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Code 3208 90 91 · Subheading 3208 90

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Clear or pigmented paint and varnish based on synthetic polymers, in a non-water-based medium, excluding polyester, acrylic and vinyl polymers

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

This code covers clear or pigmented paint and varnish based on synthetic polymers, when they are dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium. It excludes products based on polyester, acrylic or vinyl polymers.

For example

  • Clear synthetic-polymer varnish dispersed in a non-aqueous medium, not based on polyester, acrylic or vinyl polymers
  • Pigmented synthetic-polymer paint dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, not based on polyester, acrylic or vinyl polymers
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Official tariff text

Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium (excl. those based on polyesters and acrylic or vinyl polymers)

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3208 90 91

Clear or pigmented paint and varnish based on synthetic polymers, in a non-water-based medium, excluding polyester, acrylic and vinyl polymers

The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 32089091.

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 6.5%.

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; 52 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.

    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 from prohibition for ozone-depleting substances to be used for essential laboratory and analytical uses (articles 8, 13.1(c) (import) and article 14.1(a) (export) of regulation (EU) 2024/590), and for products and equipment (articles 11.1 and 13.1(j) (import) and 14.1(g) (export) of regulation (EU) 2024/590)
    • Substances, products, equipment, other than those falling within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2024/590
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    • Products and equipment containing ozone-depleting substances or whose functioning relies upon those substances, imported/exported as personal effects (Article 5(2) Regulation (EU) 2024/590)
    • Import licence "controlled substances" (ozone), issued by the Commission
    • Net mass of the ozone-depleting substance multiplied by the ODP of the ozone-depleting substance(s), also when included in products and equipment
    • Declaration of net mass of ozone-depleting substance(s), when included in products and equipment
    • Licensing system registration identification number as defined in Article 17.3 (a) of Regulation (EU) 2024/590
    • Exemption from prohibition for ozone-depleting substances destined to destruction or reclamation (see articles 12, 13.1(d), 13.1(e) (import) of Regulation (EU) 2024/590), and for products and equipment (see articles 12, 13.1(i) (import) of Regulation (EU) 2024/590)
    • Exemption from prohibition for products and equipment containing halons or whose functioning relies upon halons (see articles 13.1(h) (import) and 14.1(f) (export) of Regulation (EU) 2024/590)
    • 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
    • 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
    Check this code in the official EU TARIC database

EU tariff measure data version 2026-08-03-tullverket.

Export to Norway

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

  • 32.08.9001

    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.

  • 32.08.9009

    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. 3, 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 90 91 00

    Based on synthetic polymers

    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. 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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