# United States tariff, chapter 32: Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks > The United States tariff has 168 national lines in HS chapter 32 (tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks), under 45 subheadings in 15 headings. Source: https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/32 Last updated: 9 October 2026 [Countries](https://border.bot/countries) / [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states) / [Chapter 32](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/32) ## Key facts - National lines: 168 - Subheadings: 45 - Tariff: [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states) - Chapter: 32: Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks ## Subheadings with United States lines The United States tariff has 168 national lines in HS chapter 32 (tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks), under 45 subheadings in 15 headings. ### 32.01 Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives - [3201.10](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320110) Quebracho extract (1 line) - [3201.20](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320120) Wattle extract (1 line) - [3201.90](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320190) Other (3 lines) ### 32.02 Synthetic organic tanning substances; inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances; enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning - [3202.10](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320210) Synthetic organic tanning substances (2 lines) - [3202.90](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320290) Other (2 lines) ### 32.03 Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extracts but excluding animal black), whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin - [3203.00](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320300) Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extracts but excluding animal black), whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (3 lines) ### 32.04 Synthetic organic coloring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on synthetic organic coloring matter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined - [3204.11](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320411) Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in note 3 to this chapter: Disperse dyes and preparations based thereon (5 lines) - [3204.12](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320412) Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in note 3 to this chapter: Acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon (10 lines) - [3204.13](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320413) Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in note 3 to this chapter: Basic dyes and preparations based thereon (6 lines) - [3204.14](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320414) Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in note 3 to this chapter: Direct dyes and preparations based thereon (5 lines) - [3204.15](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320415) Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in note 3 to this chapter: Vat dyes (including those usable in that state as pigments) and preparations based thereon (7 lines) - [3204.16](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320416) Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in note 3 to this chapter: Reactive dyes and preparations based thereon (4 lines) - [3204.17](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320417) Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in note 3 to this chapter: Pigments and preparations based thereon (35 lines) - [3204.18](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320418) Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in note 3 to this chapter: Carotenoid colouring matters and preparations based thereon (1 line) - [3204.19](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320419) Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in note 3 to this chapter: Other, including mixtures of colouring matter of two or more of the subheadings 3204.11 to 3204.19 (12 lines) - [3204.20](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320420) Synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents (3 lines) - [3204.90](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320490) Other (1 line) ### 32.05 Colour lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colour lakes - [3205.00](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320500) Colour lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colour lakes (11 lines) ### 32.06 Other coloring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter, other than those of heading 3203, 3204 or 3205; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined - [3206.11](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320611) Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide: Containing 80 % or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter (1 line) - [3206.19](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320619) Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide: Other (1 line) - [3206.20](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320620) Pigments and preparations based on chromium compounds (4 lines) - [3206.41](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320641) Other colouring matter and other preparations: Ultramarine and preparations based thereon (1 line) - [3206.42](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320642) Other colouring matter and other preparations: Lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulphide (1 line) - [3206.49](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320649) Other colouring matter and other preparations: Other (7 lines) - [3206.50](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320650) Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores (1 line) ### 32.07 Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colors, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips), liquid lustres and similar preparations, of a kind used in the ceramic, enamelling or glass industry; glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes - [3207.10](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320710) Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers, prepared colours and similar preparations (1 line) - [3207.20](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320720) Vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips) and similar preparations (1 line) - [3207.30](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320730) Liquid lustres and similar preparations (1 line) - [3207.40](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320740) Glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes (2 lines) ### 32.08 Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a nonaqueous medium; solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter - [3208.10](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320810) Based on polyesters (1 line) - [3208.20](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320820) Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers (1 line) - [3208.90](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320890) Other (1 line) ### 32.09 Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium - [3209.10](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320910) Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers (1 line) - [3209.90](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320990) Other (1 line) ### 32.10 Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather - [3210.00](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/321000) Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather (1 line) ### 32.11 Prepared driers - [3211.00](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/321100) Prepared driers (1 line) ### 32.12 Pigments (including metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in nonaqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils; dyes and other coloring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale - [3212.10](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/321210) Stamping foils (1 line) - [3212.90](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/321290) Other (2 lines) ### 32.13 Artists', students' or signboard painters' colors, modifying tints, amusement colors and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings - [3213.10](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/321310) Colours in sets (1 line) - [3213.90](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/321390) Other (1 line) ### 32.14 Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; nonrefractory surfacing preparations for facades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like - [3214.10](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/321410) Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings (3 lines) - [3214.90](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/321490) Other (2 lines) ### 32.15 Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid - [3215.11](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/321511) Printing ink: Black (8 lines) - [3215.19](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/321519) Printing ink: Other (8 lines) - [3215.90](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/321590) Other (2 lines) ## In other countries No other national tariff on border.bot has live lines under chapter 32 yet. - [The Harmonized System text for chapter 32](https://border.bot/hs-codes/32) - Previous chapter: [31](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/31) Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing two or three of the fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilizers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg - Next chapter: [33](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/33) Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils ## Frequently asked questions ### How many national tariff lines does the United States tariff have in HS chapter 32? The United States tariff has 168 national lines in HS chapter 32 (tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks), under 45 subheadings in 15 headings. ## Sources and updates The tariff lines for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026. The duty rates for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026. The trade programmes for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026. This page was last updated on 9 October 2026. Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling. Official source files: - https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=0000000000&to=9999999999&format=CSV&styles=false Machine-readable: https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/32.json