Brazilian Tariff (NCM/TEC) · NCM code · HS 3206.49
3206.49.10: Other colouring matter and preparations: Pigmentos e preparações à base de compostos de cádmio
Other colouring matter and preparations
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Brazilian Tariff (NCM/TEC), in force from 24 October 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
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- 3206 Outras matérias corantes; preparações indicadas na Nota 3 do presente Capítulo, exceto das posições 32.03, 32.04 ou 32.05; produtos inorgânicos do tipo utilizado como luminóforos, mesmo de constituição química definida.
- 32064 Outras matérias corantes e outras preparações:
- 3206.49 Outras
- 3206.49.10 Pigmentos e preparações à base de compostos de cádmio
What you pay
Importing into Brazil
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
3206.49 Other colouring matter and other preparations: other
UK Free – 6% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines · average 5% 
EU 4.9% – 6.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 5.7% 
Türkiye 4.9% – 6.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 5.7% 
USA Free – 6.5% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · average 3.4% 
Canada Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Mexico Free – 10% General (MFN) 9 tariff lines · average 5.9% 
Argentina 10.8% General (MFN) 12 tariff lines 
Peru Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Japan 2.5% – 2.6% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 2.6% 
Taiwan 4% – 5% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 4.4% 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% – 10% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 6.7% Brazil lines: 3206.49
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N364953 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Color Masterbatch from Austria
- N364194 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of MAXITHEN® HP1279 White and MAXITHEN® HP98811 Black from Austria
- N342892 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Polyethylene (PET) Masterbatch Chips from China
- N319006 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of “Tipaque Black SG-101” and “Tipaque Black SG-103” from Japan
- 600014222 HMRC
A pigment powder composed of 96% Silicon dioxide and 4% Chromium. The powder is packed in plastic bags, and then further into iron cans, and transported in cardboard boxes.
- 600014363 HMRC
Masterbatch based on Polyethylene with stabiliser additive. presented in pellet form (3mm x 3mm) Use: added to base polymers during manufacturing in order to colour plastic products Packaging: typically shipped in 25 kg lined bags or larger bulk containers
- 600014365 HMRC
Solid Masterbatch preparation based on polypropylene containing UV additives Materials: Polypropylene (60-80%), N,N,N,N-tetrakis(4,6-bis(butyl-(N-methyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl)amino) triazin-2-yl)-4,7-diazadecane-1,10-diamine (10-15%) and…
- 600014367 HMRC
Masterbatch based on Polystyrene containing graphite. Materials: Polystyrene, plus Styrene (Impurity) preparation is presented in pellet form (3mm x 3mm) Use: added to base polymers during manufacturing in order to colour plastic products Packaging: typically shipped in 25 kg lined bags or larger…
33 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
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.
In the Brazilian Tariff (NCM/TEC), 3206.49.10 is one of 3 lines under subheading 3206.49, other colouring matter and other preparations: other.
The TEC rate is 10.8%.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 0%–6%, the EU duty is 4.9%–6.5%, the Türkiye duty is 4.9%–6.5%, the US duty is 0%–6.5%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–10%, the Argentina duty is 10.8%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 2.5%–2.6%, the Taiwan duty is 4%–5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%–10%.
Brazil imported goods of subheading 3206.49 worth US$45m in 2024; the largest supplier was the United States, and the United Kingdom ranked 8th with US$1m.
Questions and answers
What is the Brazil import duty for NCM code 3206.49.10?
The TEC rate in the Brazilian Tariff (NCM/TEC) is 10.8%. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.
Where does Brazil import these goods from?
For subheading 3206.49 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the United States (US$10m), followed by Uruguay.