cement
8
2,9
—
25239030
Pozzolanic cement
8
2,9
—
25239090
Other
8
2,9
—
252400
Asbestos
25240030
Fibres, flakes or powder
Free
Free
—
25240080
Other
Free
Free
—
2525
Mica, including splittings; mica waste
25251000
Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittings
Free
Free
—
25252000
Mica powder
Free
Free
—
25253000
Mica waste
Free
Free
—
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
25261000
Not crushed, not powdered
Free
Free
—
25262000
Crushed or powdered
3
0,4
—
25270000
Natural cryolite; natural chiolite
Free
Free
—
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
25281000
Natural sodium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined)
Free
Free
—
25289000
Other
Free
Free
—
2529
Felspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar
25291000
Felspar
Free
Free
—
Fluorspar
25292100
Containing by weight 97 % or less of calcium fluoride
3
Free
—
25292200
Containing by weight more than 97 % of calcium fluoride
3
Free
—
25293000
Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite
Free
Free
—
2530
Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included
253010
Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded
25301010
Perlite
Free
Free
—
25301090
Vermiculite and chlorites
Free
Free
—
25302000
Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates)
Free
Free
—
25303000
Earth colours
Free
Free
—
25304000
Natural micaceous iron oxides
3
1,4
—
253090
Other
25309020
Sepiolite
Free
Free
—
25309080
Other
Free
Free
—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1995/1359/annex/I/chapter/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1359/annex-I/chapter-25
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