Customs Tariff of Canada · tariff item · HS 3212.90
3212.90.00.90: Pigments: other
Pigments in non-aqueous media; dyes for retail
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff of Canada, in force from 11 September 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 3212 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.
- 3212.90.00 Other
- 3212.90.00.90 Other
What you pay
Importing into Canada
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
UK Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
EU 6.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye 6.5% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
USA 3.1% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Mexico Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Brazil 12.6% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Argentina 12.6% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines 
Peru Free – 6% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 3% 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 5 tariff lines 
Japan 2.1% – 4.1% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 3.1% 
Taiwan 5% – 6.5% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 6.1% 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
North Macedonia 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada lines: 3212.90
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.
- N306101 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of “POWERNICS 1025 F-1 BLACK” from Japan
- N304909 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of “WBC TP Paliogen Red L 4039” from Germany
- N303924 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of “Monarch 1300 Carbon Black” and “Monarch 1400 Carbon Black” from Japan
- N303081 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of “Cinquasia Magenta L 4540” and “Irgazin Rubine L 4025” from Japan
- 600011502 HMRC
Edible Drink Shimmer Designed for cakes/baking and also can be used in drinks to give colour and an unflavoured shimmering effect. 10ml Transparent PET Bottle with Silver Aluminium Cap which are then packaged within a small branded printed card box. Ingredients: E555 (potassium aluminium silicate)…
- 600011168 HMRC
Orange Food Colouring Powder Orange Food Colouring Powder to be added to water. Ingredients: Salt, Tartrazine, Allura Red, Carmoisine 500g
- 600011125 HMRC
Food colouring gel/liquid Used to give food colour, for mainly in food baking Ingredients: Glucose syrup, sugar, water, colour (curcumin), gelling agents (agar, xanthan gum), acidity regulator (citric acid), preservative (potassium sorbate) Packaged in to a plastic tube containing 19g
20 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.
Tariff item 3212.90.00.90 is a line of the Customs Tariff of Canada under HS subheading 3212.90 (pigments: other).
The MFN tariff rate is free, and quantities are declared in KGM.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 6.5%, the Türkiye duty is 6.5%, the US duty is 3.1%, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 12.6%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is 0%–6%, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 2.1%–4.1%, the Taiwan duty is 5%–6.5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 5% and the Nigeria duty is 10%.
Canada imported goods of subheading 3212.90 worth US$42m in 2024; the largest supplier was the United States.
Questions and answers
What is the Canada import duty for tariff item 3212.90.00.90?
The MFN tariff rate in the Customs Tariff of Canada is free; the supplementary unit is KGM. 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 Canada import these goods from?
For subheading 3212.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the United States (US$31m), followed by Germany.