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Section VI · Chemical and allied industries
Tanning or dyeing extracts; pigments; paints, varnishes; inks
45 subheadings in 15 headings. Open one for the published General, Special and Column 2 rates of every tariff line beneath it.
3201Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives
3202Synthetic organic tanning substances; inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances; enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning
3203Coloring 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 coloring matter of vegetable or animal origin
3204Synthetic organic coloring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on synthetic organic coloring matter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined
- 3204.11Disperse dyes and preparations based thereon:
- 3204.12Acid dyes, whether or not premetallized, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon:
- 3204.13Basic dyes and preparations based thereon:
- 3204.14Direct dyes and preparations based thereon:
- 3204.15Vat dyes (including those usable in that state as pigments) and preparations based thereon:
- 3204.16Reactive dyes and preparations based thereon:
- 3204.17Pigments and preparations based thereon:
- 3204.18Carotenoid coloring matters and preparations based thereon
- 3204.19Other, including mixtures of coloring matter of two or more of the subheadings 3204.11 to 3204.19:
- 3204.20Synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents:
- 3204.90Other
3205Color lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on color lakes
3206Other coloring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter, other than those of heading 3203, 3204 or 3205; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined
- 3206.11Containing 80 percent or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter
- 3206.19Other
- 3206.20Pigments and preparations based on chromium compounds
- 3206.41Ultramarine and preparations based thereon
- 3206.42Lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulfide
- 3206.49Other:
- 3206.50Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores
3207Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colors, 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
3208Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a nonaqueous medium; solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter
3209Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium
3210Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather
3211Prepared driers
3212Pigments (including metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in nonaqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils; dyes and other coloring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale
3213Artists', students' or signboard painters' colors, modifying tints, amusement colors and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings
3214Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; nonrefractory surfacing preparations for facades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like
3215Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid
Source: U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) — 2026 HTS Revision 12, released 2026-07-21. Listed rates are not always the rate collected — verify with your licensed customs broker.