25.16 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
One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.
Section V, Mineral Products — salt, sulphur, earths, stone, ores, mineral fuels and mineral oils.
- 25 Chapter Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
- 16 Heading 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
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 4 six-digit codes below
Chapter 25 covers salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plastering materials, lime and cement: bulk mineral commodities in their natural or minimally processed state, used mostly as construction and industrial inputs. Classification tip: These are typically high-volume, low-value-per-tonne bulk commodities, so freight cost (not duty) usually dominates the landed-cost calculation: confirm the shipping mode and Incoterm before quoting a price.
All of chapter 25The 4 six-digit codes under 25.16
One of these is the number you declare.
- 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
Other headings in chapter 25
The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.
Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.
Shipping goods under 25.16? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment25.16 FAQ
Heading 25.16 covers 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. It is part of chapter 25 (salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering materials, lime and cement), and it is subdivided into 4 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 4 subheadings below. Those six digits are what customs recognises internationally; the importing country may extend them to eight or ten in its own tariff schedule.
The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section V and to chapter 25. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.
A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.