1. Except where their context or Note 4 to this Chapter otherwise requires, the headings of this Chapter cover only products which are in the crude state or which have been washed (even with chemical substances eliminating the impurities without changing the structure of the product), crushed, ground, powdered, levigated, sifted, screened, concentrated by flotation, magnetic separation or other mechanical or physical processes (except crystallization), but not products that have been roasted, calcined, obtained by mixing or subjected to processing beyond that mentioned in each heading.
The products of this Chapter may contain an added anti-dusting agent, provided that such addition does not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use.
2. This Chapter does not cover :
3. Any products classifiable in heading 2517 and any other heading of this Chapter are to be classified in heading 2517.
4. Heading 2530 applies, inter alia, to : vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded; earth colours, whether or not calcined or mixed together; natural micaceous iron oxides; meerschaum (whether or not in polished pieces); amber; agglomerated meerschaum and agglomerated amber, in plates, rods, sticks or similar forms, not worked after moulding; jet; strontianite (whether or not calcined), other than strontium oxide; broken pieces of pottery, brick or concrete.
1. In the heading 2523, ‘sagol’ means cement obtained by heating limestone and burnt coal in a kiln and ‘ashmoh’ means cement obtained by fine grinding of paddy husk, ash and hydrated lime with an additive.
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| Exim Code | Item Description | Policy | Policy Conditions |
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| 2501 | 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 |
| 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: | | |
| 2501 00 10 | Common Salt (including iodised salt) | Free | |
| 2501 00 20 | Rock Salt | Free | |
| 2501 00 90 | Other | Free | |
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| 2502 | Unroasted iron pyrites |
| 2502 00 00 | Unroasted iron pyrites | Free | |
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| 2503 | Sulphur of all kinds, other than sub-limited sulphur, precipated sulphur and collodial sulphur |
| 2503 00 | Sulphur of all kinds, other than sub-limited sulphur, precipated sulphur and collodial sulphur: | | |
| 2503 00 10 | Sulphur recovered as by-product in refining of crude oil | Free | |
| 2503 00 90 | Other | Free | |
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| 2504 | Natural graphite |
| 2504 10 | In powder or in flakes: | | |
| 2504 10 10 | Graphite, crystalline | Free | |
| 2504 10 20 | Graphite, amorphous | Free | |
| 2504 10 90 | Other | Free | |
| 2504 90 | Other: | | |
| 2504 90 10 | Graphite, micronised | Free | |
| 2504 90 90 | Other | Free | |
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| 2505 | Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26 |
| 2505 10 | Silica sands and quartz sands: Silica Sands: | | |
| 2505 10 11 | Processed (White) | Free | |
| 2505 10 12 | Processed (Brown) | Free | |
| 2505 10 19 | Other | Free | |
| 2505 10 20 | Quartz sands | Free | |
| 2505 90 00 | Other | Free | |
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| 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 |
| 2506 10 | Quartz: | | |
| 2506 10 10 | In lumps | Free | |
| 2506 10 20 | In powder
Quartzite : | Free | |
| 2506 21 | Crude or roughly trimmed: | | |
| 2506 21 10 | In lumps | Free | |
| 2506 21 20 | In powder | Free | |
| 2506 21 90 | Other | Free | |
| 2506 29 00 | Other | Free | |
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| 2507 | Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined |
| 2507 00 | Kaolin and other kailinic clays, whether or not calcined: | | |
| 2507 00 10 | Crude
Other: | Free | |
| 2507 00 21 | Pharmaceutical grade | Free | |
| 2507 00 22 | Ceramic grade | Free | |
| 2507 00 29 | Other | Free | |
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| 2508 | Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths |
| 2508 10 | Bentonite: | | |
| 2508 10 10 | Crude | Free | |
| 2508 10 90 | Other (includes processed, activated and ground) | Free | |
| 2508 20 | Decolourising earths and Fuller�s earth: | | |
| 2508 20 10 | Processed (including activated) | Free | |
| 2508 20 90 | Other | Free | |
| 2508 30 | Fire Clay: | | |
| 2508 30 10 | Non-plastic | Free | |
| 2508 30 20 | Semi-plastic | Free | |
| 2508 30 30 | Plastic | Free | |
| 2508 30 90 | Other | Free | |
| 2508 40 | Other Clays: | | |
| 2508 40 10 | Ball Clay | Free | |
| 2508 40 20 | Earth Clay | Free | |
| 2508 40 90 | Other | Free | |
| 2508 50 | Andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite: | | |
| 2508 50 10 | Andalusite
Kyanite: | Free | |
| 2508 50 21 | Crude,other than calcined | Free | |
| 2508 50 22 | Processed, other than calcined (washed or ground or screened or beneficiated) | Free | |
| 2508 50 23 | Calcined
Sillimanite: | Free | |
| 2508 50 31 | Lumps | Free | |
| 2508 50 32 | Fines (including sand) | Free | |
| 2508 50 39 | Other | Free | |
| 2508 60 00 | Mullite | Free | |
| 2508 70 00 | Chamotte or dinas earths | Free | |
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| 2509 | Chalk |
