Chapter 32Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and masticsUS Harmonized Tariff Schedule
U.S. Import Duty, Tariffs, and Classification Details for Chapter 32
Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics, classified under Section VI (Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries) in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule — covering 15 headings.
Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Chapter 32 with its notes (PDF)
Other Chapters in Section VI
Ch. 28Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopesCh. 29Organic chemicalsCh. 30Pharmaceutical productsCh. 31FertilizersCh. 33Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparationsCh. 34Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, 'dental waxes' and dental preparations with a basis of plasterCh. 35Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymesCh. 36Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparationsCh. 37Photographic or cinematographic goodsCh. 38Miscellaneous chemical products
HTS Headings in Chapter 32
153201Tanning 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:
3203.00Coloring 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:
3205.00Color 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:
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:
3210.00.00.00Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather
3211.00.00.00Prepared 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:
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