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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Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

25.01.0001

Vacuum salt

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
25.01.0002

Solar salt (sea salt)

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
25.01.0003

Rock salt

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
25.01.0009

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

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

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

All 6 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

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

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 9, 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).

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, 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.