GCC Common Customs Tariff · HS code · HS 3203.00

3203.00.11.00.00

3203.00.11.00.00: Natural indigo.

Natural colouring matter

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: GCC Common Customs Tariff, in force from 1 January 2025 · checked on 24 October 2026

What you pay

Importing into GCC

Customs duty 5% standard rate depends on the country of origin

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

3203.00 Colouring 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 colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin

UK Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines EU Free – 2.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 1.3% Türkiye Free – 2.5% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 0.8% USA Free – 3.1% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 1% Canada Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Mexico Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Brazil Free – 9% General (MFN) 7 tariff lines · average 5.1% Argentina Free – 9% General (MFN) 13 tariff lines · average 6.9% Peru Free General (MFN) 10 tariff lines New Zealand Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Japan Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines Taiwan Free General (MFN) 7 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% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines

GCC lines: 3203.00

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.

  • N335288 U.S. CBP 3 October 2023 · 3203.00.80.00

    The tariff classification of Butterfly Pea Flower Extract from China

  • N335287 U.S. CBP 29 September 2023 · 3203.00.80.00

    The tariff classification of Safflower Coloring Extract from China

  • N335286 U.S. CBP 28 September 2023 · 3203.00.80.00

    The tariff classification of Turmeric Extract Coloring Matter from Germany

  • N281012 U.S. CBP 1 December 2016 · 3203.00.80.00

    The tariff classification of “Tea Stain Dye” from China

  • 600012930 HMRC 12 May 2025 – 11 May 2028 · 3203 00 10 00

    Paprika oleoresin. This is used as a colouring ingredient in food products. Made from dried paprika pods, sunflower oil and a solvent. The solvent used to extract the paprika is hexane. The extract is then mixed with sunflower oil to make an oily liquid which is added to food material as required…

Legal notes

Notes

1. This chapter does not cover:

  1. (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);

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

  3. (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:

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

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

Chapter notes: Chapter 32 →

In the GCC Common Customs Tariff, 3203.00.11.00.00 is one of 6 lines under subheading 3203.00, colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin.

The customs duty is 5%, and quantities are declared in Kilograms.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 0%–2.5%, the Türkiye duty is 0%–2.5%, the US duty is 0%–3.1%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 0%–9%, the Argentina duty is 0%–9%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.

The GCC states imported goods of subheading 3203.00 worth US$20m in 2024; the largest supplier was India, and the United Kingdom ranked 4th with US$1m.

Questions and answers

What is the GCC import duty for HS code 3203.00.11.00.00?

The customs duty in the GCC Common Customs Tariff is 5%; the supplementary unit is Kilograms. 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 the GCC import these goods from?

For subheading 3203.00 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was India (US$3m), followed by Denmark.

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