HS code 2508: Other clays
Heading 2508 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
2508Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths
Place in the nomenclature: 25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement > 2508
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Clays, andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths (excl. kaolin and other kaolinic clays, and expanded clay)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 6
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 6
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2508
- 2508 10Bentonite
- 2508 10 00 Bentonite
- 2508 30Fireclay
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Fireclay (excl. kaolin and other kaolinic clays and expanded clay)
- 2508 30 00 Fireclay
- 2508 40Other clays
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Clays (excl. fireclay, bentonite, kaolin and other kaolinic clays and expanded clay)
- 2508 40 00 Other clays
- 2508 50Andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite
- 2508 50 00 Andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite
- 2508 60Mullite
- 2508 60 00 Mullite
- 2508 70Chamotte or dinas earths
- 2508 70 00 Chamotte or dinas earths
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.