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Division CHAPTER 25 SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIALS, LIME AND CEMENT

United Kingdom

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CN codeDescription
Conventional rate of duty (%)
Supplementary unit
250100Salt (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:
25010010Sea water and salt liquorsFree—
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:
25010031For chemical transformation (separation of Na from Cl) for the manufacture of other productsf1 Free—
Other:
25010051Denaturedf2 or for industrial uses (including refining) other than the preservation or preparation of foodstuffs for human or animal consumption 1,7 €/1 000 kg/net—
Other:
25010091Salt suitable for human consumption2,6 €/1 000 kg/net—
25010099Other2,6 €/1 000 kg/net—
25020000Unroasted iron pyritesFree—
250300Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur:
25030010Crude or unrefined sulphurFree—
25030090Other1,7—
2504Natural graphite:
25041000In powder or in flakesFree—
25049000OtherFree—
2505Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26:
25051000Silica sands and quartz sandsFree—
25059000OtherFree—
2506Quartz (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:
25061000QuartzFree—
Quartzite:
25062100Crude or roughly trimmedFree—
25062900OtherFree—
250700Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined:
25070020KaolinFree—
25070080Other kaolinic claysFree—
2508Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths:
25081000BentoniteFree—
25082000Decolorising earths and fuller's earthFree—
25083000FireclayFree—
25084000Other claysFree—
25085000Andalusite, kyanite and sillimaniteFree—
25086000MulliteFree—
25087000Chamotte or dinas earthsFree—
25090000ChalkFree—
2510Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk:
25101000UngroundFree—
25102000GroundFree—
2511Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 2816:
25111000Natural barium sulphate (barytes)Free—
25112000Natural barium carbonate (witherite)Free—
25120000Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or lessFree—
2513Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated:
Pumice stone:
25131100Crude or in irregular pieces, including crushed pumice (‘bimskies’)Free—
25131900OtherFree—
25132000Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasivesFree—
25140000Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shapeFree—
2515Marble, 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:
25151100Crude or roughly trimmedFree—
251512Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape:
25151220Of a thickness not exceeding 4 cmFree—
25151250Of a thickness exceeding 4 cm but not exceeding 25 cmFree—
25151290OtherFree—
25152000Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabasterFree—
2516Granite, 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:
25161100Crude or roughly trimmedFree—
251612Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape:
25161210Of a thickness not exceeding 25 cmFree—
25161290OtherFree—
Sandstone:
25162100Crude or roughly trimmedFree—
25162200Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shapeFree—
25169000Other monumental or building stoneFree—
2517Pebbles, 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:
251710Pebbles, 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:
25171010Pebbles, gravel, shingle and flintFree—
25171020Limestone, dolomite and other calcareous stone, broken or crushedFree—
25171080OtherFree—
25172000Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in subheading 2517 10Free—
25173000Tarred macadamFree—
Granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat-treated:
25174100Of marbleFree—
25174900OtherFree—
2518Dolomite, 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:
25181000Dolomite, not calcined or sinteredFree—
25182000Calcined or sintered dolomiteFree—
25183000Dolomite ramming mixFree—
2519Natural 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:
25191000Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite)Free—
251990Other:
25199010Magnesium oxide, other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate1,7—
25199030Dead-burned (sintered) magnesiaFree—
25199090OtherFree—
2520Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders:
25201000Gypsum; anhydriteFree—
252020Plasters:
25202010BuildingFree—
25202090OtherFree—
25210000Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cementFree—
2522Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825:
25221000Quicklime1,7—
25222000Slaked lime1,7—
25223000Hydraulic lime1,7—
2523Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers:
25231000Cement clinkers1,7—
Portland cement:
25232100White cement, whether or not artificially coloured1,7—
25232900Other1,7—
25233000Aluminous cement1,7—
252390Other hydraulic cements:
25239010Blast furnace cement1,7—
25239080Other1,7—
25240000AsbestosFree—
2525Mica, including splittings; mica waste:
25251000Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittingsFree—
25252000Mica powderFree—
25253000Mica wasteFree—
2526Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc:
25261000Not crushed, not powderedFree—
25262000Crushed or powderedFree—
2527
2528Natural 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:
25281000Natural sodium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined)Free—
25289000OtherFree—
2529Felspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar:
25291000FelsparFree—
Fluorspar:
25292100Containing by weight 97 % or less of calcium fluorideFree—
25292200Containing by weight more than 97 % of calcium fluorideFree—
25293000Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syeniteFree—
2530Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included:
253010Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded:
25301010PerliteFree—
25301090Vermiculite and chloritesFree—
25302000Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates)Free—
253090Other:
25309020SepioliteFree—
25309098OtherFree—
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f1

Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions (see Articles 291 to 300 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1) and subsequent amendments).

f2

Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in section II, paragraph F, of the preliminary provisions.