Mica, including splittings; mica waste
2525.30.00 — Mica waste
Phế liệu mi ca
Unit: kg (kg)
HS code 25253000 covers mica waste under heading 2525 (mica, including splittings; mica waste), Chapter 25. The MFN import duty is 3%; the lowest FTA rate is 0% under ASEAN - China (ACFTA) (C/O form E required). VAT: 10/8%. Unit of quantity: kg.
MFN import duty
3%
Lowest FTA
0%
ASEAN - China (ACFTA)
VAT
10/8%
Excise / Env. tax
—
Not subject
Distinguish from heading:6814Worke…
Import duty comparison across FTA schedules
Full table with legal documents & effective dates
| Tax / Schedule | Rate | Document | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preferential import duty (MFN) | 3% | 26/2023/NĐ-CP | 15/07/2023 |
| Ordinary import duty | 4.5% | 15/2023/QĐ-TTg | 15/07/2023 |
| ASEAN (ATIGA)(2026) | 0% | 126/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| ASEAN - China (ACFTA) | 0% | 118/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| ASEAN - Japan (AJCEP)(01/04/2026 - 31/3/2027) | 0% | 120/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - Japan (VJEPA)(1/4/2026 - 31/3/2027) | 0% | 124/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| ASEAN - Korea (AKFTA) | 0% | 119/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| ASEAN - Australia/New Zealand (AANZFTA) | 0% | 121/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| ASEAN - India (AIFTA)(01/01/2026 - 31/12/2026) | 0% | 122/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - Korea (VKFTA)(2026) | 0% | 125/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - Chile (VCFTA)(2026) | 0% | 112/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - Eurasian Economic Union (VN-EAEU)(2026) | 0% | 113/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| CPTPP Agreement(2026) | 0% | 115/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| ASEAN - Hong Kong (AHKFTA)(2026) | 0% | 123/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - EU (EVFTA)(2026) | 0% | 116/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - UK (UKVFTA)(2026) | 0% | 117/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| Vietnam - Laos | 0% | 206/2025/NĐ-CP | 15/07/2025 |
| Vietnam - Israel (VIFTA)(2026) | 2,1% | 131/2024/NĐ-CP | 15/10/2024 |
| RCEP - Group A (ASEAN)(2026) | 0% | 129/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| RCEP - Group B (China)(2026) | 0% | 129/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| RCEP - Group C (Korea)(2026) | 0% | 129/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| RCEP - Group D (Japan)(2026) | 0% | 129/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| RCEP - Group E (Australia)(2026) | 0% | 129/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
| RCEP - Group F (New Zealand)(2026) | 0% | 129/2022/NĐ-CP | 30/12/2022 |
FTA schedules are cut annually: the rate shown applies to the period in brackets, per the decree's appendix.
FTA duty phase-down
Upcoming reductions for this code — the new rate takes effect on this site automatically on the effective date.
- Vietnam - Israel (VIFTA)2,1% (2026)1,8%from 01/01/2027…continues per the schedule — see the decree annex
Only the steps present in the data (each schedule's next period) are shown. A schedule not reaching 0% here does not mean it stops — the full schedule is in the decree annex.
VAT · Excise tax · Environmental protection tax
| Tax / Schedule | Rate | Document | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value added tax (VAT) | 10/8% | 174/2025/NĐ-CP - PL1 | 30/06/20025 |
VAT reduction: Not eligible for the VAT reduction under Decree 174/2025/NĐ-CP (Annex 1): Other mining and quarrying products not elsewhere classified > Mica ore. comprising: crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittings; Not eligible for the VAT reduction (Decree 174/2025/NĐ-CP): mica powder (referenced at 4-digit HS level)
Export duty
| Tax / Schedule | Rate | Document | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export duty | 5% | 26/2023/NĐ-CP | 31/05/2023 |
Rules of origin by FTA
To claim an FTA rate the goods must meet the origin criterion below AND carry a valid C/O — the right HS code alone is not enough.
- Mica waste
Goods of this subheading originate in the Member State where they are derived from production or consumption
Sản phẩm thuộc phân nhóm này có xuất xứ tại nước thành viên nơi thu được sản phẩm này từ việc sản xuất hoặc tiêu thụ
Source: Circular No. 44/2025/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2022 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions
- Mica waste
WO
WO
Source: Circular No. 21/2019/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2012 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions
- Mica waste
WO
WO
Source: Circular No. 03/2023/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2022 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions
- Mica waste
CTSH
CTSH
Source: Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2012 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions
Muối; lưu huỳnh; đất và đá; thạch cao, vôi và xi măng; ngoại trừ:
Manufacture using materials of any heading, except that of the product; or the value of the materials used does not exceed 70% of the ex-works price of the product.
