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

3205.00

Color lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on color lakes:

How this code is built
32

Chapter

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

05

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. 3205Color lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on color lakes:

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.

  • 3205.00.05.00Food coloring solutions, containing cochineal carmine lake and paprika oleo resins, but not including any synthetic organic coloring matterkg
    General
    Free
    Special (FTA)
    —

    No preferential rate published.

    Column 2
    72%

    Countries without normal trade relations.

  • 3205.00.15.00Otherkg
    General
    6.5%
    Special (FTA)
    Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)

    Only if the goods qualify under one of these programs.

    Column 2
    72%

    Countries without normal trade relations.

  • 3205.00.40Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI
    General
    6.5%
    Special (FTA)
    Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL, JO,KR, MA,OM, P,PA,PE,S,SG)

    Only if the goods qualify under one of these programs.

    Column 2
    72%

    Countries without normal trade relations.

  • 3205.00.50Other
    General
    6.5%
    Special (FTA)
    Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL, JO,KR,MA,OM, P,PA,PE,S,SG)

    Only if the goods qualify under one of these programs.

    Column 2
    72%

    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.