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Chapter 25

Chapter 25Salt, Sulphur, Earth, Stone, Plaster: Import Duty Rates

India FY 2025-26 · CUSTADA Schedule · 173 tariff items

Total Items
173
BCD Range
2.5–20%
Total Duty Range
5–41.6%
Free Import
148 items
Restricted
12 items

All HS Codes in Chapter 25

173 codes
HS CodeDescriptionBCDIGSTTotal DutyPolicy
2501.00.10Common salt (including iodised salt)5%0%5.5%Free
2501.00.20Rock salt5%0%5.5%Free
2501.00.90Other5%0%5.5%Free
2502.00.00UNROASTED IRON PYRITES5%5%10.775%Free
2503.00.10Sulphur recovered as by-product in refining of crude oil2.5%5%7.8875%Free
2503.00.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2504.10.10Graphite, crystalline2.5%5%7.625%Free
2504.10.20Graphite, amorphous2.5%5%7.625%Free
2504.10.90Other2.5%5%7.625%Free
2504.90.10Graphite, micronised2.5%5%7.625%Free
2504.90.90Other2.5%5%7.625%Free
2505.10.11Processed (white)0%5%5%Free*
2505.10.12Processed (brown)0%5%5%Free*
2505.10.19Other0%5%5%Free*
2505.10.20Quartz sands0%5%5%Free*
2505.90.00Other0%5%5%Free*
2506.10.10In lumps2.5%5%7.625%Free
2506.10.20In powder2.5%5%7.625%Free
2506.20.10In lumps2.5%5%7.625%Free
2506.20.20In powder2.5%5%7.625%Free
2506.20.90Other2.5%5%7.625%Free
2507.00.10Crude5%5%10.775%Free
2507.00.21Pharmaceutical grade5%5%10.775%Free
2507.00.22Ceramic grade5%5%10.775%Free
2507.00.29Other5%5%10.775%Free
2508.10.10Crude5%5%10.775%Free
2508.10.90Other (includes processed and ground)5%5%10.775%Free
2508.30.10Non-plastic5%5%10.775%Free
2508.30.20Semi-plastic5%5%10.775%Free
2508.30.30Plastic5%5%10.775%Free
2508.30.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2508.40.10Ball clay5%5%10.775%Free
2508.40.20Earth clay5%5%10.775%Free
2508.40.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2508.50.10Andalusite5%5%10.775%Free
2508.50.21Crude, other than calcined5%5%10.775%Free
2508.50.22Processed, other than calcined (washed or ground or screened or beneficiated)5%5%10.775%Free
2508.50.23Calcined5%5%10.775%Free
2508.50.31Lumps5%5%10.775%Free
2508.50.32Fines (including sand)5%5%10.775%Free
2508.50.39Other5%5%10.775%Free
2508.60.00Mullite5%5%10.775%Free
2508.70.00Chamotte or dinas earths5%5%10.775%Free
2509.00.00CHALK5%5%10.775%Free
2510.10.10Natural calcium phosphate2.5%5%7.8875%Free
2510.10.20Natural aluminium calcium phosphate2.5%5%7.8875%Free
2510.10.30Natural calcium phosphate apatite2.5%5%7.8875%Free
2510.10.90Other2.5%5%7.8875%Free
2510.20.10Natural calcium phosphates2.5%5%7.625%Free
2510.20.20Natural aluminium calcium phosphate2.5%5%7.625%Free
2510.20.30Natural calcium phosphates apatite2.5%5%7.625%Free
2510.20.90Other2.5%5%7.625%Free
2511.10.10Lumps5%5%10.775%Free
2511.10.20Powder5%5%10.775%Free
2511.10.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2511.20.00Natural barium carbonate (witherite)5%5%10.775%Free
2512.00.10Kieselguhr5%5%10.775%Free
2512.00.20Tripolite5%5%10.775%Free
2512.00.30Diatomite5%5%10.775%Free
2512.00.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2513.10.00Pumice stone5%5%10.775%Free
2513.20.10Emery5%5%10.775%Free
2513.20.20Natural corundum5%5%10.775%Free
2513.20.30Natural garnet5%5%10.775%Free
2513.20.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2514.00.00SLATE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGHLY TRIMMED OR MERELY CUT, BY SAWING OR OTHERWISE, I…5%5%10.775%Restd
2515.11.00Marble and travertine, crude or roughly trimmed [SNo 177 in Sch I of Ntfn 09-I…20%5%5%Free
2515.12.10Marble and travertine blocks [SNo 178 in Sch I of Ntfn 09-IGST/17.09.2025]20%5%5%Free
2515.12.20Marble and travertine, other than blocks [SNo 7 in Sch II of Ntfn 09-IGST/17.0…20%18%18%Free
2515.12.90Other20%18%41.6%Restd
2515.20.10Alabaster10%5%16.55%Free
2515.20.90Other10%5%16.55%Restd
2516.11.00Granite crude or roughly trimmed [SNo 180 in Sch I of Ntfn 09-IGST/17.09.2025]20%5%5%Free
2516.12.00Granite, other than blocks [SNo 8 in Sch II of Ntfn 09-IGST/17.09.2025]20%18%18%Free
2516.20.00Sandstone10%5%16.55%Restd
2516.90.10Pakur stone10%5%16.55%Restd
2516.90.20Stone boulders10%5%16.55%Restd
2516.90.90Other10%5%16.55%Restd
2517.10.10Pakur stone, crushed or broken5%5%10.775%Free
2517.10.20Flint5%5%10.775%Free
2517.10.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2517.20.00Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporati…5%5%10.775%Free
2517.30.00Tarred macadam5%5%10.775%Free
2517.41.00Of marble5%5%10.775%Restd
2517.49.00Other5%5%10.775%Restd
2518.10.00Dolomite not calcined or sintered10%5%16.55%Free
2518.20.00Calcined or sintered dolomite10%5%16.55%Free
2519.10.00Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite)5%5%10.775%Free
2519.90.10Fused magnesia (natural)5%5%10.775%Free
