Code 2505 90 · Heading 2505

Quartz sand, including coloured sand, with the listed mineral and bitumen exclusions, and excluding quartz sand

This description refers to quartz sand, including coloured quartz sand, while excluding gold- or platinum-bearing sand, zircon sand, rutile sand, ilmenite sand, monazite sand, bitumen-containing sand and asphalt sand. The wording also excludes quartz sand, so the supplied description is internally inconsistent.

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Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured (excl. silica sands, quartz sands, gold- and platinum-bearing sands, zircon, rutile and ilmenite sands, monazite sands, and tar or asphalt sands)

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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 2505 Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured… 5 of 29 headings under chapter 25
Is it described as quartz sand, including coloured quartz sand, or does it fall under the separately listed description that excludes the named gold-, platinum-, zircon-, rutile-, ilmenite-, monazite-, bitumen- and asphalt sands?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2505 90 Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured… 2 of 2 subheadings under heading 2505
Is the product quartz sand, including coloured quartz sand, or does it belong to the description that excludes quartz sand?

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2505 90 00 Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured (excl. silica sands, quartz sands, gold- and platinum-bearing sands, zircon, rutile and ilmenite sands, monazite sands, and tar or asphalt sands) Duty free Save

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2505 10 Silica sands and quartz sands, whether or not coloured 0.0%
2505 90 Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured (excl. silica sands, quartz sands, gold- and platinum-bearing sands, zircon, rutile and ilmenite sands, monazite sands, and tar or asphalt sands) you are here 0.0%

Export to Norway

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

25.05.9001

Foundry mould sands

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
25.05.9009

Other natural sand

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.

2505 90 00 00

Other

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. 3, 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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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.