HS chapter 25Minerals & fuelsNot a startup opportunity
Salt, stone & cement
Official description: Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cem
Mostly natural minerals (salt, sulphur, stone) tied to geology. These imports are shown for context but aren't ranked as business opportunities.
India imported ₹46.8k cr of salt, stone & cement in FY26, growing about 22% a year over five years. This chapter has 29 products you could make locally.
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29 products. Open one to see what it takes to start making it in India.
- 2501Salt
- 2502Unroasted iron pyrites
- 2503Sulphur of all kinds
- 2504Natural graphite
- 2505Natural sands of all knds
- 2506Qrtz
- 2507Kaolin and other kaolinic clays
- 2508Other clays
- 2509Chalk
- 2510Natural rock phosphate
- 2511Natural barium sulphate
- 2512Siliceous fossil meals
- 2513Pumice stones
- 2514Slate
- 2515Marble
- 2516Granite prophyry etc and other monumental/…
- 2517Pebbles grvl brkn/crshd stone commonly…
- 2518Dolomite
- 2519Natural mag carb
- 2520Gypsum anhydrite plasters
- 2521Limestone flux
- 2522Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime
- 2523Portland cement almnous cement
- 2524Asbestos
- 2525Mica
- 2526Natural steatite
- 2528Natural borates and cncrts
- 2529Felspar leucite nepheline and nepheline…
- 2530Mineral substances not elsewhere specified…