2519.90.20Dead-burnt (sintered) magnesia5%5%10.775%Free
2519.90.30Magnesium calcined (other than dead-burnt) not elsewhere specified or included5%5%10.775%Free
2519.90.40Magnesium oxide5%5%10.775%Free
2519.90.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2520.10.10Natural2.5%5%7.8875%Free
2520.10.20Marine2.5%5%7.8875%Free
2520.10.90Other2.5%5%7.8875%Free
2520.20.10Calcined5%5%10.775%Free
2520.20.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2521.00.10Limestone flux (L.D., below 1% SiO2)5%5%10.775%Free
2521.00.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2522.10.00Quicklime5%5%10.775%Free
2522.20.00Slaked lime5%5%10.775%Free
2522.30.00Hydraulic lime5%5%10.775%Free
2523.10.00Cement clinkers10%18%30.98%Free
2523.21.00White cement, whether or not artificially coloured10%18%30.98%Free1
2523.29.10Ordinary portland cement, dry0%18%18%Free2
2523.29.20Ordinary portland cement, coloured0%18%18%Free2
2523.29.30Portland pozzolana Cement0%18%18%Free3
2523.29.40Portland slag cement0%18%18%Free4
2523.29.90Other0%18%18%Free5
2523.30.00Aluminous cement10%18%30.98%Free6
2523.90.10Sagol; ashmoh10%18%30.98%Free
2523.90.20High alumina refractory cement10%18%30.98%Free
2523.90.90Other10%18%30.98%Free7
2524.10.10Crocidolite10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.11Chrysotile10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.12Amphibole10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.13Chrysolite10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.14Amosite10%5%16.55%Restd*
2524.90.19Other10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.21Chrysotile10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.22Amphibole10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.23Chrysolite10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.24Amosite10%5%16.55%Restd*
2524.90.29Other10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.31Chrysotile10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.32Amphibole10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.33Chrysolite10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.34Amosite10%5%16.55%Restd*
2524.90.39Other10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.91Waste10%5%16.55%Free
2524.90.99Other10%5%16.55%Free
2525.10.10Mica blocks5%5%10.775%Free
2525.10.20Condensor films trimmed but not cut to shape5%5%10.775%Free
2525.10.30Mica splittings, book form5%5%10.775%Free
2525.10.40Mica splittings, loose5%5%10.775%Free
2525.10.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2525.20.10Mica flakes, 2.20 mesh5%5%10.775%Free
2525.20.20Mica powder, dry ground5%5%10.775%Free
2525.20.30Mica powder, micronised5%5%10.775%Free
2525.20.40Mica powder, wet ground5%5%10.775%Free
2525.20.50Mica powder, calcined5%5%10.775%Free
2525.20.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2525.30.10Mica mine scrap and waste5%5%10.775%Free
2525.30.20Mica factory scrap5%5%10.775%Free
2525.30.30Mica cuttings book form5%5%10.775%Free
2525.30.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2526.10.10Steatite (soap stone, etc.) block5%5%10.775%Free
2526.10.20Steatite (soap stone, etc.) lumps5%5%10.775%Free
2526.10.90Other5%5%10.775%Free
2526.20.00Crushed or powdered5%5%10.775%Free
2528.00.10Natural sodium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined)2.5%5%7.8875%Free
2528.00.20Natural boric acid containing not more than 85% of H3BO3 ( calculated on the d…2.5%5%7.8875%Free
2528.00.30Natural calcium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined)2.5%5%7.8875%Free
2528.00.90Other2.5%5%7.8875%Free
2529.10.10Lumps5%5%10.775%Free
2529.10.20Powder5%5%10.775%Free
2529.21.00Containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride5%5%10.775%Free
2529.22.00Containing by weight more than 97% of calcium fluoride5%5%10.775%Free
2529.30.00Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite5%5%10.775%Free
2530.10.10Vermiculite5%5%10.775%Free
2530.10.20Perlite5%5%10.775%Free
2530.10.90Others (including powder)5%5%10.775%Free
2530.20.00Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates)5%5%10.775%Free
2530.90.10Meerschaum (whether or not in polished pieces) and amber agglomerated; meerach…5%5%10.775%Free
2530.90.20Natural arsenic sulphides (such as orpiment)5%5%10.775%Free
2530.90.30Calcite5%5%10.775%Free
2530.90.40Ores and concentrates of rare earth metals5%5%10.775%Free
2530.90.50Wollastonite5%5%10.775%Free
2530.90.60Earth colour ochre, crude5%5%10.775%Free
2530.90.70Other processed earth colour ochre5%5%10.775%Free
2530.90.91Strontium sulphate (natural ore)0%5%5%Free
2530.90.99Other5%5%10.775%Free

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