HS chapter 32

Dyes, paints and inks

Chapter 32 has 15 headings with 57 EU tariff lines and 102 Mercosur tariff lines. Duty-free from entry into force: 8 EU and 0 Mercosur lines. Ten years or more, a quota or excluded: 0 EU and 84 Mercosur lines.

Official chapter title: Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints, varnishes; putty, other mastics; inks · Data last updated 18 October 2026

How fast duties fall

Tariff lines of the chapter by staging category, in each schedule.

How fast duties fall
Treatment	EU lines	Mercosur lines
Duty-free from entry into force (0)	8	0
Phased out over 4 to 8 years	49	18
Phased out over 10 years	0	81
Phased out over 15 years (15, 15V)	0	1
Excluded (E)	0	2

Headings in this chapter

Headings with a product page are linked. For the others, open the calculator. Heading descriptions are the English HS nomenclature.

Headings in this chapter
Heading	Description	Into the EU	Into Brazil	Calculate
3201	Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives	base 0–6.5%zero by 2030	base 2–10%zero by 2036	Calculate
3202	Tanning substances; synthetic organic or inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances, enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning	base 5.3%zero by 2030	base 2–10%zero by 2036	Calculate
3203	Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extracts, not animal black); whether or not chemically defined; preparations based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin	base 0–2.5%	base 2–10%zero by 2036	Calculate
3204	Synthetic dyes and pigmentsExcluded lines	base 6–6.5%zero by 2030	base 2–14%zero by 2036	Calculate
3205	Colour lakes; preparations based on colour lakes as specified in note 3 to this chapter	base 6.5%zero by 2030	base 12%zero by 2036	Calculate
3206	Colouring matter and preparations thereof n.e.c. in heading no. 3203, 3204, 3205; inorganic products, kind used as luminophores whether or not chemically defined	base 4.9–6.5%zero by 2030	base 2–12%zero by 2036	Calculate
3207	Pigments, prepared; opacifiers, colours, vitrifiable enamels, glazes, engobes (slips), liquid lustres etc as used in the ceramic enamelling or glass industry; glass frit and powder, granules or flakes	base 0–6.5%zero by 2030	base 2–12%zero by 2036	Calculate
3208	Paints and varnishes	base 0–6.5%zero by 2030	base 2–14%zero by 2036	Calculate
3209	Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium	base 6.5%zero by 2030	base 14%zero by 2036	Calculate
3210	Paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers), excluding those of heading no. 3209, prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather	base 6.5%zero by 2030	base 14%zero by 2036	Calculate
3211	Driers; prepared	base 6.5%zero by 2030	base 14%zero by 2036	Calculate
3212	Pigments (metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-aqueous media in liquid or paste form, as used in manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils, dyes etc in forms, packing for retail sale	base 6.5%zero by 2030	base 14%zero by 2036	Calculate
3213	Colours; artists, students, or signboard painters, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like; in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pan or in similar forms or packingsExcluded lines	base 6.5%zero by 2030	base 14%zero by 2036	Calculate
3214	Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like	base 5%zero by 2030	base 14%zero by 2036	Calculate
3215	Ink; printing, writing or drawing ink and other inks; whether or not concentrated or solid	base 6.5%zero by 2030	base 14%zero by 2041	Calculate

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