SECTION V   MINERAL PRODUCTS
Chapter 25   Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement.
Statistical code Description Tariff rate Tariff rate (EPA) Unit
H.S. code   General Temporary WTO GSP LDC Singapore Mexico Malaysia Chile Thailand I II
25.01                            
2501.00   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           Free            
  010 1 Salt and pure sodium chloride, of which at least 70% by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 2.8mm, or agglomerated, other than those in aqueous solution 0.5 yen/kg       Free   0.50 yen/kg         MT
  090 2 Other Free           Free Free Free Free   MT
25.02                            
2502.00 000 Unroasted iron pyrites Free   (Free)     Free Free Free Free Free   MT
25.03                            
2503.00 000 Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur Free   (Free)     Free Free Free Free Free   MT
25.04   Natural graphite           Free Free Free Free Free    
2504.10 000 In powder or in flakes Free   (Free)                 MT
2504.90 000 Other Free   (Free)                 MT
25.05   Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26           Free Free Free Free Free    
2505.10 000 Silica sands and quartz sands Free   (Free)                 MT
2505.90 000 Other Free   (Free)                 MT
25.06   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           Free Free Free Free Free    
2506.10 000 Quartz Free   (Free)                 MT
2506.20   Quartzite Free                      
  010 - Crude or roughly trimmed     (Free)                 MT
  090 - Other     (Free)                 MT
25.07                            
2507.00 000 Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined Free   (Free)     Free Free Free Free Free   MT
25.08   Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 68.06), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths           Free Free Free Free Free    
2508.10 000 Bentonite Free   (Free)                 MT
2508.30 000 Fire-clay Free   (Free)                 MT
2508.40   Other clays Free   (Free)                  
  010 - Aluminous shale                       MT
  090 - Other                       MT
2508.50 000 Andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite Free   (Free)                 MT
2508.60 000 Mullite Free   (Free)                 MT
2508.70 000 Chamotte or dinas earths Free   (Free)                 MT
25.09                            
2509.00 000 Chalk 1.6%   1.4% Free   Free Free Free Free Free   MT
25.10   Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk           Free Free Free Free Free    
2510.10 000 Unground Free   (Free)                 MT
2510.20 000 Ground Free   (Free)                 MT
25.11   Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 28.16           Free Free Free Free Free    
2511.10 000 Natural barium sulphate (barytes) Free   (Free)                 MT
2511.20 000 Natural barium carbonate (witherite) Free   (Free)                 MT
25.12                            
2512.00 000 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)     Free Free Free Free Free   MT
25.13   Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated:           Free Free Free Free Free    
2513.10 000 Pumice stone Free   (Free)                 KG
2513.20 000 Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives 1.3%   1.1% Free               KG
25.14                            
2514.00 000 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)     Free Free Free Free Free   MT
25.15   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           Free Free Free Free Free    
    Marble and travertine                        
2515.11 000 Crude or roughly trimmed Free   (Free)                 MT
2515.12 000 Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape Free   (Free)                 MT
2515.20 000 Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stons; alabaster Free   (Free)                 MT
25.16   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           Free Free Free Free Free    
    Granite                        
2516.11 000 Crude or roughly trimmed Free   (Free)                 MT
2516.12 000 Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape Free   (Free)                 MT
2516.20 000 Sandstone Free   (Free)                 MT
2516.90 000 Other monumental or building stone Free   (Free)                 MT
25.17   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 n the first part of the heading; tarred macadam; granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not heat-treated           Free Free Free Free Free    
2517.10 000 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 Free   (Free)                 MT
2517.20 000 Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in subheading 2517.10 Free   (Free)                 MT
2517.30 000 Tarred macadam Free   (Free)                 MT
    Granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not heat-treated                        
2517.41 000 Of marble Free   (Free)                 MT
2517.49 000 Other Free   (Free)                 MT
25.18   Dolomite, 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           Free Free Free Free Free    
2518.10 000 Dolomite, not calcined or sintered Free   (Free)                 MT
2518.20 000 Calcined or sintered dolomite Free   (Free)                 MT
2518.30 000 Dolomite ramming mix Free   (Free)                 MT
25.19   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           Free Free Free Free Free    
2519.10 000 Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite) Free   (Free)                 MT
2519.90   Other Free   (Free)                  
  010 - Magnesium oxide other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate                       KG
    - Other                        
  091 -- Magnesia clinker                       MT
  099 -- Other                       MT
25.20   Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders:           Free Free Free Free Free    
2520.10 000 Gypsum; anhydrite Free   (Free)                 MT
2520.20   Plasters                        
  010 1 Calcined gypsum Free   (Free)                 MT
  090 2 Other 3%   2.5% Free               MT
25.21                            
2521.00 000 Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement Free   (Free)     Free Free Free Free Free   MT
25.22   Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 28.25           Free Free Free Free Free    
2522.10 000 Quicklime Free   (Free)                 MT
2522.20 000 Slaked lime Free   (Free)                 MT
2522.30 000 Hydraulic lime Free   (Free)                 MT
25.23   Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers           Free Free Free Free Free    
2523.10 000 Cement clinkers 2.6%   2.2% Free               MT
    Portland cement                        
2523.21 000 White cement, whether or not artificially coloured  2.6%   2.2% Free               MT
2523.29 000 Other 2.6%   2.2% Free               MT
2523.30 000 Aluminous cement 2.6%   2.2% Free               MT
2523.90 000 Other hydraulic cements 2.6%   2.2% Free               MT
25.24   Asbestos           Free Free Free Free Free    
2524.10 000 Crocidolite Free   (Free)                 MT
2524.90 000 Other Free   (Free)                 MT
25.25   Mica, including splittings; mica waste           Free Free Free Free Free    
2525.10 000 Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittings  Free   (Free)                 MT
2525.20 000 Mica powder Free   (Free)                 MT
2525.30 000 Mica waste Free   (Free)                 MT
25.26   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           Free Free Free Free Free    
2526.10 000 Not crushed, not powdered Free   (Free)                 MT
2526.20 000 Crushed or powdered Free   (Free)                 MT
25.28   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           Free Free Free Free Free    
2528.10 000 Natural sodium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined) Free   (Free)                 MT
2528.90 000 Other Free   (Free)                 MT
25.29   Felsdpar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar           Free Free Free Free Free    
2529.10 000 Feldspar Free   (Free)                 MT
    Fluorspar                        
2529.21 000 Containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride  Free   (Free)                 MT
2529.22 000 Containing by weight more than 97% of calcium fluoride Free   (Free)                 MT
2529.30 000 Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite Free   (Free)                 MT
25.30   Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included           Free Free Free Free Free    
2530.10 000 Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded Free   (Free)                 MT
2530.20 000 Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates) Free   (Free)                 MT
2530.90 000 Other Free   (Free)                 MT