Asbestos
HS v2022 Code: 2524
About asbestos
HS code 2524 covers the industry of asbestos, a naturally occurring mineral fiber with unique properties that make it highly valuable in various industrial applications. Asbestos is renowned for its exceptional heat resistance, durability, and insulating capabilities, making it an essential material in construction, automotive, and manufacturing sectors. This industry plays a crucial role in the global economy, providing essential raw materials for a wide range of products and industries.
Production process
The production of asbestos involves the mining and processing of the mineral from natural deposits. The primary extraction method is open-pit mining, where the asbestos-containing rock is excavated and transported to processing facilities. At the processing plants, the raw material undergoes a series of crushing, milling, and separation processes to extract the pure asbestos fibers. These fibers are then graded, sorted, and prepared for use in various end-products.
Production inputs
The main inputs required for the asbestos industry include the natural deposits of the mineral, specialized mining and processing equipment, and energy sources to power the extraction and refinement operations. Additionally, the industry relies on a skilled workforce to operate the mining and processing facilities effectively.
Production outputs
The primary outputs of the asbestos industry are the refined asbestos fibers, which are then used as raw materials in a wide range of products, including 6811 construction materials, 8708 automotive components, and 6812 insulation materials. These asbestos-containing products are consumed by various industries, contributing to the overall economic value of the asbestos industry.
Family tree for asbestos
graph LR A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/25'>25: Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering materials, lime and cement</a>"] A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2524'>2524: Asbestos</a>"] A --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2501'>2501: Salt (including table salt and denatured salt); pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water</a>"] A --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2502'>2502: Iron pyrites; unroasted</a>"] A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2503'>2503: Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur</a>"] A --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2504'>2504: Graphite; natural</a>"] A --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2505'>2505: Sands of all kinds; natural, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26</a>"] A --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2506'>2506: Quartz; (other than natural sands), quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape</a>"] A --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2507'>2507: Kaolin and other kaolinic clays; whether or not calcined</a>"] A --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2508'>2508: Clays; (not including expanded clays of heading no. 6806), andalusite kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earth</a>"] A --> K["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2509'>2509: Chalk</a>"] A --> L["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2510'>2510: Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk</a>"] A --> M["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2511'>2511: Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate, (witherite) whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading no. 2816</a>"] A --> N["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2512'>2512: Siliceous fossil meals (e.g. kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths; whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less</a>"] A --> O["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2513'>2513: Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat treated</a>"] A --> P["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2514'>2514: Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape</a>"] A --> Q["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2515'>2515: Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous stone; of an apparent specific gravity of less than 2.5, alabaster, whether cut by sawing etc, into blocks, slabs of a rectangular (square) shape</a>"] A --> R["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2516'>2516: Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone, other monumental and building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed, cut, by sawing etc, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape</a>"] A --> S["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2517'>2517: Pebbles, gravel, crushed stone for concrete aggregates for road or railway ballast, shingle or flint; macadam of slag, dross etc tarred granules, chippings, powder of stones of heading no. 2515 and 2516</a>"] A --> T["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2518'>2518: Dolomite, whether or not calcined or sintered, including dolomite roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape</a>"] A --> U["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2519'>2519: Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; magnesium oxide, pure or not</a>"] A --> V["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2520'>2520: Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), coloured or not, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders</a>"] A --> W["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2521'>2521: Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement</a>"] A --> X["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2522'>2522: Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime; other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825</a>"] A --> Y["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2523'>2523: Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers</a>"] A --> Z["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2525'>2525: Mica, including splittings; mica waste</a>"] A --> BA["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2526'>2526: Natural steatite; whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc</a>"] A --> BB["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2528'>2528: Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including borates separated from natural brine; natural boric acid containing not more than 85 % of H3BO3 calculated on the dry weight</a>"] A --> BC["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2529'>2529: Feldspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar</a>"] A --> BD["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/2530'>2530: Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included</a>"] B --> BE["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/252410'>252410: Asbestos; crocidolite (blue asbestos)</a>"] B --> BF["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/252490'>252490: Asbestos; other than crocidolite (blue asbestos)</a>"] %% Color coordination by level classDef level1 color:#000,fill:#a8f9ff,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px classDef level2 color:#000,fill:#e0a458,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px classDef level3 color:#000,fill:#419d78,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px classDef level4 color:#000,fill:#c04abc,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px classDef level5 color:#000,fill:#f1c40f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px classDef level6 color:#000,fill:#f1c40f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px classDef highlight color:#000,fill:#fff,stroke:#000,stroke-width:5px %% Apply classes class A level2 class B level4 class C level4 class D level4 class E level4 class F level4 class G level4 class H level4 class I level4 class J level4 class K level4 class L level4 class M level4 class N level4 class O level4 class P level4 class Q level4 class R level4 class S level4 class T level4 class U level4 class V level4 class W level4 class X level4 class Y level4 class Z level4 class BA level4 class BB level4 class BC level4 class BD level4 class BE level6 class BF level6 class B highlight %% class A level1 %% class B,C level2 %% class D,E,F,G,H,I level2 %% class J,K,L,M,N,O,P level3 %% class B highlight