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.