Chapter 32
  TANNING OR DYEING EXTRACTS; TANNINS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES; DYES, PIGMENTS AND OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PAINTS AND VARNISHES; PUTTY AND OTHER MASTICS; INKS
  Notes.
  1.This Chapter does not cover:
  (a) Separate chemically defined elements or compounds (except those of heading 32.03 or 32.04, inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores (heading 32.06), glass obtained from fused quartz or other fused silica in the forms provided for in heading 32.07, and also dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale, of heading 32.12);
  (b) Tannates or other tannin derivatives of products of headings 29.36 to 29.39, 29.41 or 35.01 to 35.04; or
  (c) Mastics of asphalt or other bituminous mastics (heading 27.15).
  2. Heading 32.04 includes mixtures of stabilised diazonium salts and couplers for the production of azo dyes.
  3. Headings 32.03, 32.04, 32.05 and 32.06 apply also to preparations based on colouring matter (including, in the case of heading 32.06, colouring pigments of heading 25.30 or Chapter 28, metal flakes and metal powders), of a kind used for colouring any material or used as ingredients in the manufacture of colouring preparations. The headings do not apply, however, to pigments dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints, including enamels (heading 32.12), or to other preparations of heading 32.07, 32.08, 32.09, 32.10, 32.12, 32.13 or 32.15.
  4. Heading 32.08 includes solutions (other than collodions) consisting of any of the products specified in headings 39.01 to 39.13 in volatile organic solvents when the weight of the solvent exceeds 50 % of the weight of the solution.
  5. The expression “colouring matter” in this Chapter does not include products of a kind used as extenders in oil paints, whether or not they are also suitable for colouring distempers.
  6. The expression “stamping foils” in heading 32.12 applies only to thin sheets of a kind used for printing, for example, book covers or hat bands, and consisting of:
  (a) Metallic powder (including powder of precious metal) or pigment, agglomerated with glue, gelatin or other binder; or
  (b) Metal (including precious metal) or pigment, deposited on a supporting sheet of any material.
HS code Product description in English
3201 Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives.
32011000 - Quebracho extract
32012000 - Wattle extract
32019000 - Other
3202 Synthetic organic tanning substances; inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances; enzymatic preparations for pre- tanning.
32021000 - Synthetic organic tanning substances
32029000 - Other
3203 Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extracts but excluding animal black), whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin.
32030010 - Of a kind used in the food or drink industries
32030090 - Other
3204 Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on synthetic organic colouring matter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined.
  - Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter:
320411 - - Disperse dyes and preparations based thereon:
32041110 - - - Crude
32041190 - - - Other
320412 - - Acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon:
32041210 - - - Acid dyes
32041290 - - - Other
32041300 - - Basic dyes and preparations based thereon
32041400 - - Direct dyes and preparations based thereon
32041500 - - Vat dyes (including those usable in that state as pigments) and preparations based thereon
32041600 - - Reactive dyes and preparations based thereon
320417 - - Pigments and preparations based thereon:
32041710 - - - Synthetic organic pigment in powder form
32041790 - - - Other
32041900 - - Other, including mixtures of colouring matter of two or more of the subheadings 3204.11 to 3204.19
32042000 - Synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents
32049000 - Other
32050000 Colour lakes; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colour lakes.
3206 Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter, other than those of heading 32.03, 32.04 or 32.05; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined.
  - Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide:
320611 - - Containing 80 % or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter:
32061110 - - - Pigments
32061190 - - - Other
320619 - - Other:
32061910 - - - Pigments
32061990 - - - Other
320620 - Pigments and preparations based on chromium compounds:
32062010 - - Chrome yellow, chrome green and molybdate orange or red based on chromium compounds
32062090 - - Other
  - Other colouring matter and other preparations:
320641 - - Ultramarine and preparations based thereon:
32064110 - - - Preparations
32064190 - - - Other
320642 - - Lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulphide:
32064210 - - - Preparations
32064290 - - - Other
320649 - - Other:
32064910 - - - Preparations
32064990 - - - Other
320650 - Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores:
32065010 - - Preparations
32065090 - - Other
3207 Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colours, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips), 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.
32071000 - Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers, prepared colours and similar preparations
320720 - Vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips) and similar preparations:
32072010 - - Enamel frits
32072090 - - Other
32073000 - Liquid lustres and similar preparations
32074000 - Glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes
3208 Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions as defined in Note 4 to this Chapter.
320810 - Based on polyesters:
  - - Varnishes (including lacquers):
32081011 - - - Of a kind used in dentistry
32081019 - - - Other
32081020 - - Anti-fouling and/or anti-corrosive paints for ships’ hulls
32081090 - - Other
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320820
- Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers:
32082040 - - Anti-fouling and/or anti-corrosive paints for ships’ hulls
32082070 - - Varnishes (including lacquers), of a kind used in dentistry
32082090 - - Other
320890 - Other:
  - - Varnishes (including lacquers), exceeding 100oC heat resistance:
32089011 - - - Of a kind used in dentistry
32089019 - - - Other
  - - Varnishes (including lacquers), not exceeding 100oC heat resistance:
32089021 - - - Of a kind used in dentistry
32089029 - - - Other
32089030 - - Anti-fouling and/or anti-corrosive paints for ships’ hulls
32089090 - - Other
3209 Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium.
320910 - Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers:
32091010 - - Varnishes (including lacquers)
32091040 - - Leather paints
32091050 - - Anti-fouling and/or anti-corrosive paints for ships’ hulls
32091090 - - Other
32099000 - Other
3210 Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather.
32100010 - Varnishes (including lacquers)
32100020 - Distempers
32100030 - Prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather
  - Other:
32100091 - - Anti-fouling and/or anti-corrosive paints for ships’ hulls
32100099 - - Other
32110000 Prepared driers.
3212 Pigments (including metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils; dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale.
32121000 - Stamping foils
321290 - Other:
  - - Pigments (including metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints (including enamels):
32129011 - - - Aluminium paste
32129013 - - - White lead dispersed in oil
32129014 - - - Other, for the manufacture of leather paint
32129019 - - - Other
  - - Dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale:
32129021 - - - Of a kind used in the food or drink industries
32129022 - - - Other dyes
32129029 - - - Other
3213 Artists', students' or signboard painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings.
32131000 - Colours in sets
32139000 - Other
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.
32141000 - Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings
32149000 - Other
3215 Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid.
  - Printing ink:
321511 - - Black:
32151110 - - - Ultra-violet curable inks
32151190 - - - Other
32151900 - - Other
321590 - Other:
32159010 - - Carbon mass of a kind used to manufacture carbon paper
32159060 - - Writing or drawing ink
32159070 - - Ink of a kind suitable for use with duplicating machines of heading 84.72
32159090 - - Other