HS Code Range: 2501 to 2530
Cover raw minerals, salt, sulfur, chalk, clays, marble, gypsum, limestone, dolomite, kaolin, natural sands, and industrial mineral raw materials.

🔹 2501 – Salt (Including Table Salt, Industrial Salt, and Rock Salt)

2501.00.10 Table salt (for human consumption)

2501.00.20 Industrial salt (chemical/technical use)

2501.00.90 Other (e.g., rock salt, de-icing salt)

✅ India is a major exporter of solar-evaporated salt from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.

🔹 2502 – Unroasted Iron Pyrites

2502.00.00 Natural/unroasted iron pyrites

🔹 2503 – Sulphur of All Kinds (Non-Purified)

2503.00.10 Sulphur (other than sublimed/precipitated)

2503.00.20 Sublimed sulphur

2503.00.90 Other types of crude sulphur

✅ Used in fertilizer, matches, rubber, and agrochemicals.

🔹 2504 – Natural Graphite

2504.10.00 Graphite – non-flaky

2504.90.00 Graphite – flaky

🔹 2505 – Natural Sands

2505.10.00 Silica sand (for glass/foundry)

2505.90.00 Other natural sands

⚠️ Export is often restricted due to environmental and construction norms.

🔹 2506 – Quartz (Including Quartzite)

2506.10.00 Quartz

2506.20.00 Quartzite

✅ Used in ceramics, glass, and electronics.

🔹 2507 to 2511 – Clays, Marble, Limestone, Gypsum

2507.00.00 Kaolin & kaolinitic clays Ceramics, cosmetics, paper

2508.10.00 Bentonite Drilling, medicine, animal feed

2508.30.00 Fire clay Refractory use

2510.10.00 Natural calcium phosphates Fertiliser

2510.20.00 Calcined phosphates Superphosphate base

2511.10.00 Natural barium sulphate (barite) Oil well drilling, paint

2511.20.00 Precipitated barium sulphate Industrial filler

🔹 2512 to 2518 – Stone Blocks, Marble, Granite

2515.11.00 Marble & travertine (crude) Flooring, sculpture, décor

2516.11.00 Granite (rough blocks) Construction, monuments

2517.10.00 Pebbles, gravel, crushed stones Construction

🔹 2520 to 2523 – Gypsum, Lime, Cement

2520.10.00 Gypsum (natural) Cement, fertiliser, plaster

2523.10.00 Cement – white Finishing/decoration

2523.29.00 Portland cement Construction