# HS heading 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 > HS heading 32.03 covers 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. It is in chapter 32 (tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks). It is not split further: its only subheading is 3203.00. National tariff lines under heading 32.03 are live on border.bot for the United States (3 lines, also used by 1 other country). Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/3203 Last updated: 11 October 2026 [HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 32](https://border.bot/hs-codes/32) / [32.03](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3203) ## Key facts - Heading: 32.03 - Description: 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 - 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: 1 - Edition: HS2022 ## What this code covers HS heading 32.03 covers 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. It is not split further: its only subheading is 3203.00. - [3203.00](https://border.bot/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 ## What it doesn’t cover Other goods of chapter 32 are classified in its other 14 headings, listed below. - [32.01](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3201) Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives - [32.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3202) Synthetic organic tanning substances; inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances; enzymatic preparations for pre- tanning - [32.04](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3204) Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on synthetic organic colouring matter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined - [32.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3205) Colour lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colour lakes - [32.06](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3206) Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter, other than those of heading 32.03, 32.04 or 32.05; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined - [32.07](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3207) Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colours, 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 - [32.08](https://border.bot/hs-codes/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 - [32.09](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3209) Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium - [32.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3210) Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather - [32.11](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3211) Prepared driers - [32.12](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3212) Pigments (including metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils; dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale - [32.13](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3213) Artists', students' or signboard painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings - [32.14](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3214) Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for façades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like - [32.15](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3215) Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid ## How it is structured Heading 32.03 is one of 15 headings in chapter 32. Its first two digits, 32, are the chapter; the next two, 03, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (3203.00). ## In other countries National tariff lines under heading 32.03 are live on border.bot for the United States (3 lines, also used by 1 other country). - [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/320300): 3 lines, used by 1 other country - Previous heading: [32.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3202) Synthetic organic tanning substances; inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances; enzymatic preparations for pre- tanning - Next heading: [32.04](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3204) Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on synthetic organic colouring matter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined ## Frequently asked questions ### What does HS heading 32.03 cover? HS heading 32.03 covers 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. ### Which chapter is HS heading 32.03 in? HS heading 32.03 is in chapter 32 (tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks). ### How many subheadings does HS heading 32.03 have? HS heading 32.03 has one subheading, 3203.00. ### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 32.03? National tariff lines under heading 32.03 are live on border.bot for the United States (3 lines, also used by 1 other country). ## Sources and updates The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026. This page was last updated on 11 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. Machine-readable: https://border.bot/hs-codes/3203.json