Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · HTS code · HS 3215.19

3215.19.90

3215.19.90: Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks: printing ink, other, other

Other printing inks

Not declarable on its own: use one of its 6 subdivisions Data: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · checked on 24 October 2026

  1. 3215 Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid:
  2. Printing ink:
  3. 3215.19 Other:
  4. 3215.19.90 Other

What you pay

Importing into USA

Customs duty 1.8% standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 2 additional measures
VAT no federal VAT; a Merchandise Processing Fee of 0.3464 % is charged on formal entries
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US additional duties of HTS chapter 99 in force on 22 October 2026 are included (Section 301, 232, 338 and 201). IEEPA duties are no longer collected after the Supreme Court ruling of February 2026. Conditional exemptions (US content, end use, metal share) are not computed: check the provision.

Additional duties and import rules

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

Additional duties and charges 2

  • Additional dutySection 338 — Canada — discrimination against US alcoholic beverages, dairy, motor vehicles (Proclamations 11046–11048, as modified) 50%
    Applies to goods from
    Canada
    In force
    from 22 August 2026
    Legal act
    HTSUS 9903.03.14
  • Additional dutySection 301 — China — technology transfer, IP and innovation (2018 actions and 2024 four-year review) 25%
    Applies to goods from
    China
    In force
    from 24 September 2018
    Legal act
    HTSUS 9903.88.03

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
General (MFN)—1.8%
US–Australia FTA AUAustraliaFree
US–Bahrain FTA BHBahrainFree
US–Chile FTA CLChileFree
US–Colombia TPA COColombiaFree
US–Israel FTA ILIsraelFree
US–Jordan FTA JOJordanFree
US–Korea FTA KRSouth KoreaFree
US–Morocco FTA MAMoroccoFree
US–Oman FTA OMOmanFree
CAFTA-DR PCosta Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, NicaraguaFree
US–Panama TPA PAPanamaFree
US–Peru TPA PEPeruFree
USMCA SCanada, MexicoFree
US–Singapore FTA SGSingaporeFree
Column 2Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Belarus10%

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

Subdivisions

  1. 3215.19.90 Other 1.8%
  2. 3215.19.90.10 News kg
  3. 3215.19.90.20 Flexographic kg
  4. 3215.19.90.30 Gravure kg
  5. 3215.19.90.40 Letterpress kg
  6. 3215.19.90.50 Offset lithographic kg
  7. 3215.19.90.60 Other kg

Same subheading in other tariffs

3215.19 Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks: printing ink, other

UK 6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines EU 6.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 6.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Canada Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines Mexico Free – 5% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 1.7% Brazil 12.6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Argentina 12.6% Third-country duty 74 tariff lines Peru 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line New Zealand 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Japan 3.9% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan Free – 6.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3.3% GCC 5% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Nigeria 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

USA lines: 3215.19

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.

  • N332054 U.S. CBP 28 April 2023 · 3215.19.90.50

    The tariff classification of Black CRSmax and NewV printing ink, and Color and White CRSmax and NewV printing ink from Germany and India

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 →

HTS code 3215.19.90 is a line of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States under HS subheading 3215.19 (printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks: printing ink, other).

The general duty is 1.8%.

6 statistical sub-lines below it are used in the declaration.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 6%, the EU duty is 6.5%, the Türkiye duty is 6.5%, 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 6%, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is 3.9%, the Taiwan duty is 0%–6.5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 10%.

The United States imported goods of subheading 3215.19 worth US$470.1m in 2024; the largest supplier was Japan, and the United Kingdom ranked 4th with US$39.2m.

Questions and answers

What is the USA import duty for HTS code 3215.19.90?

The general duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 1.8%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Is there a lower rate for 3215.19.90 under US trade agreements?

Yes. The Special column reads “Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO,D,E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM,P, PA, PE,S, SG)”: the letters in brackets name the agreements and programmes that grant it.

Where does the United States import these goods from?

For subheading 3215.19 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Japan (US$111.9m), followed by Canada.

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