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Code 3208 20 · Heading 3208

Acrylic- or vinyl-polymer paints and varnishes in a non-water-based medium, and high-solvent polymer solutions

This covers clear or pigmented paints and varnishes based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-water-based medium. It also covers acrylic- or vinyl-polymer solutions in volatile organic solvents when the solvent content is > 50 weight percent.

For example

  • Clear acrylic varnish dissolved in a non-water-based medium
  • A solution of vinyl polymer in volatile organic solvents with a solvent content of > 50 weight percent
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Official tariff text

Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight

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Export to Norway

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

  • 32.08.2001

    Containing trichloroethylene (TRI) or tetra­chloro­ethylene (PER)

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

  • 32.08.2009

    Other

    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.

  • 3208 20 10 10

    Copolymer of N-vinylcaprolactam, N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, in the form of a solution in ethanol containing by weight 34 % or more but not more than 40 % of copolymer

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

  • 3208 20 10 20

    Immersion topcoat solution containing by weight 0,5 % or more but not more than 15 % of acrylate-methacrylate-alkenesulphonate copolymers with fluorinated side chains, in a solution of n-butanol and/or 4-methyl-2-pentanol and/or diisoamylether

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

  • 3208 20 10 50

    Copolymer of vinylcaprolactam and vinylpyrrolidone (CAS RN 51987-20-3) in the form of a solution in 2-butoxyethanol (CAS RN 111-76-2) containing by weight 45 % or more but not more than 58 % of copolymer

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

  • 3208 20 10 90

    Other

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

  • 3208 20 90 00

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    6.0%
    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. 9, 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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