2501 00 91: Salt suitable for human consumption

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Export measures 4

Prohibitions, licences, controls and sanctions that apply when these goods leave the EU.

TARIC data as of 2 November 2026

Import VAT in the EU member states

The rate each member state applies to goods of this code, from the Commission’s Taxes in Europe Database. A reduced rate can cover only part of the goods under a code: check the national VAT law.

• Austria 4.9% reduced rate
• Belgium 6% reduced rate
• Bulgaria 20%
• Croatia 25%
• Cyprus 19%
• Czechia 12% reduced rate
• Denmark 25%
• Estonia 24%
• Finland 13.5% reduced rate
• France 5.5% / 10% reduced rate
• Germany 7% reduced rate
• Greece 13% reduced rate
• Hungary 27%
• Ireland 23%
• Italy 22%
• Latvia 21%
• Lithuania 21%
• Luxembourg 3% reduced rate
• Malta 0% reduced rate
• Netherlands 9% reduced rate
• Poland 23%
• Portugal 23%
• Romania 11% reduced rate
• Slovakia 19% reduced rate
• Slovenia 9.5% reduced rate
• Spain 10% reduced rate
• Sweden 25%

TEDB · 2 November 2026

Preferential rates by country

EU: imports by month · HS 2501.00

last 12 months€300.5m+13.4% · previous 12 months

Average import price€0.08 per kg

Preferential rate67%

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
United Kingdom	€67.5m	22.5%	+8.9%
Egypt	€62.1m	20.7%	+59.7%
Tunisia	€49.3m	16.4%	+43.6%
Türkiye	€23.3m	7.7%	+15%
United States	€19.7m	6.5%	-32.1%
China	€12.4m	4.1%	+96.1%
Pakistan	€11.5m	3.8%	-5.1%
Bosnia & Herzegovina	€8.6m	2.8%	+1.9%

Same subheading in other tariffs

2501.00 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

UK Free Third-country duty 6 tariff lines Türkiye Free Third-country duty 6 tariff lines · 4× specific or compound duty USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free – 2.5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 1.3% Mexico Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Brazil 3.6% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines Argentina 3.6% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines Peru Free – 6% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · average 4% New Zealand Free General (MFN) 11 tariff lines Japan Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty Taiwan Free – 1% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 0.7% GCC 5% General (MFN) 28 tariff lines Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 5 tariff lines Nigeria 5% – 10% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 7.5%

EU lines: 2501.00

• 2501 00 10Sea water and salt liquorsFree
• 2501 00 31For chemical transformation (separation of Na from Cl) for the manufacture of other productsFree
• 2501 00 51Denatured or for industrial uses (including refining) other than the preservation or preparation of foodstuffs for human or animal consumption1,7 €/1000 kg/net
• 2501 00 91Salt suitable for human consumption2,6 €/1000 kg/net
• 2501 00 99Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure: other2,6 €/1000 kg/net

Binding rulings for similar goods

Legal notes

Chapter notes: Chapter 25 →

CN Explanatory Notes

The European Commission's explanatory notes on how to classify goods in these CN codes. They are not legally binding but customs authorities follow them; they complement the HS Explanatory Notes of the World Customs Organization.

Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union, Official Journal C (consolidated text and later amendments) · © European Union

This line in earlier years

The Combined Nomenclature of each year, as published in the Official Journal: description, third-country duty and supplementary unit.

Questions and answers

Typical products

• denatured salt
• evaporated salt
• pink salt
• rock salt
• sea salt

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.