GCC Common Customs Tariff · HS code · HS 3208.90

3208.90.20.00.00

3208.90.20.00.00: Fire resistant paints

Other paints and varnishes (non-aqueous)

✓ 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

3208.90 Paints and varnishes: other

UK Free – 6% Third-country duty 14 tariff lines · average 5.1% EU Free – 6.5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 3.9% Türkiye Free – 6.5% Third-country duty 12 tariff lines · average 5.4% USA 3.2% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free – 6.5% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 4.9% Mexico Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Brazil 12.6% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines Argentina 12.6% General (MFN) 21 tariff lines Peru 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 11 tariff lines · average 3.6% Japan 3.2% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Taiwan 5% – 6.5% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 5.9% Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines North Macedonia 5% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines

GCC lines: 3208.90

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.

  • N316864 U.S. CBP 22 January 2021 · 3208.90.00.00

    The tariff classification of “Alnovol ® SPN 560” from Germany

  • N303182 U.S. CBP 15 March 2019 · 3208.90.00.00

    The tariff classification of “K-Losung (K-Solution)” from Germany

  • N274896 U.S. CBP 13 May 2016 · 3208.90.00.00

    The tariff classification of “SP5000 SWORD SILVER (W/W)” from Japan

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, 3208.90.20.00.00 is one of 5 lines under subheading 3208.90, paints and varnishes: other.

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

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 0%–6%, the EU duty is 0%–6.5%, the Türkiye duty is 0%–6.5%, the US duty is 3.2%, the Canada duty is 0%–6.5%, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 12.6%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is 3.2%, the Taiwan duty is 5%–6.5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 5% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.

The GCC states imported goods of subheading 3208.90 worth US$262m in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany, and the United Kingdom ranked 3rd with US$14m.

Questions and answers

What is the GCC import duty for HS code 3208.90.20.00.00?

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 3208.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Germany (US$20m), followed by Italy.

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