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3204 17 00 Pigments and preparations based thereon

Synthetic 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: › Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in note 3 to this chapter: › Pigments and preparations based thereon

Duty rate for goods from outside the EU

6.5% of the customs value

Valid since 1 January 1999

Other measures can apply depending on the country of origin, for example preferences, quotas or anti-dumping duties. Check the TARIC for your case.

Import VAT, standard rate

  • Netherlands: 21%
  • Germany: 19%
  • France: 20%
  • Belgium: 21%

Standard rate. A reduced rate can apply to some goods.

TARIC subdivisions (10 digits)

  • 3204 17 00 10 Colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 81|(CAS RN 22094-93-5) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 81|content of 50|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 15 Colourant C.I. Pigment Green 7|(CAS RN 1328-53-6) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Green 7|content of 40|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 18 Colourant C.I. Pigment Orange 16|(CAS RN 6505-28-8) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Orange 16|content of 90|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 19 Colourant C.I. Pigment Red 48:2|(CAS RN 7023-61-2) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Red 48:2|content of 85|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 20 Colourant C.I. Pigment Blue 15:3|(CAS RN 147-14-8) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Blue 15:3|content of 35|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 21 Colourant C.I. Pigment Blue 15:4 (CAS RN 147-14-8) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Blue 15:4 content of 35 % or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 22 Colourant C.I. Pigment Red 169|(CAS RN 12237-63-7) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Red 169|content of 50|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 23 Colourant C.I. Pigment Brown 41 (CAS RN 211502-16-8 or CAS RN 68516-75-6) (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 24 Colourant C.I. Pigment Red 57:1|(CAS RN 5281-04-9) and preparations based thereon with a Colourant C.I. Pigment Red 57:1|content of 20|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 25 Colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 14|(CAS RN 5468-75-7) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 14|content of 25|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 26 Colourant C.I. Pigment Orange 13|(CAS RN 3520-72-7) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Orange 13|content of 80|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 28 Colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 12 (CAS RN 6358-85-6) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 12 content of 21 % or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 31 Colourant C.I. Pigment Red 63:1 (CAS RN 6417-83-0) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Red 63:1 content of 70 % or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 32 Colourant C.I. Pigment Violet 23 (CAS RN 215247-95-3) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Violet 23 content of 70 % or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 33 Colourant C.I. Pigment Blue 15:1|(CAS|RN|147-14-8) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Blue 15:1|content of 35|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 35 Colourant C.I. Pigment Red 202|(CAS RN 3089-17-6) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Red 202|content of 70|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 37 Colourant C.I. Pigment Red 81:2|(CAS RN 75627-12-2) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Red 81:2|content of 30|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 51 Colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 174 (CAS RN 78952-72-4) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 174 content of 50 % or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 52 Colourant C.I. Pigment Red 112 (CAS RN 6535-46-2) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Red 112 content of 90 % or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 54 Colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 65 (CAS RN 6528-34-3) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 65 content of 90 % or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 56 Colourant C.I. Pigment Red 146 (CAS RN 5280-68-2) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Red 146 content of 90 % or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 57 Colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 13 (CAS RN 5102-83-0) and preparations based thereon with a content of colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 13 of 50 % or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 58 Colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 17 (CAS RN 4531-49-1) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Yellow 17 content of 90 % or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 75 Colourant C.I. Pigment Orange 5|(CAS RN 3468-63-1) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Orange 5|content of 80|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 85 Colourant C.I. Pigment Blue 61|(CAS RN 1324-76-1) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Blue 61|content of 35|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 88 Colourant C.I. Pigment Violet 3|(CAS RN 1325-82-2|or CAS RN 101357-19-1) and preparations based thereon with a colourant C.I. Pigment Violet 3|content of 90|% or more by weight (can be declared)
  • 3204 17 00 90 Other (can be declared)

Notes of the nomenclature

Section VI: Notes

1. (A)Goods (other than radioactive ores) answering to a description in heading 2844 or 2845 are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of the nomenclature.

(B) Subject to paragraph (A) above, goods answering to a description in heading 2843, 2846 or 2852 are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of this section.

2. Subject to note 1 above, goods classifiable in heading 3004, 3005, 3006, 3212, 3303, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3307, 3506, 3707 or 3808 by reason of being put up in measured doses or for retail sale are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of the nomenclature.

3. Goods put up in sets consisting of two or more separate constituents, some or all of which fall in this section and are intended to be mixed together to obtain a product of Section VI or VII, are to be classified in the heading appropriate to that product, provided that the constituents are:

(a) having regard to the manner in which they are put up, clearly identifiable as being intended to be used together without first being repacked;

(b) presented together; and

(c) identifiable, whether by their nature or by the relative proportions in which they are present, as being complementary one to another.

4. Where a product answers to a description in one or more of the headings in Section VI by virtue of being described by name or function and also to heading 3827, then it is classifiable in a heading that references the product by name or function and not under heading 3827.

Chapter 32: Notes

1. This chapter does not cover:

(a) separate chemically defined elements or compounds (except those of heading 3203 or 3204, inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores (heading 3206), glass obtained from fused quartz or other fused silica in the forms provided for in heading 3207, and also dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale of heading 3212);

(b) tannates or other tannin derivatives of products of headings 2936 to 2939, 2941 or 3501 to 3504; or

(c) mastics of asphalt or other bituminous mastics (heading 2715).

2. Heading 3204 includes mixtures of stabilised diazonium salts and couplers for the production of azo dyes.

3. Headings 3203, 3204, 3205 and 3206 apply also to preparations based on colouring matter (including, in the case of heading 3206, colouring pigments of heading 2530 or Chapter 28, metal flakes and metal powders), of a kind used for colouring any material or used as ingredients in the manufacture of colouring preparations. The headings do not apply, however, to pigments dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints, including enamels (heading 3212), or to other preparations of headings 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215.

4. Heading 3208 includes solutions (other than collodions) consisting of any of the products specified in headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents when the weight of the solvent exceeds 50 % of the weight of the solution.

5. The expression ‘colouring matter’ in this chapter does not include products of a kind used as extenders in oil paints, whether or not they are also suitable for colouring distempers.

6. The expression ‘stamping foils’ in heading 3212 applies only to thin sheets of a kind used for printing, for example, book covers or hat bands, and consisting of:

(a) metallic powder (including powder of precious metal) or pigment, agglomerated with glue, gelatin or other binder; or

(b) metal (including precious metal) or pigment, deposited on a supporting sheet of any material.

Indicative only. The binding ruling comes from customs.

Data as of 6 October 2026. Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Regulation (EU) 2025/1926).

European Commission data, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

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