Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule · GTİP code · HS 3208.90

3208.90.91.00.29

3208.90.91.00.29: Other paints and varnishes (non-aqueous): Esası sentetik polimer olanlar: diğer sentetik boyalar

Other paints and varnishes (non-aqueous)

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026

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  1. 3208 Esası sentetik polimerler veya kimyasal olarak tadil edilmiş tabii polimerler olan, susuz bir ortamda eriyen veya dağılan boyalar ve vernikler (emaye ve laklar dahil); bu fasılın 4 numaralı notunda belirtilen çözeltiler:
  2. 3208.90 Diğerleri :
  3. Diğerleri:
  4. Esası sentetik polimer olanlar
  5. 3208.90.91.00.29 Diğer sentetik boyalar

What you pay

Importing into Türkiye

Customs duty 6.5% standard rate
Additional duties and charges — Import requirements: 1
VAT 20 % standard rate; 10 % or 1 % for some goods
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Rates for Türkiye are the applied duties of the 2026 Import Regime Decision, as consolidated by the Ministry of Trade (amendments to August 2026). The additional customs duty (İGV) and, for some farm goods, the additional financial liability (EMY) come on top. Footnotes can lower a rate for named countries or periods: see the line page.

Additional duties and import rules

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

Import requirements 1

  • Import licenceYalnız organik çözücüler içerisinde çözelti halinde bulunanlar · Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı (kontrol belgesi)
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    In force
    from 1 January 2026
    Legal act
    Tebliğ (İthalat) 2026/13 (RG 31.12.2025, 33124 (3. Mükerrer)); değişik: RG 11.02.2026

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—6.5%
Türkiye’s free trade agreements
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina and 48 more

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestinian Territories, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Venezuela

 Free
GSP (least developed countries)
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 44 more

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia

 Free
GSP (developing countries)
Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands and 10 more

Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

 Free
Türkiye–United Arab Emirates agreement United Arab Emirates Free
GSP+ Free
Türkiye–Qatar agreement Qatar 6.5%

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% 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% GCC 5% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines 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

Türkiye 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 Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, 3208.90.91.00.29 is one of 12 lines under subheading 3208.90, paints and varnishes: other.

The statutory rate is 6.5%.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 0%–6%, the EU 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 GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 5% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.

Türkiye imported goods of subheading 3208.90 worth US$302m in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany, and the United Kingdom ranked 6th with US$19m.

Questions and answers

What is the Türkiye import duty for GTİP code 3208.90.91.00.29?

The statutory rate in the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule is 6.5%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Where does Türkiye import these goods from?

For subheading 3208.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Germany (US$57m), followed by Italy.

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