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Commodity 3212900000

Commodity
3212900000
Classification
Pigments (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 > Other
Commodity valid from
1 January 1972
Supplementary unit

There are no supplementary unit measures assigned to this commodity

What are supplementary units?
Supplementary units are used when an additional measurement unit is needed on customs declarations. For example: the quantity of the products as well as the weight in kilograms.
Date of trade
4 June 2026
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Country Measure type Duty rate Conditions Legal base Footnotes
All countries (1011) Third country duty 6.50%
CARIFORUM (1033)
excluding Haiti
Tariff preference 0.00%
Central America (2200) Tariff preference 0.00%
EEA - European Economic Area (2012) Tariff preference 0.00%
EU-Canada agreement: re-imported goods (1006) Tariff preference 0.00%
EU-Switzerland agreement: re-imported goods (1007) Tariff preference 0.00%
Eastern and Southern Africa States (1034) Tariff preference 0.00%
GSP - General arrangements (2020) Tariff preference 0.00%
GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance) (2027) Tariff preference 0.00%
GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms) (2005) Tariff preference 0.00%
Mercosur (5500) Tariff preference 5.20%
OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) (2080) Tariff preference 0.00%
Preferential origin in accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part. (2000) Tariff preference 0.00%
SADC EPA (1035) Tariff preference 0.00%
Albania (AL) Tariff preference 0.00%
Algeria (DZ) Tariff preference 0.00%
Andorra (AD) Customs Union Duty 0.00%
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) Tariff preference 0.00%
Cameroon (CM) Tariff preference 0.00%
Canada (CA) Tariff preference 0.00%
Ceuta (XC) Tariff preference 0.00%
Chile (CL) Tariff preference 0.00%
Colombia (CO) Tariff preference 0.00%
Ecuador (EC) Tariff preference 0.00%
Egypt (EG) Tariff preference 0.00%
Faroe Islands (FO) Tariff preference 0.00%
Fiji (FJ) Tariff preference 0.00%
Georgia (GE) Tariff preference 0.00%
Ghana (GH) Tariff preference 0.00%
Israel (IL) Tariff preference 0.00%
Ivory Coast (CI) Tariff preference 0.00%
Jordan (JO) Tariff preference 0.00%
Kenya (KE) Tariff preference 0.00%
Korea, Republic of (South Korea) (KR) Tariff preference 0.00%
Kosovo (XK) Tariff preference 0.00%
Lebanon (LB) Tariff preference 0.00%
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of) (MK) Tariff preference 0.00%
Melilla (XL) Tariff preference 0.00%
Mexico (MX) Tariff preference 0.00%
Moldova, Republic of (MD) Tariff preference 0.00%
Montenegro (ME) Tariff preference 0.00%
Morocco (MA) Tariff preference 0.00%
New Zealand (NZ) Tariff preference 0.00%
Occupied palestinian Territory (PS) Tariff preference 0.00%
Papua New Guinea (PG) Tariff preference 0.00%
Peru (PE) Tariff preference 0.00%
Samoa (WS) Tariff preference 0.00%
San Marino (SM) Customs Union Duty 0.00%
Serbia (XS) Tariff preference 0.00%
Singapore (SG) Tariff preference 0.00%
Solomon Islands (SB) Tariff preference 0.00%
South Africa (ZA) Tariff preference 0.00%
Switzerland (CH) Tariff preference 0.00%
Syria (SY) Tariff preference 0.00%
Tunisia (TN) Tariff preference 0.00%
Türkiye (TR) Customs Union Duty 0.00%
Ukraine (UA) Tariff preference 0.00%
United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland) (GB) Tariff preference 0.00%
Viet Nam (VN) Tariff preference 0.00%

Suspensions

Country Measure type Duty rate Conditions Legal base Footnotes
All countries (1011) Suspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms 0.00%
All countries (1011) Airworthiness tariff suspension 0.00%

Import VAT and excise

Country Measure type Duty rate Conditions Legal base Footnotes
Areas subject to VAT or Excise (1400) Value added tax Standard rate 20.00%

EU import controls

Country Measure type Conditions Legal base Footnotes
All countries (1011) Import control - Waste
All countries (1011) Import control on ozone-depleting substances
Ukraine (UA) Import control
Ukraine (UA) Import control

UK import controls

Country Measure type Conditions Legal base Footnotes
All countries (1011) Import control - waste
All countries (1011) Restriction on entry into free circulation

Restriction applies to goods covered under additional code: 4601

Ozone Depleting Substance imported for destruction

All countries (1011) Restriction on entry into free circulation

Restriction applies to goods covered under additional code: 4602

Ozone Depleting Substance imported not for destruction.

All countries (1011) Restriction on entry into free circulation

Restriction applies to goods covered under additional code: 4605

Goods not containing Ozone Depleting Substances.

Ukraine (UA) Restriction on entry into free circulation

Exporting from Northern Ireland

The commodity code for exporting and Intrastat reporting (opens in new tab) is 3212 9000.

