Chapter 32 · Section VI
Tanning and dye extracts, pigments, paints and varnishes, fillers, printing inks and similar colour products
This group covers tanning extracts and tannins, dyes and pigments, paints and varnishes, fillers and surface-finishing products, printing inks, ink and Indian ink. The specific type depends on which named product category it belongs to, including its material, medium or intended use where stated.
For example
- Vegetable tanning extract
- Water-based synthetic-polymer paint
- Artist paint in a tube
- Printing ink
See the official tariff text
Official tariff text
TANNING OR DYEING EXTRACTS; TANNINS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES; DYES, PIGMENTS AND OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PAINTS AND VARNISHES; PUTTY AND OTHER MASTICS; INKS
Codes in this chapter
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15 codes below this one
- 3201 Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives 0.0–5.8%* Save
- 3202 Synthetic organic tanning substances; inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances; enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning 5.3%* Save
- 3203 Vegetabilske eller animalske farvestoffer, herunder farvestofekstrakter, også kemisk definerede, samt præparater på basis af vegetabilske eller animalske farvestoffer af den art der anvendes til farvning af ethvert materiale, eller som er bestemt til at indgå som bestanddele ved fremstilling af farvevarer (undtagen dyrekul og undtagen præparater henhørende under pos. 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3212, 3213 og 3215) 0.0–2.5%* Save
- 3204 Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations based on synthetic organic colouring matter of a kind used to dye fabrics or produce colorant preparations; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213 and 3215) 0.0–6.5%* Save
- 3205 Substratpigmenter samt præparater på basis af substratpigmenter, af den art der anvendes til farvning af ethvert materiale, eller som er bestemt til at indgå som bestanddele ved fremstilling af farvevarer (undtagen kina- eller japanlak og undtagen præparater henhørende under pos. 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3212, 3213 og 3215) 6.5%* Save
- 3206 Inorganic or mineral colouring matter, n.e.s.; preparations based on inorganic or mineral colouring matter of a kind used for colouring any material or produce colorant preparations (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213 and 3215); inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined 0.0–6.5%* Save
- 3207 Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colours, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes, 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 0.0–6.5%* Save
- 3208 Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (excl. solutions of collodion) 0.0–6.5%* Save
- 3209 Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium 6.5%* Save
- 3210 Maling og lakker, klare eller pigmenterede, samt tilberedte koldtvandsfarver af den art der anvendes til farvning af læder (undtagen på basis af syntetiske polymerer eller kemisk modificerede naturlige polymerer og undtagen på basis af tørrende olier) 6.5%* Save
- 3211 Tilberedte siccativer 6.5%* Save
- 3212 Pigments, incl. metallic powders and flakes, dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints; stamping foils of a kind used in the printing of book bindings or hatband leather; colorants and other colouring matter, n.e.s. put up for retail sale 6.5%* Save
- 3213 Artist's, student's or signboard painter's colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or similar packages 6.5%* Save
- 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 5.0%* Save
- 3215 Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid 0.0–6.5%* Save
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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 5.7%.
- 28 INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES 0.0–5.5%*
- 29 ORGANIC CHEMICALS 0.0–9.6%*
- 30 PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS 0.0%*
- 31 FERTILISERS 0.0–6.5%*
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32 TANNING OR DYEING EXTRACTS; TANNINS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES; DYES, PIGMENTS AND OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PAINTS AND VARNISHES; PUTTY AND OTHER MASTICS; INKS you are here 0.0–6.5%*
- 33 ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS 0.0–17.3%*
- 34 SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODELLING PASTES, ‘DENTAL WAXES’ AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF PLASTER 0.0–6.5%*
- 35 ALBUMINOIDAL SUBSTANCES; MODIFIED STARCHES; GLUES; ENZYMES 0.0–9.0%*
- 36 EXPLOSIVES; PYROTECHNIC PRODUCTS; MATCHES; PYROPHORIC ALLOYS; CERTAIN COMBUSTIBLE PREPARATIONS 5.7–6.5%*
- 37 PHOTOGRAPHIC OR CINEMATOGRAPHIC GOODS 0.0–6.5%*
- 38 MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS 0.0–9.0%*
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Fertilisers
Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigm…
Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparati…
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