Sử dụng nguyên liệu từ bất kỳ Nhóm nào để sản xuất, ngoại trừ Nhóm của sản phẩm; hoặc Trị giá nguyên liệu được sử dụng không vượt quá 70% giá xuất xưởng của sản phẩm.
Source: Circular No. 14/2026/TT-BCT
Mica, including splittings; mica waste
CTH
CTH
Source: Circular No. 32/2022/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2022 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions
Muối; lưu huỳnh; đất và đá; thạch cao, vôi và xi măng; ngoại trừ:
Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product; or the value of the materials does not exceed 70% of the ex-works price of the product.
Sản xuất từ nguyên liệu thuộc bất kỳ Nhóm nào, ngoại trừ Nhóm của sản phẩm; hoặc trị giá nguyên liệu không vượt quá 70% giá xuất xưởng của sản phẩm.
Source: Circular No. 02/2021/TT-BCT
Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
CTH
CTH
or
60%
Source: Circular No. 11/2024/TT-BCT
- Mica waste
CTH or RVC(40)
CTH hoặc RVC(40)
CTHRVC40
Source: Circular No. 09/2022/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2017 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions
- Mica waste
CC
CC
Source: Circular No. 01/2024/TT-BCT · annex uses HS 2022 while this site uses AHTN 2022 — check headings that changed between versions
Agreements with no rule specific to this code
This code carries a preferential rate under the agreements below but has no line of its own in the product-specific rules annex. The goods must still meet an origin requirement.
The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:
1. The goods referred to in Clause 3, Article 5 of this Circular, other than the goods provided in Clause 2 of this Article, are considered originating if:
a) The goods have a regional value content (RVC) of not less than 40% of the FOB value calculated in accordance with Article 8 of this Circular and the last production process is carried out in a Member State; or
b) Goods of Chapters 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 and 39; Chapters 42 to 49; Chapters 57 to 59; Chapters 61, 62 and 64; Chapters 66 to 71; Chapters 73 to 83; Chapters 86 and 88; and Chapters 91 to 97 of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System using non-originating materials undergo a change in tariff classification at the 4-digit level (CTH), except for headings 29.01, 29.02, 31.05, 39.01, 39.02, 39.03, 39.07 and 39.08, to which the RVC 40% origin criterion applies.
CTHRVC40
Source: Circular No. 12/2019/TT-BCT · Article 7(1)
The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:
1. Products referred to in Clause 2, Article 2 are considered originating if:
a) The AIFTA content is not less than thirty-five per cent (35%) of the FOB value; and
b) The non-originating materials used in the production of that product have undergone a change in tariff classification at the six (6)-digit level (CTSH) of the Harmonized System.
provided that the last production process is carried out in the territory of the exporting Member State.
CTSH
Source: Circular No. 15/2010/TT-BCT · Article 4(1) of Appendix 1
The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:
1. For the purposes of paragraph 2 of Article 5 of this Circular, goods shall be considered as originating in a Member State in one of the following cases:
a) The Regional Value Content (RVC) is not less than 40%, calculated according to the formula provided for in Article 8 of this Circular, and the final process of production is performed in that Member State.
b) All non-originating materials used in the production of the goods have undergone a change in tariff classification (CTC) at the four (04)-digit level (change of Heading) of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System in that Member State.
The exporter of each Member State may choose to apply the origin criterion provided for in point a or point b of paragraph 1 of this Article to determine the origin of goods.
CTC
Source: Circular No. 37/2022/TT-BCT · Article 7(1)
The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:
1. For the purposes of point b clause 1 Article 5 of this Circular, goods not covered by Article 8 of this Circular shall be considered as originating if they have a regional value content (hereinafter referred to as RVC) of at least 40% of the FOB value, or if they have undergone a change in tariff classification at the 4-digit level (hereinafter referred to as CTH) of the Harmonized System.
CTH
Source: Circular No. 49/2025/TT-BCT · Article 7(1)
The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:
1. For the purposes of Clause 2, Article 2, goods are considered originating in the Member State where the production or processing took place if:
a) The goods have a regional value content (RVC) of not less than forty per cent (40%), calculated in accordance with Article 5; or
b) All the non-originating materials used in the production of those goods undergo a change in tariff classification (hereinafter referred to as “CTC”) at the four (4)-digit level (that is, a change of heading) of the Harmonized System.
2. Each Member State shall allow the exporter to use either of the criteria provided at Point a, Clause 1 or Point b, Clause 1 of this Article to determine the origin of the goods.
