Subheading · Section VI

3204.12: Acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon

3204.12
  • 0%–6%UK
  • 6.5%EU
  • 20%Türkiye
  • 0%–6.5%USA
  • US$837.1mWorld trade in 2024

Subheading 3204.12 belongs to heading 3204 (synthetic organic colouring matter) in chapter 32.

The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 3204.12 into 15 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 6% (average 5.6%). 1 of them is duty-free.

Subheading 3204.12 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 6.5%.

The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides subheading 3204.12 into 3 tariff lines; the statutory rate is 20%.

In the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, subheading 3204.12 covers 7 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 6.5%. 2 of them are duty-free.

In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$837.1m (+4.6% year on year).

The largest exporter was India (US$279.3m), followed by China.

The biggest buyer was China, with imports of US$90m.

The United Kingdom ranked 19th among 106 exporters with US$8.1m; its largest buyer was Germany.

The United Kingdom imported US$12.5m, most of it from India.

Duty rates compared

The Turkish schedule prints the statutory rate set under Customs Law 474. The rate applied at import is laid down in the Import Regime Decision and can be lower, or different by country of origin.

UK Global Tariff

UK lines →
  1. 3204 12 00 00 Acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon
  2. 3204 12 00 15 Colourant c.i. acid brown 75 (cas rn 8011-86-7) and preparations based thereon with a colourant c.i. acid brown 75 content of 75% or more by weight 6%
  3. 3204 12 00 17 Colourant c.i. acid brown 355 (cas rn 84989-26-4 or 60181-77-3) and preparations based thereon with a colourant c.i. acid brown 355 content of 75% or more by weight 6%
  4. 3204 12 00 25 Colourant c.i. acid black 210 (cas rn 85223-29-6 or 99576-15-5) and preparations based thereon with a colourant c.i. acid black 210 content of 50% or more by weight 6%
  5. 3204 12 00 27 Colourant c.i. acid brown 425 (cas rn 75234-41-2 or 119509-49-8) and preparations based thereon with a colourant c.i. acid brown 425 content of 75% or more by weight 6%
  6. 3204 12 00 35 Colourant c.i. acid black 234 (cas rn 157577-99-6) and preparations based thereon with a colourant c.i. acid black 234 content of 75% or more by weight 6%
  7. 3204 12 00 37 Colourant c.i. acid black 210 sodium salt (cas rn 201792-73-6) and preparations based thereon with a colourant c.i. acid black 210 sodium salt content of 50% or more by weight 6%
  8. 3204 12 00 40 Liquid dye preparation containing anionic acid dye c.i. acid blue 182 (cas rn 12219-26-0) 6%
  9. 3204 12 00 45 Colourant c.i. acid blue 161/193 (cas rn 12392-64-2) and preparations based thereon with a colourant c.i. acid blue 161/193 content of 75% or more by weight 6%
  10. 3204 12 00 47 Colourant c.i. acid brown 58 (cas rn 70210-34-3 or 12269-87-3) and preparations based thereon with a colourant c.i. acid brown 58 content of 75% or more by weight 6%
  11. 3204 12 00 55 Colourant c.i. acid brown 165 (cas rn 61724-14-9) and preparations based thereon with a colourant c.i. acid brown 165 content of 75% or more by weight 6%
  12. 3204 12 00 57 Colourant c.i. acid brown 282 (cas rn 70236-60-1 or 12219-65-7) and preparations based thereon with a colourant c.i. acid brown 282 content of 75% or more by weight 6%
  13. 3204 12 00 60 Colourant c.i. acid red 52 (cas rn 3520-42-1 ) and preparations based thereon with a colourant c.i. acid red 52 content of 97% or more by weight 6%
  14. 3204 12 00 65 Colourant c.i. acid brown 432 (cas rn 119509-50-1) and preparations based thereon with a colourant c.i. acid brown 432 content of 75% or more by weight 6%
  15. 3204 12 00 70 Colourant c.i. acid blue 25 (cas rn 6408-78-2) and preparations based thereon with a colourant c.i. acid blue 25 content of 80% or more by weight 6%
  16. 3204 12 00 90 Other Free

EU Combined Nomenclature

EU lines →
  1. 3204 12 00 Acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon 6.5%—

Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule

Türkiye lines →

This line has no official text in this language; it is shown in the language of its tariff.

