HS Chapter 32: Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks

All 45 six-digit HS codes in this chapter, under 15 headings, with the official descriptions.

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HS codeOfficial description
32.01Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives.
3201.10Quebracho extract
3201.20Wattle extract
3201.90Other
32.02Synthetic organic tanning substances; inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances; enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning.
3202.10Synthetic organic tanning substances
3202.90Other
32.03Colouring 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.
3203.00Colouring 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.
32.04Synthetic 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.
3204.11Disperse dyes and preparations based thereonSynthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter
3204.12Acid dyes, whether or not premetallized, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereonSynthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter
3204.13Basic dyes and preparations based thereonSynthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter
3204.14Direct dyes and preparations based thereonSynthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter
3204.15Vat dyes (including those usable in that state as pigments) and preparations based thereonSynthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter
3204.16Reactive dyes and preparations based thereonSynthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter
3204.17Pigments and preparations based thereonSynthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter
3204.18Carotenoid colouring matters and preparations based thereonSynthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter
3204.19Other, including mixtures of colouring matter of two or more of the subheadings 3204.11 to 3204.19Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter
3204.20Synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents
3204.90Other
32.05Colour lakes; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colour lakes.
3205.00Colour lakes; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colour lakes.
32.06Other 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.
3206.11Containing 80% or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matterPigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide
3206.19OtherPigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide
3206.20Pigments and preparations based on chromium compounds
3206.41Ultramarine and preparations based thereonOther colouring matter and other preparations
3206.42Lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulphideOther colouring matter and other preparations
3206.49OtherOther colouring matter and other preparations
3206.50Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores
32.07Prepared 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.
3207.10Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers, prepared colours and similar preparations
3207.20Vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips) and similar preparations
3207.30Liquid lustres and similar preparations
3207.40Glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes
32.08Paints 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.
3208.10Based on polyesters
3208.20Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers
3208.90Other
32.09Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium.
3209.10Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers
3209.90Other
32.10Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather.
3210.00Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather.
32.11Prepared driers.
3211.00Prepared driers.
32.12Pigments (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.
3212.10Stamping foils
3212.90Other
32.13Artists', students' or signboard painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings.
3213.10Colours in sets
3213.90Other
32.14Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for façades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like.
3214.10Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings
3214.90Other
32.15Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid.
3215.11BlackPrinting ink
3215.19OtherPrinting ink
3215.90Other

Official descriptions: CBSA Customs Tariff, 2026 (version 2). These are six-digit HS subheadings, shared by Canada, the United States and Mexico. Import entries need the full ten-digit code for the importing country: check the CBSA Customs Tariff for Canada or the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, and confirm the classification with your customs broker.

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