GCC Common Customs Tariff · HS code · HS 3212.90

3212.90.10.00.00

3212.90.10.00.00: Dyes & other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale.

Pigments in non-aqueous media; dyes for retail

✓ 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

3212.90 Pigments: other

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 Canada Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 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% 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

GCC 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 26 September 2019 · 3212.90.00.50

    The tariff classification of “POWERNICS 1025 F-1 BLACK” from Japan

  • N304909 U.S. CBP 17 July 2019 · 3212.90.00.50

    The tariff classification of “WBC TP Paliogen Red L 4039” from Germany

  • N303924 U.S. CBP 7 May 2019 · 3212.90.00.50

    The tariff classification of “Monarch 1300 Carbon Black” and “Monarch 1400 Carbon Black” from Japan

  • N303081 U.S. CBP 11 March 2019 · 3212.90.00.50

    The tariff classification of “Cinquasia Magenta L 4540” and “Irgazin Rubine L 4025” from Japan

  • 600011502 HMRC 6 November 2024 – 5 November 2027 · 3212 90 00 00

    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 16 September 2024 – 15 September 2027 · 3212 90 00 00

    Orange Food Colouring Powder Orange Food Colouring Powder to be added to water. Ingredients: Salt, Tartrazine, Allura Red, Carmoisine 500g

  • 600011125 HMRC 21 August 2024 – 20 August 2027 · 3212 90 00 00

    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:

  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, 3212.90.10.00.00 is one of 5 lines under subheading 3212.90, pigments: other.

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

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 Canada duty is free, 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 Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 5% and the Nigeria duty is 10%.

The GCC states imported goods of subheading 3212.90 worth US$48m in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany, and the United Kingdom ranked 5th with US$1m.

Questions and answers

What is the GCC import duty for HS code 3212.90.10.00.00?

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 3212.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Germany (US$5m), followed by China.

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