  1. 3204.12 Asit boyalar (premetalize olsun olmasın) ve esası bu boyalar olan müstahzarlar; mordan boyalar ve esası bu boyalar olan müstahzarlar
  2. 3204.12.00.00.11 Asit boyalar 20%
  3. 3204.12.00.00.12 Mordan boyalar 20%
  4. 3204.12.00.00.19 Diğerleri 20%

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

USA lines →
  1. 3204.12 Acid dyes, whether or not premetallized, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon:
  2. 3204.12.05.00 Acid black 210 powder and presscake Freekg
  3. 3204.12.13.00 Acid violet 19 Freekg
  4. 3204.12.17.00 Acid black 31, 50, 94, 129; Acid blue 54, 127, 129, 143; Acid brown 44, 46, 48, 58, 188, 189; Acid green 40; Acid red 130, 145, 174, 211; Acid violet 31, 41, 48; Acid yellow 2, 75; Mordant black 8; Mordant green 47; andMordant red 17, 27 6.5%kg
  5. 3204.12.20.00 Acid black 61, 63, 76, 83, 117, 127, 131, 132, 139, 164, 170, 177, 183, 188, 194, 199, 211; Acid blue 1, 47, 60, 61, 66, 72, 81, 82, 83, 90, 98, 102, 112, 123, 126, 127:1, 130, 133, 140, 142, 147, 151, 172, 175, 182, 185, 193, 204, 205, 208, 209, 221, 225, 229, 239, 242, 247, 250, 252, 254, 260, 261, 264, 266, 268, 280, 284, 288, 290, 296, 312, 317, 318; Acid brown 10, 11, 12, 30, 33, 45, 50, 52, 68, 83, 85, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 126, 127, 147, 158, 160, 161, 162, 163, 165, 180, 191, 224, 226, 227, 235, 237, 239, 248, 266, 267, 270, 276, 282, 283, 289, 290, 291, 298, 304, 311, 314, 315, 321, 322, 324, 325, 330, 331, 355, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 384; Acid green 9, 26, 28, 41, 43, 60, 68, 70, 71, 73, 80, 82, 84, 89, 92, 93, 94, 108, 112; Acid orange 3, 19, 28, 33, 43, 47, 61, 86, 89, 92, 94, 102, 107, 126, 135, 142, 144; Acid red 37, 42, 48, 52, 57, 58, 92, 111, 118, 127, 131, 138, 143, 155, 161, 183, 199, 213, 215, 216, 226, 227, 228, 249, 252, 257, 259, 260, 261, 263, 274, 281, 282, 283, 301, 303, 310, 315, 330, 331, 332, 336, 347, 357, 359, 360, 361, 362, 380, 392, 394, 396; Acid violet 9, 34, 36, 47, 66, 75, 80, 90, 103, 109, 111, 121; Acid yellow 7, 35, 64, 70, 72, 96, 98, 111, 127, 136, 155, 167, 183, 184, 194, 195, 199, 218, 221, 223, 227; Copper phthalocyanine-3,3',4,4'-tetrasulfonic acid; Copper phthalocyanine-4,4ʻ,4'',4'''-tetrasulfonic acid; Dyes containing, by weight--24.2 percent Acid Yellow 135, 21.7 percent Acid Orange 51, and 54.1 percent Acid Blue 113; Dyes containing, by weight-- 10.1 percent Acid Yellow 64, 11.6 percent Acid Orange 51, 26.3 percent Acid Blue 113, 50.5 percent Acid Black 172, and 1.5 percent Acid Green 25 6.5%kg
  6. 3204.12.30.00 Mordant black 75; Mordant blue 1; Mordant brown 79; and Mordant red 81, 84 6.5%kg
  7. Other:
  8. 3204.12.45.00 Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI 6.5%kg
  9. 3204.12.50 Other 6.5%
  10. 3204.12.50.10 FD&C red 40 (CAS No. 25956-17-6) kg
  11. 3204.12.50.20 FD&C yellow 5 (CAS No. 1934-21-0) kg
  12. 3204.12.50.30 FD&C yellow 6 (CAS No. 2783-94-0) kg
  13. 3204.12.50.90 Other kg

Special: reduced rates under trade agreements and preference programmes; the letters in brackets name the programmes (for example AU = Australia FTA, KR = Korea FTA).