| 2509 00 00 | Chalk | Free | |
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| 2510 | Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk |
| 2510 10 | Unground: | | |
| 2510 10 10 | Natural calcium phosphates | Free | |
| 2510 10 20 | Natural aluminium calcium phosphate | Free | |
| 2510 10 30 | Natural calcium phosphate apatite | Free | |
| 2510 10 90 | Other | Free | |
| 2510 20 | Ground: | | |
| 2510 20 10 | Natural calcium phosphates | Free | |
| 2510 20 20 | Natural aluminium calcium phosphates | Free | |
| 2510 20 30 | Natural calcium phosphates apatite | Free | |
| 2510 20 90 | Other | Free | |
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| 2511 | Natural barium sulphate (barytes); Natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of Heading 2816 |
| 2511 10 | Natural barium sulphate (barytes): | | |
| 2511 10 10 | Lumps | Free | |
| 2511 10 20 | Powder | Free | |
| 2511 10 90 | Other | Free | |
| 2511 20 00 | Natural barium carbonate (witherite) | Free | |
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| 2512 | 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 |
| 2512 00 | 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: | | |
| 2512 00 10 | Kieselguhr | Free | |
| 2512 00 20 2512 00 30 | Tripolite Diatomite | Free Free | |
| 2512 00 90 | Other | Free | |
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| 2513 | Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated
Pumice Stone: |
| 2513 11 00 | Crude or in irregular pieces, including crushed pumice (�bimskies�) | Free | |
| 2513 19 00 | Other | Free | |
| 2513 20 | Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives: | | |
| 2513 20 10 | Emery | Free | |
| 2513 20 20 | Natural Corundum | Free | |
| 2513 20 30 | Natural garnet | Free | |
| 2513 20 90 | Other | Free | |
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| 2514 | Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape |
| 2514 00 00 | Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | Restricted | |
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| 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: |
| 2515 11 00 | Crude or roughly trimmed | Restricted | |
| 2515 12 | Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape: | | |
| 2515 12 10 | Blocks | Restricted | |
| 2515 12 20 | Slabs | Restricted | |
| 2515 12 90 | Other | Restricted | |
| 2515 20 | Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster: | | |
| 2515 20 10 | Alabaster | Free | |
| 2515 20 90 | Other | Restricted | |
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| 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 : |
| 2516 11 00 | Crude or roughly trimmed | Restricted | |
| 2516 12 00 | Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
Sandstone: | Restricted | |
| 2516 21 00 | Crude or roughly trimmed | Restricted | |
| 2516 22 00 | Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | Restricted | |
| 2516 90 | Other monumental or building stone: | | |
| 2516 90 10 | Pakur stone | Restricted | |
| 2516 90 20 | Stone boulders | Restricted | |
| 2516 90 90 | Other | Restricted | |
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| 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 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat-treated |
| 2517 10 | 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: | | |
| 2517 10 10 | Pakur stone, crushed or broken | Free | |
| 2517 10 20 | Flint | Free | |
| 2517 10 90 | Other | Free | |
| 2517 20 00 | Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in sub-heading 2517 10 | Free | |
| 2517 30 00 | Tarred macadam
Granules, chippings and powder, of stone of heading 2515 or 2516, whether or not heat treated: | Free | |
| 2517 41 00 | Of marble | Restricted | |
| 2517 49 00 | Other | Restricted | |
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| 2518 | 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 squareshape); dolomite ramming Mix |
| 2518 10 00 | Dolomite, not calcined sintered | Free | |
| 2518 20 00 | Calcined or sintered dolomite | Free | |
| 2518 30 00 | Dolomite ramming mix | Free | |
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| 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 |
| 2519 10 00 | Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite) | Free | |
| 2519 90 | Other: | | |
| 2519 90 10 | Fused magnesia (natural) | Free | |
| 2519 90 20 | Dead-burnt (sintered )magnesia | Free | |
| 2519 90 30 | Magnesium calcined (other than dead-burnt) not elsewhere specified or included | Free | |
| 2519 90 40 | Magnesium oxide | Free | |
| 2519 90 90 | Other | Free | |
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| 2520 | Gypsum; Anhydrite; Plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerates or retarders |
| 2520 10 | Gypsum; anhydrite: | | |
| 2520 10 10 | Natural | Free | |
| 2520 10 20 | Marine | Free | |
| 2520 10 90 | Other | Free | |
| 2520 20 | Plasters: | | |
| 2520 20 10 | Calcined | Free | |
| 2520 20 90 | Other | Free | |
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| 2521 | Limestone flux; Limestone and other calcareous stones, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement |
| 2521 00 | Limestone flux; Limestone and other calcareous stones, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | | |
