Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
BIS QCO · 10/173 LINES · 15 STANDARDS · ISI MARK
HSN Chapter 25 covers salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement. The chapter contains 173 customs tariff items at the 8-digit level. The Bureau of Indian Standards has notified 10 tariff lines under heading 2523 as covered by a Quality Control Order. Covered items include white cement, whether or not artificially coloured, ordinary portland cement, dry, ordinary portland cement, coloured. Coverage spans IS 269, IS 455, IS 1489, IS 3466 and IS 6452. Enforcement runs through the ISI Mark Scheme. A further 62 tariff items are administered by Partner Government Agencies, led by DGFT, PPQS and FSSAI.
At a glance
173
Tariff lines (8-digit HSN)
10
BIS QCO notified (6% coverage)
15
Indian Standards in chapter
ISI
Primary mark scheme
Headings covered
2501Salt (Including Table Salt And Denatured Salt) And Pure Sodium Chloride, Whether Or Not In Aqueous Solution Or Containing Added Anti-Caki…2502—2503Sulphur Of All Kinds, Other Than Sublimed Sulphur, Precipitated Sulphur And Collodial Sulphur2504Natural Graphite2505Natural Sands Of All Kinds, Whether Or Not Coloured, Other Than Metal-Bearing Sands Of Chapter 262506Quartz (Other Than Natural Sands); Quartzite, Whether Or Not Roughly Trimmed Or Merely Cut, By Sawing Or Otherwise, Into Blocks Or Slabs …2507Kaolin And Other Kaolinic Clays, Whether Or Not Calcined2508Other Clays (Not Including Expanded Clays Of Heading 6806), Andalusite, Kyanite And Sillimanite, Whether Or Not Calcined; Mullite; Chamot…2509—2510Natural Calcium Phosphates, Natural Aluminium Calcium Phosphates And Phosphatic Chalk2511Natural Barium Sulphate (Barytes); Natural Barium Carbonate (Witherite), Whether Or Not Calcined, Other Than Barium Oxide Of Heading 28162512Siliceous Fossil Meals (For Example, Kieselguhr, Tripolite And Diatomite) And Similar Siliceous Earths, Whether Or Not Calcined, Of An Ap…2513Pumice Stone; Emery; Natural Corundum, Natural Garnet And Other Natural Abrasives, Whether Or Not Heat-Treated2514—2515Marble, Travertine, Ecaussine And Other Calcareous Monumental Or Building Stone Of An Apparent Specific Gravity Of 2.5 Or More, And Alaba…2516Granite, Porphyry, Basalt, Sandstone And Other Monumental Or Building Stone, Whether Or Not Roughly Trimmed Or Merely Cut, By Sawing Or O…2517Pebbles, Gravel, Broken Or Crushed Stone, Of A Kind Commonly Used For Concrete Aggregates, For Road Metalling Or For Railway Or Other Bal…2518Dolomite, Whether Or Not Calcined Or Sintered, Including Dolomite Roughly Trimmed Or Merely Cut, By Sawing Or Otherwise, Into Blocks Or S…2519Natural Magnesium Carbonate (Magnesite); Fused Magnesia; Dead-Burned (Sintered) Magnesia, Whether Or Not Containing Small Quantities Of O…2520Gypsum; Anhydrite; Plasters (Consisting Of Calcined Gypsum Or Calcium Sulphate) Whether Or Not Coloured, With Or Without Small Quantities…2521Limestone Flux; Limestone And Other Calcareous Stones, Of A Kind Used For The Manufacture Of Lime Or Cement2522Quicklime, Slaked Lime And Hydraulic Lime, Other Than Calcium Oxide And Hydroxide Of Heading28252523Portland Cement, Aluminous Cement, Slag Cement, Supersulphate Cement And Similar Hydraulic Cements, Whether Or Not Coloured Or In The For…2524Asbestos2525Mica, Including Splittings; Mica Waste2526Natural Steatite, Whether Or Not Roughly Trimmed Or Merely Cut, By Sawing Or Otherwise, Into Blocks Or Slabs Of A Rectangular (Including …2528Natural Borates And Concentrates Thereof (Whether Or Not Calcined), But Not Including Borates Separated From Natural Brine; Natural Boric…2529Feldspar; Leucite; Nepheline And Nepheline Syenite; Fluorspar2530Mineral Substances Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included
Indian Standards
IS 12330IS 12330 is the Indian Standard governing sagol; ashmoh, aluminous cement, portland slag cement, covering 10 tariff items under HSN Chapter 25. Compliance is…IS 12600IS 12600 is the Indian Standard governing sagol; ashmoh, aluminous cement, portland slag cement, covering 10 tariff items under HSN Chapter 25. Compliance is…IS 1489IS 1489 is the Indian Standard governing sagol; ashmoh, aluminous cement, portland slag cement, covering 10 tariff items under HSN Chapter 25. Compliance is …IS 3466IS 3466 is the Indian Standard governing sagol; ashmoh, aluminous cement, portland slag cement, covering 10 tariff items under HSN Chapter 25. Compliance is …IS 8041IS 8041 is the Indian Standard governing sagol; ashmoh, aluminous cement, portland slag cement, covering 10 tariff items under HSN Chapter 25. Compliance is …IS 8043IS 8043 is the Indian Standard governing sagol; ashmoh, aluminous cement, portland slag cement, covering 10 tariff items under HSN Chapter 25. Compliance is …IS 15895:2018IS 15895 is the Indian Standard governing sagol; ashmoh, aluminous cement, high alumina refractory cement, covering 4 tariff items under HSN Chapter 25. Comp…IS 6452IS 6452 is the Indian Standard governing sagol; ashmoh, aluminous cement, high alumina refractory cement, covering 4 tariff items under HSN Chapter 25. Compl…IS 16415:2015IS 16415 is the Indian Standard mapped to 2 tariff items under HSN Chapter 25. Compliance is mandatory under the ISI Mark Scheme and the controlling Quality …IS 16993:2018IS 16993 is the Indian Standard governing ordinary portland cement, dry, ordinary portland cement, coloured, covering 2 tariff items under HSN Chapter 25. Co…IS 269IS 269 is the Indian Standard governing ordinary portland cement, dry, ordinary portland cement, coloured, covering 2 tariff items under HSN Chapter 25. Comp…IS 6909IS 6909 is the Indian Standard mapped to 2 tariff items under HSN Chapter 25. Compliance is mandatory under the ISI Mark Scheme and the controlling Quality C…IS 8229IS 8229 is the Indian Standard mapped to 2 tariff items under HSN Chapter 25. Compliance is mandatory under the ISI Mark Scheme and the controlling Quality C…IS 455IS 455 is the Indian Standard governing portland slag cement, covering 1 tariff item under HSN Chapter 25. Compliance is mandatory under the ISI Mark Scheme …IS 8042IS 8042 is the Indian Standard governing white cement, whether or not artificially coloured, covering 1 tariff item under HSN Chapter 25. Compliance is manda…
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Speak to an Expert Last verified against gazette notifications: 2026-05-20. Source: BIS / DGFT / Indian Customs CUSDATA.
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