Chapter 25 HSN codes: salt, stone and cement

Salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plastering materials, lime and cement. Every heading in chapter 25 with its GST rate; search any 8-digit code below.

Rates checked · from the official GST notifications

    Rates from the CBIC notifications (9/2025, 10/2025 and 19/2025 for goods; 11/2017 as amended by 15/2025 for services), checked October 2026. Calculate GST

    Headings in chapter 25 and their GST

    HSNDescriptionGST
    2501Salt (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 water3 tariff items0%
    2502Unroasted iron pyrites1 tariff item5%
    2503Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and collodial sulphur2 tariff items5%
    2504Natural graphite5 tariff items5%
    2505Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 265 tariff items5%
    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) shape9 tariff items5%
    2507Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined4 tariff items5%
    2508Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths20 tariff items5%
    2509Chalk1 tariff item5%
    2510Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk8 tariff items5%
    2511Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 28164 tariff items5%
    2512Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whetheror not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less4 tariff items5%
    2513Pumice stones, emery, natural corundum, ntural garnet and other natrual abrasives, whether or not heat-treated7 tariff items5%
    2514Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed kg. nil or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape1 tariff item5%
    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) shape6 tariff items5% or 18%
    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) shape8 tariff items5% or 18%
    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-treated7 tariff items5%
    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,3 tariff items5%
    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 pure6 tariff items5%
    2520Gypsum, anhydrite, plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders5 tariff items5%
    2521Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stones, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement2 tariff items5%
    2522Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 28253 tariff items5%
    2523Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers11 tariff items18%
    2524Asbestos29 tariff items5%
    2525Mica, including splittings; mica waste15 tariff items5%
    2526Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape,talc4 tariff items5%
    2528Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including brates separated from natural brine, natural boric acid containing not more than 85% of h3bo3 calculated on the dry weight5 tariff items5%
    2529Feldspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar7 tariff items5%
    2530Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included13 tariff items5%

    Where a heading shows two rates, its codes or its goods differ: tap the heading to see each 8-digit code and the condition for each rate.

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    What chapter 25 covers

    Chapter 25 of the tariff is "Salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plastering materials, lime and cement". It has 29 four-digit headings and 198 eight-digit tariff items, such as 2501 (Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure), 2502 (Unroasted iron pyrites), 2503 (Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur,).

    GST rates in chapter 25

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 5%. By tariff item: 181 at 5%, 13 at 18%, 3 at 0%. For 1 of them the rate depends on how the goods are described or sold (for example the sale price, or whether they are pre-packaged and labelled), so the finder shows each option with its condition.

    Questions

    What is the GST rate for chapter 25 goods?

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 5%. Of the 198 eight-digit codes in chapter 25, 181 at 5%, 13 at 18%, 3 at 0%; the rest depend on the description. Check the exact code in the table: some headings have more than one rate.

    What is HSN code 2501?

    Heading 2501 is "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". GST: 0%.

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