World trade in 2024

3204.12 · US$837.1m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$151.2kUS$151.2k+US$2.2m+US$16.1m+> US$50.5m

Exports: 106
  1. India: US$279.3m
  2. China: US$86.1m
  3. United States: US$57.4m
  4. Germany: US$50.5m
  5. Spain: US$48.2m
  6. Italy: US$45.8m
  7. Taiwan: US$35.9m
  8. Japan: US$35.5m
  9. Thailand: US$34m
  10. Switzerland: US$24.4m
  11. Mexico: US$16.1m
  12. France: US$12.1m
  13. Indonesia: US$11m
  14. Singapore: US$10.9m
  15. Netherlands: US$10.3m
  16. Ireland: US$8.5m
  17. South Korea: US$8.3m
  18. Türkiye: US$8.2m
  19. United Kingdom: US$8.1m
  20. Malaysia: US$6.3m
  21. Belgium: US$5.7m
  22. Hong Kong SAR China: US$4.5m
  23. Greece: US$4m
  24. Colombia: US$3.4m
  25. Poland: US$3m
  26. Canada: US$2.2m
  27. Austria: US$2m
  28. Morocco: US$1.6m
  29. Brazil: US$1.5m
  30. Czechia: US$1.4m
  31. Portugal: US$1.3m
  32. South Africa: US$1.1m
  33. Peru: US$680.5k
  34. Hungary: US$672.8k
  35. Denmark: US$657.6k
  36. Australia: US$516.7k
  37. Lithuania: US$512.5k
  38. Serbia: US$410.5k
  39. Russia: US$402.8k
  40. Argentina: US$393.9k
  41. United Arab Emirates: US$337.5k
  42. Costa Rica: US$334k
  43. Georgia: US$316.3k
  44. Slovenia: US$281.5k
  45. Sweden: US$276.8k
  46. Vietnam: US$248.8k
  47. Finland: US$238.7k
  48. Latvia: US$189.6k
  49. Israel: US$179k
  50. Uruguay: US$160.4k
  51. Ecuador: US$151.2k
  52. Romania: US$145.3k
  53. Philippines: US$143.4k
  54. Slovakia: US$125.4k
  55. Honduras: US$120.6k
  56. Pakistan: US$108.4k
  57. Estonia: US$79.2k
  58. Guatemala: US$77.5k
  59. Eswatini: US$77.5k
  60. Curaçao: US$51.7k

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 India US$279.3m 33.4%
2 China US$86.1m 10.3%
3 United States US$57.4m 6.9%
4 Germany US$50.5m 6%
5 Spain US$48.2m 5.8%
6 Italy US$45.8m 5.5%
7 Taiwan US$35.9m 4.3%
8 Japan US$35.5m 4.2%
9 Thailand US$34m 4.1%
10 Switzerland US$24.4m 2.9%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 China US$90m 10.8%
2 Italy US$65m 7.8%
3 United States US$51.7m 6.2%
4 Germany US$43.9m 5.2%
5 Brazil US$43.2m 5.2%
6 Vietnam US$36.5m 4.4%
7 Türkiye US$30.7m 3.7%
8 Spain US$29.7m 3.6%
9 Taiwan US$25m 3%
10 Hong Kong SAR China US$22m 2.6%

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon?

Acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon fall under HS subheading 3204.12, part of heading 3204, in section VI of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and… in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 3204.12 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 6%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and… in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 3204.12 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 6.5%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and…?

India, with US$279.3m in 2024 (33.4% of world exports).