HS code 2516: Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental
Heading 2516 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
2516Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
Place in the nomenclature: 25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement > 2516
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape (excl. in the form of granules, chippings or powder, or already with the characteristics of setts, curbstones and flagstones, and monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of >= 2,5)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 4
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 4
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2516
- 2516 11Granite | Crude or roughly trimmed
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Granite, crude or roughly trimmed (excl. already with the characteristics of setts, curbstones and flagstones)
- 2516 11 00 Crude or roughly trimmed
- 2516 12Granite | Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Granite, merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape (excl. already with the characteristics of setts, curbstones and flagstones)
- 2516 12 00 Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
- 2516 20Sandstone
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Sandstone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape (excl. already with the characteristics of setts, curbstones and flagstones)
- 2516 20 00 Sandstone
- 2516 90Other monumental or building stone
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Porphyry, basalt and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape (excl. in the form of granules, chippings or powder, or already with the characteristics of setts, curbstones and flagstones, monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of >= 2,5, granite and sandstone)
- 2516 90 00 Other monumental or building stone
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.