HS code 2523: Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate
Heading 2523 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
2523Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
Place in the nomenclature: 25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement > 2523
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Cement, incl. cement clinkers, whether or not coloured
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 5
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 5
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2523
- 2523 10Cement clinkers
- 2523 10 00 Cement clinkers
- 2523 21Portland cement | White cement, whether or not artificially coloured
Explanatory note (Eurostat): White portland cement, whether or not artificially coloured
- 2523 21 00 White cement, whether or not artificially coloured
- 2523 29Portland cement | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Portland cement (excl. white, whether or not artificially coloured)
- 2523 29 00 Other
- 2523 30Aluminous cement
- 2523 30 00 Aluminous cement
- 2523 90Other hydraulic cements
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Cement, whether or not coloured (excl. portland cement and aluminous cement)
- 2523 90 00 Other hydraulic cements
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.