HS code 2505: Natural sands of all kinds
Heading 2505 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
2505Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26
Place in the nomenclature: 25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement > 2505
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured (excl. gold- and platinum-bearing sands, zircon, rutile and ilmenite sands, monazite sands, and tar or asphalt sands)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 2
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 2
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2505
- 2505 10Silica sands and quartz sands
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Silica sands and quartz sands, whether or not coloured
- 2505 10 00 Silica sands and quartz sands
- 2505 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured (excl. silica sands, quartz sands, gold- and platinum-bearing sands, zircon, rutile and ilmenite sands, monazite sands, and tar or asphalt sands)
- 2505 90 00 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.