Tanning or dyeing extracts; pigments, paints, varnishes, putty
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Tanning or dyeing extracts; pigments, paints, varnishes, putty
Common items in this chapter
- —Tanning extracts (3201-3202)
- —Synthetic organic colouring matter (3204)
- —Pigments and dyes (3206)
- —Paints and varnishes (3208-3210)
- —Printing ink (3215)
Headings in this chapter (15)
Official HS 2022 four-digit headings. Each heading page lists its 6-digit subheadings with the official nomenclature texts.
- 3201 — Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers,…
- 3202 — Tanning substances; synthetic organic or inorganic tanning substances;…
- 3203 — Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extra…
- 3204 — Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon; syn…
- 3205 — Colour lakes; preparations based on colour lakes as specified in note …
- 3206 — Colouring matter and preparations thereof n.e.c. in heading no. 3203, …
- 3207 — Pigments, prepared; opacifiers, colours, vitrifiable enamels, glazes, …
- 3208 — Paints, varnishes; (enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers …
- 3209 — Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthet…
- 3210 — Paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers), exc…
- 3211 — Driers; prepared
- 3212 — Pigments (metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-aqueous media …
- 3213 — Colours; artists, students, or signboard painters, modifying tints, am…
- 3214 — Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and…
- 3215 — Ink; printing, writing or drawing ink and other inks; whether or not c…
Classification notes
Chapter 32 contains many DG class 3 flammable liquids (alcohol-based paints) and class 6 toxic substances (heavy-metal pigments). Personal-quantity art supplies clear as routine; commercial imports need MSDS.
Frequent misclassification
Cosmetic colourants under Chapter 33 not 32; food colourings under Chapter 32 with E-number additive labelling.
Binding tariff ruling database
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Binding tariff ruling database