GCC Common Customs Tariff · HS code · HS 3215.90

3215.90.70.00.00

3215.90.70.00.00: Marking inks.

Other inks (writing, drawing, inkjet)

✓ 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
Additional duties and charges — No additional measures recorded for this origin.
VAT 20% import VAT
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Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

No additional measures recorded for this origin.

Same subheading in other tariffs

3215.90 Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks: other

UK Free – 6% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 4.5% EU Free – 6.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3.3% Türkiye 6.5% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines USA 1.8% – 3.1% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 2.5% Canada Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Mexico Free – 5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 2.5% Brazil 12.6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Argentina 12.6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Peru Free – 6% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 4% New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 2% Japan 3.9% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan 6.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line North Macedonia 3% – 6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 4.5% Nigeria 10% – 20% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 15%

GCC lines: 3215.90

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.

  • 600010342 HMRC 21 May 2024 – 20 May 2027 · 3215 90 20 00

    A pouch with processed/filtered ink to be inserted into printers. The pouch is filled with ink and does not have an integrated print-head. It contains a chip programmed with information about ink type, colour and cartridge capacity. There is a plastic flag component which moves as the bladder is…

  • 600010343 HMRC 21 May 2024 – 20 May 2027 · 3215 90 20 00

    A cartridge with processed/filtered ink to be inserted into printers. The cartridge is a metal bladder filled with ink and does not have an integrated print-head. It contains a chip programmed with information about ink type, colour and cartridge capacity. There is a plastic flag component which…

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 →

HS code 3215.90.70.00.00 is a line of the GCC Common Customs Tariff under HS subheading 3215.90 (printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks: 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 6.5%, the US duty is 1.8%–3.1%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–5%, the Brazil duty is 12.6%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is 0%–6%, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is 3.9%, the Taiwan duty is 6.5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 3%–6% and the Nigeria duty is 10%–20%.

The GCC states imported goods of subheading 3215.90 worth US$1bn in 2024; the largest supplier was India, and the United Kingdom ranked 5th with US$1m.

Questions and answers

What is the GCC import duty for HS code 3215.90.70.00.00?

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 3215.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was India (US$1bn), followed by Germany.

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