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HS Chapter 25 — Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement

HS chapter 25 (Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement) covers 60 product categories in U.S. import records, with 634,380 bill-of-lading shipments. The most imported headings are 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, Marble, travertine 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, and Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling, or for railway or other ballast.

Sourced from U.S. Customs bill of lading data · Updated monthly · Data through August 2026 · Chapter → heading → product, drill in for importers and suppliersCite as: ImportDoor, U.S. Customs bill of lading data (data through August 2026), https://www.importdoor.com/products/chapter/25

Headings in this chapter

HSHeadingProductsShipments
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) shape4180,452
2515Marble, travertine 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) shape393,515
2517Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling, or for railway or other ballast373,969
2525Mica, including splittings371,182
2522Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825352,842
2523Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulfate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not colored or in the form of clinkers543,810
2501HS 2501134,936
2508Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined516,154
2505Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not colored, other than metalbearing sands of chapter 26212,734
2521HS 2521112,085
2504Natural graphite25,325
2529Feldspar45,292
2509HS 250914,695
2530Mineral substances33,971
2519Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite)23,908
2526Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape23,409
2520Gypsum22,986
2512HS 251212,720
2511Natural barium sulfate (barytes)22,496
2513Pumice11,576
2507HS 250711,491
2506Quartz (other than natural sands)21,220
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) shape21,111
2514HS 25141957
2528HS 25281499
2502HS 25021462
2510Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminum calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk1401
2503HS 25031182

Frequently asked questions about HS chapter 25

What is HS chapter 25?

Chapter 25 of the Harmonized System covers salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plastering materials, lime and cement. In U.S. import records it spans 28 four-digit headings and 60 six-digit product codes.

How many U.S. import shipments fall under HS chapter 25?

ImportDoor has 634,380 U.S. Customs bill-of-lading shipment records under chapter 25, updated monthly.

Which HS 25 heading is imported most into the U.S.?

HS 2516 (Granite, porphyry, basalt) leads with 180,452 shipments, followed by HS 2515 (Marble) and HS 2517 (Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone).

HS Chapter 25: Salt, sulphur, earths and stone | US Import Data