EU tariff chapter 32
TANNING OR DYEING EXTRACTS; TANNINS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES; DYES, PIGMENTS AND OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PAINTS AND VARNISHES; PUTTY AND OTHER MASTICS; INKS. 15 headings and 59 eight-digit codes, with conventional duty rates from free to 6.5 per cent.
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) separate chemically defined elements or compounds (except those of heading 3203 or 3204, inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores (heading 3206), glass obtained from fused quartz or other fused silica in the forms provided for in heading 3207, and also dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale of heading 3212);
(b) tannates or other tannin derivatives of products of headings 2936 to 2939, 2941 or 3501 to 3504; or
(c) mastics of asphalt or other bituminous mastics (heading 2715).
2. Heading 3204 includes mixtures of stabilised diazonium salts and couplers for the production of azo dyes.
3. Headings 3203, 3204, 3205 and 3206 apply also to preparations based on colouring matter (including, in the case of heading 3206, colouring pigments of heading 2530 or Chapter 28, metal flakes and metal powders), of a kind used for colouring any material or used as ingredients in the manufacture of colouring preparations. The headings do not apply, however, to pigments dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints, including enamels (heading 3212), or to other preparations of headings 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215.
4. Heading 3208 includes solutions (other than collodions) consisting of any of the products specified in headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents when the weight of the solvent exceeds 50 % of the weight of the solution.
5. The expression ‘colouring matter’ in this chapter does not include products of a kind used as extenders in oil paints, whether or not they are also suitable for colouring distempers.
6. The expression ‘stamping foils’ in heading 3212 applies only to thin sheets of a kind used for printing, for example, book covers or hat bands, and consisting of:
(a) metallic powder (including powder of precious metal) or pigment, agglomerated with glue, gelatin or other binder; or
(b) metal (including precious metal) or pigment, deposited on a supporting sheet of any material.
Headings and duty rates
Heading 3201
Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3201 10 00 | Quebracho extract | Free | |
| 3201 20 00 | Wattle extract(105) | 6.5 % | |
| 3201 90 | Other: | ||
| 3201 90 20 | Sumach extract, vallonia extract, oak extract or chestnut extract | 5.8 % | |
| 3201 90 90 | Other | 5.3 % |
- (105) Ad valorem duty reduced to 3 % (autonomous suspension) for an indefinite period.
Heading 3202
Synthetic organic tanning substances; inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances; enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3202 10 00 | Synthetic organic tanning substances | 5.3 % | |
| 3202 90 00 | Other | 5.3 % |
Heading 3203 00
Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extracts but excluding animal black), whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3203 00 10 | Colouring matter of vegetable origin and preparations based thereon | Free | |
| 3203 00 90 | Colouring matter of animal origin and preparations based thereon | 2.5 % |
Heading 3204
Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on synthetic organic colouring matter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in note 3 to this chapter: | |||
| 3204 11 00 | Disperse dyes and preparations based thereon | 6.5 % | |
| 3204 12 00 | Acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon | 6.5 % | |
| 3204 13 00 | Basic dyes and preparations based thereon | 6.5 % | |
| 3204 14 00 | Direct dyes and preparations based thereon | 6.5 % | |
| 3204 15 00 | Vat dyes (including those usable in that state as pigments) and preparations based thereon | 6.5 % | |
| 3204 16 00 | Reactive dyes and preparations based thereon | 6.5 % | |
| 3204 17 00 | Pigments and preparations based thereon | 6.5 % | |
| 3204 18 00 | Carotenoid colouring matters and preparations based thereon | 6.5 % | |
| 3204 19 00 | Other, including mixtures of colouring matter of two or more of the subheadings 3204 11 to 3204 19 | 6.5 % | |
| 3204 20 00 | Synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents | 6 % | |
| 3204 90 00 | Other | 6.5 % |
Heading 3205 00 00
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3205 00 00 | Colour lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colour lakes | 6.5 % |
Heading 3206
Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter, other than those of heading 3203, 3204 or 3205; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide: | |||
| 3206 11 00 | Containing 80 % or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter | 6 % | |
| 3206 19 00 | Other | 6.5 % | |
| 3206 20 00 | Pigments and preparations based on chromium compounds | 6.5 % | |
| Other colouring matter and other preparations: | |||
| 3206 41 00 | Ultramarine and preparations based thereon | 6.5 % | |
| 3206 42 00 | Lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulphide | 6.5 % | |
| 3206 49 | Other: | ||
| 3206 49 10 | Magnetite(42) | 4.9 % | |
| 3206 49 70 | Other | 6.5 % | |
| 3206 50 00 | Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores | 5.3 % |
- (42) Autonomous duty: Free.
