Section VI · Tanning or dyeing extracts; pigments; paints, varnishes; inks
3204.18
Carotenoid coloring matters and preparations based thereon
Chapter
Tanning or dyeing extracts; pigments; paints, varnishes; inks
Heading
The product family within the chapter
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
- 32Tanning or dyeing extracts; pigments; paints, varnishes; inks
- 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:
- Synthetic organic coloring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in note 3 to this chapter:
- Carotenoid coloring matters and preparations based thereon
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.
- 3204.18.00.00Carotenoid coloring matters and preparations based thereonkg
- General
- 3.1%
- Special (FTA)
- Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, K, KR, MA, OM, P,PA, PE, S, SG)
- Column 2
- 25%
Only if the goods qualify under one of these programs.
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.
Other subheadings in heading 3204
- 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:
- 3204.19Other, 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
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.