Code 2501 00 · Heading 2501

Salt, pure sodium chloride, saltwater and seawater

This covers salt, including table salt and denatured salt, pure sodium chloride, salt dissolved in water or mixed with substances that prevent caking or make spreading easier, and seawater. The correct child depends on the product's stated use or type, such as seawater, chemical conversion, industrial use, human food, or other salt and sodium chloride.

For example

Seawater
Salt dissolved in water
Pure sodium chloride
Table salt with an anti-caking substance

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Official tariff text

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

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Step 1 · Section V Mineral products
Is the product salt, sulphur, earth or stone, gypsum, lime or cement; an ore, slag or ash; or a mineral fuel, mineral oil, distillation product, bituminous substance or mineral wax?
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Step 2 · Chapter 25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materia… 1 of 3 chapters in section V
Which named material or product type is it: salt, natural iron sulphides, sulphur, natural graphite, natural sand, quartz or quartzite, kaolin or other kaolin-containing clay, other clay or related materials, chalk, natural phosphates, natural barium compounds, fossil siliceous meal or similar earth, pumice or other natural abrasives, slate, marble or other dense building limestone, granite or other building stone, gravel or crushed stone, dolomite, magnesite or magnesium oxide, gypsum, limestone for lime, cement, asbestos, mica, steatite or talc, natural borates or boric acids, feldspar or similar minerals, or vermiculite, perlite and other minerals?
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Step 3 · Heading 2501 Salt, herunder bordsalt og denatureret salt, og ren… 1 of 29 headings under chapter 25
Is the product salt, pure sodium chloride, or seawater, including salt dissolved in water or with anti-clumping or spreading agents?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2501 00 Salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pur… 1 of 1 subheading under heading 2501
Is it seawater or salt mother liquor; salt for chemical conversion by splitting into sodium and chlorine; denatured salt or salt for other industrial use including refining, excluding preservation or making food for humans or animals; salt suitable for human consumption; or another type of salt or pure sodium chloride, including salt dissolved in water or mixed with anti-caking or spreading substances?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0%

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Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines4 Norwegian lines

25.01.0001 Vacuum salt

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines6 British lines

2501 00 10 00 Sea water and salt liquors

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

2501.00.00.00 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

25.01.0001

Vacuum salt

Ordinary duty

Duty free
25.01.0002

Solar salt (sea salt)

Ordinary duty

Duty free
25.01.0003

Rock salt

Ordinary duty

Duty free
25.01.0009

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

All 6 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

2501.00.00.00

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; sea water

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.