# HS heading 32.06: 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

> HS heading 32.06 covers 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. 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 split into 7 subheadings: 3206.11 (pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, containing 80 % or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter), 3206.19 (pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, other), 3206.20 (pigments and preparations based on chromium compounds), 3206.41 (other colouring matter and other preparations, ultramarine and preparations based thereon), 3206.42 (other colouring matter and other preparations, lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulphide), 3206.49 (other colouring matter and other preparations, other) and 1 other. National tariff lines under heading 32.06 are live on border.bot for the United States (16 lines, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/3206
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 32](https://border.bot/hs-codes/32) / [32.06](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3206)

## Key facts

- Heading: 32.06
- Description: 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
- 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: 7
- Edition: HS2022

## What this code covers

HS heading 32.06 covers 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.

It is split into 7 subheadings: 3206.11 (pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, containing 80 % or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter), 3206.19 (pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, other), 3206.20 (pigments and preparations based on chromium compounds), 3206.41 (other colouring matter and other preparations, ultramarine and preparations based thereon), 3206.42 (other colouring matter and other preparations, lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulphide), 3206.49 (other colouring matter and other preparations, other) and 1 other.

- [3206.11](https://border.bot/hs-codes/320611) Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide: Containing 80 % or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter
- [3206.19](https://border.bot/hs-codes/320619) Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide: Other
- [3206.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/320620) Pigments and preparations based on chromium compounds
- [3206.41](https://border.bot/hs-codes/320641) Other colouring matter and other preparations: Ultramarine and preparations based thereon
- [3206.42](https://border.bot/hs-codes/320642) Other colouring matter and other preparations: Lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulphide
- [3206.49](https://border.bot/hs-codes/320649) Other colouring matter and other preparations: Other
- [3206.50](https://border.bot/hs-codes/320650) Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores

## 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
- [32.03](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3203) 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
- [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
- [32.07](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 32.06 is one of 15 headings in chapter 32. Its first two digits, 32, are the chapter; the next two, 06, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (3206.11, 3206.19, 3206.20).

## In other countries

National tariff lines under heading 32.06 are live on border.bot for the United States (16 lines, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/32): 16 lines, used by 1 other country

- Previous heading: [32.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3205) Colour lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colour lakes
- Next heading: [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

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS heading 32.06 cover?

HS heading 32.06 covers 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.

### Which chapter is HS heading 32.06 in?

HS heading 32.06 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 32.06 have?

HS heading 32.06 has 7 subheadings: 3206.11 (pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, containing 80 % or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter), 3206.19 (pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, other), 3206.20 (pigments and preparations based on chromium compounds), 3206.41 (other colouring matter and other preparations, ultramarine and preparations based thereon), 3206.42 (other colouring matter and other preparations, lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulphide), 3206.49 (other colouring matter and other preparations, other) and 1 other.

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 32.06?

National tariff lines under heading 32.06 are live on border.bot for the United States (16 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/3206.json