6806 Slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading 6811 or 6812 or of Chapter 69

Slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading 6811 or 6812 or of Chapter 69:

Duty rate for goods from outside the EU

0% of the customs value

Valid since 1 January 1999

Other measures can apply depending on the country of origin, for example preferences, quotas or anti-dumping duties. Check the TARIC for your case.

Import VAT, standard rate

Netherlands: 21%
Germany: 19%
France: 20%
Belgium: 21%

Standard rate. A reduced rate can apply to some goods.

Codes below this level

6806 10 00 Slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools (including intermixtures thereof), in bulk, sheets or rolls
6806 20 Exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials (including intermixtures thereof):
6806 90 00 Other

Notes of the nomenclature

Chapter 68: Notes

1. This chapter does not cover:

(a) goods of Chapter 25;

(b) coated, impregnated or covered paper and paperboard of heading 4810 or 4811 (for example, paper and paperboard coated with mica powder or graphite, bituminised or asphalted paper and paperboard);

(c) coated, impregnated or covered textile fabric of Chapter 56 or 59 (for example, fabric coated or covered with mica powder, bituminised or asphalted fabric);

(d) articles of Chapter 71;

(e) tools or parts of tools, of Chapter 82;

(f) lithographic stones of heading 8442;

(g) electrical insulators (heading 8546) or fittings of insulating material of heading 8547;

(h) dental burrs (heading 9018);

(ij) articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases);

(k) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings);

(l) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games and sports requisites);

(m) articles of heading 9602, if made of materials specified in Note 2(b) to Chapter 96, or of heading 9606 (for example, buttons), of heading 9609 (for example, slate pencils), heading 9610 (for example, drawing slates) or of heading 9620 (monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles); or

(n) articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).

2. In heading 6802, the expression ‘worked monumental or building stone’ applies not only to the varieties of stone referred to in heading 2515 or 2516 but also to all other natural stone (for example, quartzite, flint, dolomite and steatite) similarly worked; it does not, however, apply to slate.

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Other codes at this level

6802 Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 6801; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate):
6803 00 Worked slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate:
6804 Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for grinding, sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, hand sharpening or polishing stones, and parts thereof, of natural stone, of agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of ceramics, with or without parts of other materials:
6805 Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of textile material, of paper, of paperboard or of other materials, whether or not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made up:
6807 Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch):
6809 Articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster:
6810 Articles of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone, whether or not reinforced:
6811 Articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the like:
6812 Fabricated asbestos fibres; mixtures with a basis of asbestos or with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate; articles of such mixtures or of asbestos (for example, thread, woven fabric, clothing, headgear, footwear, gaskets), whether or not reinforced, other than goods of heading 6811 or 6813:
6813 Friction material and articles thereof (for example, sheets, rolls, strips, segments, discs, washers, pads), not mounted, for brakes, for clutches or the like, with a basis of asbestos, of other mineral substances or of cellulose, whether or not combined with textile or other materials:

Indicative only. The binding ruling comes from customs.

Data as of 6 October 2026. Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Regulation (EU) 2025/1926).

European Commission data, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

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