# HTS 2516.12.00: Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

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## Duty rates

- **General (MFN) rate:** 2.8%
- **Special / FTA rate:** Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)
- **Column 2 rate:** 60%
- **Corpus rank:** #5737 of 6827 among dutiable tariff lines
- **Percentile among ad-valorem lines:** 57th of 13,544 rated lines

## Classification path

- **Section V:** [Mineral Products](https://plaintariff.com/section/v-mineral-products)
- **Chapter 25:** [Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement](https://plaintariff.com/chapter/chapter-25-salt-sulphur-earths-and-stone-plastering-materials-lime-and)
- **HTS code:** 2516.12.00

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*Source: U.S. International Trade Commission Harmonized Tariff Schedule. HTML canonical: https://plaintariff.com/heading/25161200-merely-cut-by-sawing-or-otherwise-into-blocks-or-slabs-of*