UK export controls

Country Measure type Duty rate Conditions Legal base Footnotes
All countries (1011)
excluding Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Export control - Waste
All countries (1011) Export control on ozone-depleting substances

Control applies to goods covered under additional code: 4603

Ozone Depleting Substance exported for destruction.

All countries (1011) Export control on ozone-depleting substances

Control applies to goods covered under additional code: 4604

Ozone Depleting Substance exported not for destruction.

All countries (1011) Export control on ozone-depleting substances

Control applies to goods covered under additional code: 4605

Goods not containing Ozone Depleting Substances.

OECD (1014) Export control - Waste
Russia (RU) Export control
Ukraine (UA) Export control

EU export controls

Country Measure type Duty rate Conditions Legal base Footnotes
All third countries (1008) Export control on ozone-depleting substances
All third countries (1008)
excluding Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Republic of (South Korea), Liechtenstein, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Türkiye, United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland), United States
Export control - Waste
OECD (1014) Export control - Waste
Belarus (BY) Export control
Russian Federation (RU) Export control
Syria (SY) Export control on restricted goods and technologies

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Preferential rules of origin

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Non-preferential rules of origin

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Notes for commodity 3212900000

Chapter 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 heading 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 heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3212, 3213 and 3215.

  4. Heading 3208 includes solutions (other than collodions) consisting of any of the products specified in heading 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.

Section 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.

General Rules for the Interpretation of goods

Classification of goods in the Tariff shall be governed by the following principles:

Rule 1

The titles of sections, chapters and sub-chapters are provided for ease of reference only. For legal purposes, classification shall be determined according to the terms of the headings and any relative section or chapter notes and, provided such headings or notes do not otherwise require, according to the following provisions.

Rule 2

  1. Any reference in a heading to an article shall be taken to include a reference to that article incomplete or unfinished, provided that, as presented, the incomplete or unfinished article has the essential character of the complete or finished article. It shall also be taken to include a reference to that article complete or finished (or falling to be classified as complete or finished by virtue of this rule), presented unassembled or disassembled.
  2. Any reference in a heading to a material or substance shall be taken to include a reference to mixtures or combinations of that material or substance with other materials or substances. Any reference to goods of a given material or substance shall be taken to include a reference to goods consisting wholly or partly of such material or substance. The classification of goods consisting of more than one material or substance shall be according to the principles of rule 3.

Rule 3

When, by application of rule 2(b) or for any other reason, goods are prima facie classifiable under two or more headings, classification shall be effected as follows:

  1. the heading which provides the most specific description shall be preferred to headings providing a more general description. However, when two or more headings each refer to part only of the materials or substances contained in mixed or composite goods or to part only of the items in a set put up for retail sale, those headings are to be regarded as equally specific in relation to those goods, even if one of them gives a more complete or precise description of the goods;
  2. mixtures, composite goods consisting of different materials or made up of different components, and goods put up in sets for retail sale, which cannot be classified by reference to 3(a), shall be classified as if they consisted of the material or component which gives them their essential character, insofar as this criterion is applicable;
  3. when goods cannot be classified by reference to 3(a) or (b), they shall be classified under the heading which occurs last in numerical order among those which equally merit consideration.
Rule 4

Goods which cannot be classified in accordance with the above rules shall be classified under the heading appropriate to the goods to which they are most akin.

Rule 5

In addition to the foregoing provisions, the following rules shall apply in respect of the goods referred to therein:

  1. camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, drawing-instrument cases, necklace cases and similar containers, specially shaped or fitted to contain a specific article or set of articles, suitable for long-term use and presented with the articles for which they are intended, shall be classified with such articles when of a kind normally sold therewith. This rule does not, however, apply to containers which give the whole its essential character;
  2. subject to the provisions of rule 5(a), packing materials and packing containers ( 1 ) presented with the goods therein shall be classified with the goods if they are of a kind normally used for packing such goods. However, this provision is not binding when such packing materials or packing containers are clearly suitable for repetitive use.

Rule 6

For legal purposes, the classification of goods in the subheadings of a heading shall be determined according to the terms of those subheadings and any related subheading notes and, mutatis mutandis, to the above rules, on the understanding that only subheadings at the same level are comparable. For the purposes of this rule, the relative section and chapter notes also apply, unless the context requires otherwise.

Code Description
TN701 According to Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 (OJ L183, p. 9) it shall be prohibited to import into European Union goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol.
The prohibition shall not apply in respect of goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol which have been made available to the Ukrainian authorities for examination, for which compliance with the conditions conferring entitlement to preferential origin has been verified and for which a certificate of origin has been issued in accordance with the Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part.
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According to Council Regulation (EU) 2022/263 (OJ L42I, p. 77):
It shall be prohibited to import into the European Union goods originating in non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts of Ukraine.
The import prohibitions shall not apply in respect of goods originating in the specified territories which have been made available to the Ukrainian authorities for examination, for which compliance with the conditions conferring entitlement to preferential origin has been verified and for which a certificate of origin has been issued in accordance with the Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part.

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