Chapter 25 at a glance
- HS chapter
- 25
- Section
- V — Mineral products
- Tariff headings
- 29 (67 subheadings)
- General customs duty
- 0%
- Import VAT
- 15% on the added tax value (ATV)
- Products listed
- 1
As at 2026-08-06. Source: SARS Tariff Book, Schedule 1 Part 1.
HS Chapter 25 covers salt, sulphur, earths, stone, lime & cement. Every tariff heading in the chapter is listed below, with its subheadings. Headings we have researched carry a duty page link showing the South African customs duty, a worked landed-cost example and any anti-dumping or ITAC permit exposure.
Duty pages in this chapter
All 29 tariff headings in Chapter 25
Harmonised System HS 2022 nomenclature — the same headings and subheadings the SARS Tariff Book is built on. South Africa classifies to 8 digits, so confirm the last two digits of your line in the Tariff Book before you clear.
2501 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt); pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water
- 2501.00 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt); pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water
2502 Iron pyrites; unroasted
- 2502.00 Iron pyrites; unroasted
2503 Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur
- 2503.00 Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur
2504 Graphite; natural
- 2504.10 Graphite; natural, in powder or in flakes
- 2504.90 Graphite; natural, in other forms, excluding powder or flakes
2505 Sands of all kinds; natural, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26
- 2505.10 Sands; natural, silica and quartz sands, whether or not coloured
- 2505.90 Sands; natural, (other than silica and quartz sands), whether or not coloured, (other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26)
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; other than natural sands
- 2506.20 Quartzite; whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
2507 Kaolin and other kaolinic clays; whether or not calcined
- 2507.00 Kaolin and other kaolinic clays; whether or not calcined
2508 Clays; (not including expanded clays of heading no. 6806), andalusite kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earth
- 2508.10 Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); bentonite, whether or not calcined
- 2508.30 Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined
- 2508.40 Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined
- 2508.50 Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined
- 2508.60 Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); mullite
- 2508.70 Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); chamotte or dinas earths
2509 Chalk
- 2509.00 Chalk
2510 Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk
- 2510.10 Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; unground
- 2510.20 Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; ground
2511 Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate, (witherite) whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading no. 2816
- 2511.10 Barium sulphate (barytes); natural
- 2511.20 Barium carbonate (witherite); natural, whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading no. 2816
2512 Siliceous fossil meals (e.g. 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 (e.g. kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths; whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less
2513 Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat treated
- 2513.10 Pumice stone, whether or not heat treated
- 2513.20 Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated
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 Slate; whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
2515 Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous stone; of an apparent specific gravity of less than 2.5, alabaster, whether cut by sawing etc, into blocks, slabs of a rectangular (square) shape
- 2515.11 Marble and travertine; having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more, crude or roughly trimmed by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
- 2515.12 Marble and travertine; merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape, having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more
- 2515.20 Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster, having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more
2516 Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone, other monumental and building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed, cut, by sawing etc, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
- 2516.11 Granite; crude or roughly trimmed
- 2516.12 Granite; merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
- 2516.20 Sandstone;. whether or not roughly trimmed, cut, by sawing etc, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
- 2516.90 Monumental or building stone; n.e.c. in heading no. 2516, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
2517 Pebbles, gravel, crushed stone for concrete aggregates for road or railway ballast, shingle or flint; macadam of slag, dross etc tarred granules, chippings, powder of stones of heading no. 2515 and 2516
- 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
- 2517.20 Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste; whether or not incorporating the materials in Tariff item 2517.10.00
- 2517.30 Tarred macadam
- 2517.41 Stones; of marble, in granules, chippings and powder, whether or not heat-treated
- 2517.49 Stones; of heading no. 2515 or 2516 (excluding marble), in granules, chippings and powder, whether or not heat-treated
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 square) shape
- 2518.10 Dolomite, not calcined or sintered; including dolomite roughly trimmed, or merely cut by sawing or otherwise into blocks or slabs of rectangular (including square) shape
- 2518.20 Dolomite, calcined or sintered; including dolomite roughly trimmed, or merely cut by sawing or otherwise into blocks or slabs of rectangular (including square) shape
2519 Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; magnesium oxide, pure or not
- 2519.10 Magnesium carbonate (magnesite); natural
- 2519.90 Magnesia, fused or dead-burned (sintered); whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering, other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure, (not natural magnesium carbonate)
2520 Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), coloured or not, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders
- 2520.10 Gypsum; anhydrite
- 2520.20 Plasters; (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders
2521 Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement
- 2521.00 Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement
2522 Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime; other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825
- 2522.10 Quicklime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825
- 2522.20 Slaked lime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825
- 2522.30 Hydraulic lime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825
2523 Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
- 2523.10 Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured)
- 2523.21 Cement; portland, white, whether or not artificially coloured
- 2523.29 Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured 0% duty
- 2523.30 Cement; aluminous (ciment fondu), whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
- 2523.90 Cement; hydraulic kinds n.e.c. in heading no. 2523
2524 Asbestos
- 2524.10 Asbestos; crocidolite (blue asbestos)
- 2524.90 Asbestos; other than crocidolite (blue asbestos)
2525 Mica, including splittings; mica waste
- 2525.10 Mica; crude and rifted into sheets or splittings
- 2525.20 Mica; powder
- 2525.30 Mica; waste
2526 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
- 2526.10 Steatite; natural, (not crushed or powdered), whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc
- 2526.20 Steatite; natural, crushed, powdered, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc
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
- 2528.00 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
2529 Feldspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar
- 2529.10 Feldspar
- 2529.21 Fluorspar; containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride
- 2529.22 Fluorspar; containing by weight more than 97% of calcium fluoride
- 2529.30 Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite
2530 Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included
- 2530.10 Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites; unexpanded
- 2530.20 Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates)
- 2530.90 Mineral substances; n.e.c. in chapter 25