2518Dolomite, 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:

ドロマイト（粗削りしたもの及びのこぎりでひくことその他の方法により長方形（正方形を含む。）の塊状又は板状に単に切つたものを含むものとし、焼いてあるかないか又は焼結してあるかないかを問わない。）

HS code 2518 is a Heading (4-digit) classification number. In Japan's trade statistics (published by Ministry of Finance), it represents import/export items classified as “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:”. This code has 2 subcategories defined below it.

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In May 2026, Japan's imports under HS code 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:) totaled ¥892M (YoY +0.2%), with a volume of 150,028 MT at about ¥5,945/MT. The top import sources are People's Republic of China (62.9%), Thailand (16.1%), Republic of Korea (8.4%). Exports totaled ¥8M (YoY +25.4%), with a volume of 236 MT at about ¥34,987/MT. The top export destinations are Taiwan (62.0%), People's Republic of China (23.3%), Switzerland (9.5%).

Export (May 2026)

¥8M

YoY: +25.4%

Qty: 236 MT

Unit price: ¥34,987/MT

Import (May 2026)

¥892M

YoY: +0.2%

Qty: 150,028 MT

Unit price: ¥5,945/MT

Top export destinations (2025)

#	Country	Value	Share	Qty	Unit price
1	Taiwan	¥36M	62.0%	1,043 MT	¥34,644/MT
2	People's Republic of China	¥14M	23.3%	384 MT	¥35,276/MT
3	Switzerland	¥6M	9.5%	—	—
4	Thailand	¥2M	2.9%	8 MT	¥211,750/MT
5	Republic of Korea	¥1M	1.9%	16 MT	¥70,188/MT

Top import sources (2025)

#	Country	Value	Share	Qty	Unit price
1	People's Republic of China	¥8B	62.9%	1,252,563 MT	¥6,040/MT
2	Thailand	¥2B	16.1%	381,030 MT	¥5,081/MT
3	Republic of Korea	¥1B	8.4%	193,473 MT	¥5,231/MT
4	Viet Nam	¥896M	7.4%	46,650 MT	¥19,198/MT
5	Philippines	¥425M	3.5%	68,100 MT	¥6,243/MT

Subcategories2items

Subheading (6-digit)

251810Dolomite, not calcined or sintered

Subheading (6-digit)

251820Calcined or sintered dolomite

Related codes

Other codes in the same classification group

2504Natural graphite:2505Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26:2506Quartz (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:2508Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 68.06), andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths:2510Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk:2511Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 28.16:2513Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated:2515Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2.5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape:2516Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape:2517Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated; macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in the first part of the heading; tarred macadam; granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not heat-treated:2519Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure:2520Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders:2522Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 28.25:2523Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers:2524Asbestos:2525Mica, including splittings; mica waste:2526Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc:2529Feldspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar:2530Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included:

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