CTC
Source: Circular No. 31/2013/TT-BCT · Article 4(1)
The agreement sets a general rule for codes outside the annex:
1. General origin criterion
a) Goods specified in Clause 2 of Article 2 shall be considered as originating in the Member State where the working or processing of those goods has taken place if:
- The goods have a regional value content (hereinafter referred to as the “Viet Nam - Laos value content” or the “regional value content (LVC)”) of not less than forty percent (40%), calculated in accordance with the formula provided in Article 5; or
- All non-originating materials used in the production of those goods have undergone a change in tariff classification (hereinafter referred to as “CTC”) at the four (4)-digit level (meaning a change of heading) of the Harmonized System.
b) Each Member State shall allow the exporter of the goods to decide to use either of the two criteria “LVC of not less than forty percent (40%)” or “change in tariff classification at the four (04)-digit level” referred to at point a of Clause 1 in order to determine the origin of the goods.
CTCLVC
Source: Circular No. 04/2010/TT-BCT · Article 4(1) of Appendix 1
Criteria are quoted verbatim from the Vietnamese circular, not paraphrased.
Commodity policy for this HS code
Unofficial English rendering of the Vietnamese source; the document numbers link to the full text.
Managing authority: Ministry of Industry and Trade
- List of goods bought, sold, and exchanged through auxiliary border gates and border openings by traders (42/2019/TT-BCT, 33/2025/TT-BCT)Listed· Ministry of Industry and Trade
Related documents (full text)
Notes for Chapter 25 — Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
Notes
1. Except where their context or Note 4 to this Chapter otherwise requires, the headings of this Chapter cover only products which are in the crude state or which have been washed (even with chemical substances eliminating the impurities without changing the structure of the product), crushed, ground, powdered, levigated, sifted, screened, concentrated by flotation, magnetic separation or other mechanical or physical processes (except crystallisation), but not products which have been roasted, calcined, obtained by mixing or subjected to processing beyond that mentioned in each heading.
The products of this Chapter may contain an added anti-dusting agent, provided that such addition does not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use.
2. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) Sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur or colloidal sulphur (heading 28.02);
(b) Earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3 (heading 28.21);
(c) Medicaments or other products of Chapter 30;
(d) Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (Chapter 33);
(e) Dolomite ramming mix (heading 38.16);
(f) Setts, curbstones or flagstones (heading 68.01); mosaic cubes or the like (heading 68.02); roofing, facing or damp course slates (heading 68.03);
(g) Precious or semi-precious stones (heading 71.02 or 71.03);
(h) Cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2.5g each, of sodium chloride or of magnesium oxide, of heading 38.24; optical elements of sodium chloride or of magnesium oxide (heading 90.01);
(i) Billiard chalks (heading 95.04); or
(k) Writing or drawing chalks or tailors' chalks (heading 96.09).
3. Any products classifiable in heading 25.17 and any other heading of the Chapter are to be classified in heading 25.17.
4. Heading 25.30 applies, inter alia, to: vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded; earth colours, whether or not calcined or mixed together; natural micaceous iron oxides; meerschaum (whether or not in polished pieces); amber; agglomerated meerschaum and agglomerated amber, in plates, rods, sticks or similar forms, not worked after moulding; jet; strontianite (whether or not calcined), other than strontium oxide; broken pieces of pottery, brick or concrete.
Corresponding US tariff lines
Six digits are identical worldwide under the HS Convention, so 2525.30 is the same subheading in both schedules. What differs is how each country splits it: below are the 1 US line under 2525.30.
| US HTS code | Description | General duty |
|---|---|---|
| 2525.30.00.00 | Mica waste(kg) | Free |
Additional Chapter 99 duties apply to goods of Vietnam
- 9903.02.69 +20% — The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 20%
- 9903.05.84 +12.5% — The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 12.5%
These are added to the General duty above, not in place of it. Whether a given article falls inside their scope — and the exclusion lists — is set out in the U.S. notes to Chapter 99, which are prose and not machine-readable, so this site does not assign them per code. Check the official schedule before quoting a landed cost.
Already terminated: 9903.01.72 +46%
The General column is the rate for Vietnam: the Special column lists US preference programmes (GSP, USMCA, KORUS…) and Vietnam is in none of them. Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States — 2026 HTS Revision 13. For reference only — classification on import is decided by US Customs, and anti-dumping, countervailing and Section 232/301 measures are not covered here.
Corresponding Japanese tariff lines
2525.30 is the same subheading in both schedules (six digits are identical worldwide under the HS Convention). Vietnamese goods can enter Japan under four parallel preference routes — the columns below — and the exporter picks whichever C/O gives the better rate.
| Line | Description | MFN | VJEPA | AJCEP | CPTPP | RCEP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2525.30-000 | Mica waste(MT) | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free |
MFN is the lowest of the schedule's General/Temporary/WTO columns (hover to see all three). The preference columns require the matching certificate of origin; an em dash means that agreement gives no preference for the line. Source: Japan's Tariff Schedule, Japan Customs (as of July 9, 2026). For reference only — classification on import is decided by Japan Customs.
Codes at the same level under 2525
Check neighbouring codes to make sure the classification fits best.
Data updated: 31/07/2026 · Found wrong or missing data? Report a data error