Section VI · Tanning or dyeing extracts; pigments; paints, varnishes; inks

3203.00

Coloring 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:

How this code is built
32

Chapter

Tanning or dyeing extracts; pigments; paints, varnishes; inks

03

Heading

The product family within the chapter

00

Subheading

The specific good, identical worldwide

The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. The United States adds two more for the tariff rate and, often, two more for statistics — which is why the rates below are listed against 8- and 10-digit numbers rather than against this code.

How the schedule reaches this code

  1. 32Tanning or dyeing extracts; pigments; paints, varnishes; inks
  2. 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:

Published US duty rates

Duty is set at the 8- or 10-digit line, not at this 6-digit subheading, so more than one rate can sit under this code.

  • 3203.00.10.00Annato, archil, cochineal, cudbear, litmus, logwood and marigold mealkg
    General
    Free
    Special (FTA)
    —

    No preferential rate published.

    Column 2
    Free

    Countries without normal trade relations.

  • 3203.00.30.00Mixtures of 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-2,4,6-trihydroxy- phenylmethanone and 2-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,5,7- trihydroxy-4H-1-benzopyran-4-onekg
    General
    Free
    Special (FTA)
    —

    No preferential rate published.

    Column 2
    15%

    Countries without normal trade relations.

  • 3203.00.80.00Otherkg
    General
    3.1%
    Special (FTA)
    Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,K,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)

    Only if the goods qualify under one of these programs.

    Column 2
    15%

    Countries without normal trade relations.

Schedule footnotes

  • See 9903.88.03.

A reference to Chapter 99 means an additional action — a Section 232 or 301 measure, an exclusion, or a quota — applies on top of the rate above.

This is the listed rate. Antidumping and countervailing duty orders, Chapter 99 actions and preference qualification all change what is actually collected, and classification is a judgement about your goods. Verify with your licensed customs broker before you file.

Source: U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) — 2026 HTS Revision 12, released 2026-07-21, published at hts.usitc.gov. A U.S. Government work in the public domain.