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Code 3203 00 10 · Subheading 3203 00

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Vegetable dyes and dye extracts for colouring materials, including preparations based on them, excluding certain coating and ink preparations

This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.

This code covers vegetable dyes and dye extracts, including chemically defined ones, plus preparations based on vegetable dyes. They must be intended for colouring any material or for use as ingredients in making colouring products, and must not be preparations covered by headings 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215.

For example

  • A vegetable dye extract intended for colouring textiles
  • A preparation based on vegetable dyes intended as an ingredient in making colouring products
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Official tariff text

Dyes of vegetable origin, incl. dye extracts, whether or not chemically defined; preparations based on dyes of vegetable origin of a kind used to dye fabrics or produce colorant preparations (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213 and 3215)

Classification complete

3203 00 10

Vegetable dyes and dye extracts for colouring materials, including preparations based on them, excluding certain coating and ink preparations

The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 32030010.

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 2.5%.

Trade measures to be aware of

Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.

  • Lower duty for goods from some countries

    Preferential rates exist for goods originating in Andorra; San Marino; Türkiye; European Union; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; 36 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.

    Check this code in the official EU TARIC database

  • Restrictions and paperwork

    Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Ukraine; any country except Andorra, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland; European Union; Faroe Islands; Greenland; any country; Japan; any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

    Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:

    • Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
    • Movement certificate EUR.1
    • Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
    • Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
    • Exemption by virtue of Article 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122 (Goods which form part of passengers' personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use) or Article 10 (small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market) of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122
    • The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632
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    • Exemption by virtue of Articles 3 and 4 of regulation 2019/2122 (animals intended for scientific purposes, research and diagnostic samples, and samples for product analysis and quality testing).
    • Common Health Entry Document for Products (CHED-P) (as set out in Part 2, Section B of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
    • Goods with third country origin coming from Andorra, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Goods with third country origin coming from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Goods with third country origin coming from Iceland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Goods with third country origin coming from Liechtenstein, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Goods with third country origin coming from Norway, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Goods with third country origin coming from San Marino, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Goods with EU origin coming from outermost regions, according to the relevant EU legislation
    • Goods with EU origin returning from San Marino, according to the relevant EU legislation
    • Goods with EU origin returning from Lichtenstein, according to the relevant EU legislation
    • Goods with EU origin returning from Norway, according to the relevant EU legislation
    • Goods with EU origin returning from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation
    • Goods with EU origin returning from Iceland, according to the relevant EU legislation
    • Goods with EU origin returning from Andorra, according to the relevant EU legislation
    • Presentation of the required "CITES" certificate
    • Declared goods do not belong to the Washington Convention (CITES)
    • The products are accompanied by a declaration issued before 1 November 2012 in accordance with the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 284/2012 and stating that the products have left Japan before 1 December 2012
    • The products left Japan before 30.10.2012 and comply with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 284/2012
    • The products are accompanied by a declaration issued before 1.6.2013 in accordance with the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012 and stating that the products have left Japan before 1.7.2013
    • The products left Japan before 2.6.2013 and comply with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012
    • Products which left Japan before 28 March 2011
    • Declaration for the import into the European Union of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014)
    • Declaration for the import into the European Union of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014); the products left Japan before 9 January 2016
    • Declaration for the import into the European Union of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012) which was issued before 1 April 2014; the products left Japan from 1 April 2014 but before 1 May 2014
    • Common Health Entry Document for Feed and Food of Non-Animal Origin (CHED-D) (as set out in Part 2, Section D of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
    • Certificate of inspection for organic products
    • Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)
    • Product not subjected to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157
    • Movement document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 5 and Annex IB
    • Information document accompanying shipments of waste as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 18 and Annex VII
    • Notification document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 - Article 5 and Annex IA
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EU tariff measure data version 2026-08-03-tullverket.

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

  • 32.03.0000

    Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extracts but excluding animal black), whether or nto chemically defined; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin.

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

  • 3203 00 10 00

    Colouring matter of vegetable origin and preparations based thereon

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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