Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan · statistical code · HS 3208.20
3208.20.000: Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers
Acrylic or vinyl paints (solvent-based)
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, in force from 8 August 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 3208 Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions as defined in Note 4 to this Chapter.
- 3208.20.000 Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers
What you pay
Importing into Japan
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
3208.20 Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers
UK Free – 6% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 1.2% 
EU 6.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Türkiye 6.5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
USA 3.6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada 6.5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Mexico 10% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Brazil Free – 12.6% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 9.4% 
Argentina Free – 12.6% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · average 10.5% 
Peru 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 11 tariff lines · average 3.6% 
Taiwan 3.5% – 5% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 4.6% 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
North Macedonia 6.5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines Binding rulings for similar goods
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7 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(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);
(b) tannates or other tannin derivatives of products of headings 2936 to 2939, 2941 or 3501 to 3504; or
(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:
(a) metallic powder (including powder of precious metal) or pigment, agglomerated with glue, gelatin or other binder; or
(b) metal (including precious metal) or pigment, deposited on a supporting sheet of any material.
In the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, 3208.20.000 is one of 1 line under subheading 3208.20, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers.
The applied rate is 3.1%, and quantities are declared in KG.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 0%–6%, the EU duty is 6.5%, the Türkiye duty is 6.5%, the US duty is 3.6%, the Canada duty is 6.5%, the Mexico duty is 10%, the Brazil duty is 0%–12.6%, the Argentina duty is 0%–12.6%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Taiwan duty is 3.5%–5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 6.5% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
Japan imported goods of subheading 3208.20 worth US$40m in 2024; the largest supplier was China.
Questions and answers
What is the Japan import duty for statistical code 3208.20.000?
The applied rate in the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan is 3.1%; the supplementary unit is KG. 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 Japan import these goods from?
For subheading 3208.20 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was China (US$11m), followed by Germany.