Heading 3207
Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colours, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips), liquid lustres and similar preparations, of a kind used in the ceramic, enamelling or glass industry; glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3207 10 00 | Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers, prepared colours and similar preparations | 6.5 % | |
| 3207 20 | Vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips) and similar preparations: | ||
| 3207 20 10 | Engobes (slips) | 5.3 % | |
| 3207 20 90 | Other | 6.3 % | |
| 3207 30 00 | Liquid lustres and similar preparations | 5.3 % | |
| 3207 40 | Glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes: | ||
| 3207 40 40 | Glass in the form of flakes of a length of 0,1 mm or more but not exceeding 3,5 mm and of a thickness of 2 micrometres or more but not exceeding 5 micrometres; glass, in the form of powder or granules, containing by weight 99 % or more of silicon dioxide | Free | |
| 3207 40 85 | Other | 3.7 % |
Heading 3208
Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3208 10 | Based on polyesters: | ||
| 3208 10 10 | Solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter | 6.5 % | |
| 3208 10 90 | Other | 6.5 % | |
| 3208 20 | Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers: | ||
| 3208 20 10 | Solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter | 6.5 % | |
| 3208 20 90 | Other | 6.5 % | |
| 3208 90 | Other: | ||
| Solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter: | |||
| 3208 90 11 | Polyurethane of 2,2′-(tert-butylimino)diethanol and 4,4′-methylenedicyclohexyl diisocyanate, in the form of a solution in N,N-dimethylacetamide, containing by weight 48 % or more of polymer | Free | |
| 3208 90 13 | Copolymer of p-cresol and divinylbenzene, in the form of a solution in N,N-dimethylacetamide, containing by weight 48 % or more of polymer | Free | |
| 3208 90 19 | Other | 6.5 % | |
| Other: | |||
| 3208 90 91 | Based on synthetic polymers | 6.5 % | |
| 3208 90 99 | Based on chemically modified natural polymers | 6.5 % |
Heading 3209
Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3209 10 00 | Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers | 6.5 % | |
| 3209 90 00 | Other | 6.5 % |
Heading 3210 00
Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3210 00 10 | Oil paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) | 6.5 % | |
| 3210 00 90 | Other | 6.5 % |
Heading 3211 00 00
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3211 00 00 | Prepared driers | 6.5 % |
Heading 3212
Pigments (including metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils; dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3212 10 00 | Stamping foils | 6.5 % | |
| 3212 90 00 | Other | 6.5 % |
Heading 3213
Artists', students' or signboard painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3213 10 00 | Colours in sets | 6.5 % | |
| 3213 90 00 | Other | 6.5 % |
Heading 3214
Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for façades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3214 10 | Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings: | ||
| 3214 10 10 | Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics | 5 % | |
| 3214 10 90 | Painters' fillings | 5 % | |
| 3214 90 00 | Other | 5 % |
Heading 3215
Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Printing ink: | |||
| 3215 11 00 | Black | 6.5 % | |
| 3215 19 00 | Other | 6.5 % | |
| 3215 90 | Other: | ||
| 3215 90 20 | Ink cartridges (without an integrated print head) for insertion into apparatus of subheadings 8443 31, 8443 32 or 8443 39, and incorporating mechanical or electrical components; solid ink in engineered shapes for insertion into apparatus of subheadings 8443 31, 8443 32 or 8443 39 | Free | |
| 3215 90 70 | Other | 6.5 % |
Search this chapter
Athren does this from the documents
Athren reads the shipment email with the invoice, the packing list and the transport document, proposes a code for every clear invoice line and asks one question where the invoice is not enough. Your declarant checks what is open and files the declaration. Athren files nothing.
Send us 20 past cases.
For customs brokers in Germany and the Netherlands. We prepare each one, you judge the result.
Pick a time below for a thirty-minute call, or write to us.
Loading the calendar… Book on cal.com