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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 2501: Salt (including table salt and denatured salt)

Heading 2501 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 25, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.

Official description

2501Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water

Place in the nomenclature: 25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement > 2501

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water

Subheadings (6 digits)
1
CN codes (8 digits)
5

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2501

  • 2501 00Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water

    • 2501 00 10 Sea water and salt liquors
    • 2501 00 31 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents | For chemical transformation (separation of Na from Cl) for the manufacture of other products
    • 2501 00 51 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents | Other | Denatured or for industrial uses (including refining) other than the preservation or preparation of foodstuffs for human or animal consumption
    • 2501 00 91 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents | Other | Other | Salt suitable for human consumption
    • 2501 00 99 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents | Other | Other | Other

The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.

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Source

Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.