| 2521 00 10 | Limestone flux (L.D. below 1% SiO2) | Free | |
| 2521 00 90 | Other | Free | |
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| 2522 | Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825 |
| 2522 10 00 | Quicklime | Free | |
| 2522 20 00 | Slaked lime | Free | |
| 2522 30 00 | Hydraulic lime | Free | |
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| 2523 | Portland cement, aluminous cement (�cement fondu�), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers |
| 2523 10 00 | Cement Clinkers
Portland cement: | Free | |
| 2523 21 00 | White cement, whether or not artificially coloured | Free | |
| 2523 29 | Other: | | |
| 2523 29 10 | Ordinary portland cement, dry | Free | |
| 2523 29 20 | Ordinary portland cement, coloured | Free | |
| 2523 29 30 | Portland pozzolana Cement | Free | |
| 2523 29 40 | Portland slag cement | Free | |
| 2523 29 90 | Other | Free | |
| 2523 30 00 | Aluminous cement : | Free | |
| 2523 90 | Other hydraulic cements: | | |
| 2523 90 10 | Sagol, ashmoh | Free | |
| 2523 90 20 | High alumina refractory cement | Free | |
| 2523 90 90 | Other | Free | |
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| 2524 | Asbestos However, import of Cryocidilite, Actinolite , Anthophylite,Amosite and Tremolite will be restricted and subject to conditions at Import Licencing note (1) below. Asbestos in rock form: |
| 2524 00 | Asbestos: | | |
| 2524 00 11 | Chrysotile | Free | |
| 2524 00 12 | Amphibole | Free | |
| 2524 00 19 | Other Fibre raw, beaten or washed or graded to length : | Free | |
| 2524 00 21 | Chrysolite | Free | |
| 2524 00 22 | Amosite | Restricted | Import subject to conditions at Import Licensing note (1) below. |
| 2524 00 29 | Other Flakes or powder: | Free | |
| 2524 00 31 | Amosite | Restricted | Import subject to conditions at Import Licensing note (1) below. |
| 2524 00 39 | Other
Other: | Free | |
| 2524 00 91 | Waste | Free | |
| 2524 00 99 | Other | Free | |
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| 2525 | Mica, including splittings; mica waste |
| 2525 10 | Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittings: | | |
| 2525 10 10 | Mica blocks | Free | |
| 2525 10 20 | Condensor films trimmed but not cut to shape | Free | |
| 2525 10 30 | Mica splittings, book form | Free | |
| 2525 10 40 | Mica splittings, loose | Free | |
| 2525 10 90 | Other | Free | |
| 2525 20 | Mica powder: | | |
| 2525 20 10 | Mica flakes, 2.20 mesh | Free | |
| 2525 20 20 | Mica powder, dry ground | Free | |
| 2525 20 30 | Mica powder, micronised | Free | |
| 2525 20 40 | Mica powder, wet ground | Free | |
| 2525 20 50 | Mica powder, calcined | Free | |
| 2525 20 90 | Other | Free | |
| 2525 30 | Mica Waste: | | |
| 2525 30 10 | Mica mine scrap & waste | Free | |
| 2525 30 20 | Mica factory scrap | Free | |
| 2525 30 30 | Mica cuttings book form | Free | |
| 2525 30 90 | Other | Free | |
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| 2526 | Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sewing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; Talc |
| 2526 10 | Not crushed, not powdered: | | |
| 2526 10 10 | Steatite (soap stone, etc.) block | Free | |
| 2526 10 20 | Steatite (soap stone, etc.) lumps | Free | |
| 2526 10 90 | Other | Free | |
| 2526 20 00 | Crushed or powdered | Free | |
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| 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 |
| 2528 10 00 | Natural sodium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined) | Free | |
| 2528 90 | Other: | | |
| 2528 90 10 | Natural boric acid (containing not more than 85% of H3BO3 ) | Free | |
| 2528 90 20 | Natural calcium borates & concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined) | Free | |
| 2528 90 90 | Other | Free | |
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| 2529 | Felspar; Nepheline and nepheline syenite; Leucite; Fluorspar |
| 2529 10 | Felspar: | | |
| 2529 10 10 | Lumps | Free | |
| 2529 10 20 | Powder
Fluorspar: | Free | |
| 2529 21 00 | Containing by weight 97% or less of calcium flouride | Free | |
| 2529 22 00 | Containing by weight more than 97% of calcium fluoride | Free | |
| 2529 30 00 | Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite | Free | |
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| 2530 | Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included |
| 2530 10 | Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded: | | |
| 2530 10 10 | Vermiculite | Free | |
| 2530 10 20 | Perlite | Free | |
| 2530 10 90 | Others (including powder) | Free | |
| 2530 20 00 | Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates) | Free | |
| 2530 90 | Other: | | |
| 2530 90 10 | Meerschaum (whether or not in polished pieces) & amber agglomerated; meerachaum & agglomerated amber in plates, rods, etc. not worked after moulding jet | Free | |
| 2530 90 20 | Natural arsenic sulphides (e.g. orpiment) | Free | |
| 2530 90 30 | Calcite | Free | |
| 2530 90 40 | Ores & concentrates of rare earth metals | Free | |
| 2530 90 50 | Wollastonite | Free | |
| 2530 90 60 | Earth colour ochre, crude | Free | |
| 2530 90 70 | Other processed earth colour ochre
Other: | Free | |
| 2530 90 91 | Strontium Sulphate (natural ore) | Free | |
| 2530 90 99 | Other | Free | |
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