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- Updated on : May 1, 2025
HSN Chapter 32: Dyes, Paints, Inks & Colouring Matter GST India
HSN Code & GST Rate for Colouring, Dyeing & Tanning products – Chapter 32
| Rate (%) | Products Description | HSN Code | Related Export / Import HSN Code |
| 18% | Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives (other than Wattle extract, quebracho extract, chestnut extract) | 3201 | 32011000, 32012000, 32019010, 32019020, 32019030, 32019090 |
| 5% | Enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning | 3202 | 32021000, 32029010, 32029020, 32029030, 32029090 |
| 18% | Synthetic organic tanning substances; inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances (other than Enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning) | 3202 | 32021000, 32029010, 32029020, 32029030, 32029090 |
| 18% | 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 | 32030010, 32030020, 32030030, 32030040, 32030090 |
| 18% | 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 | 3204 | 32041111, 32041119, 32041121, 32041129, 32041131, 32041132, 32041133, 32041139, 32041141, 32041142, 32041143, 32041149, 32041151, 32041152, 32041153, 32041154, 32041155, 32041156, 32041159, 32041191, 32041192, 32041193, 32041194, 32041195, 32041196, 32041199, 32041211, 32041212, 32041213, 32041214, 32041215, 32041216, 32041217, 32041218, 32041219, 32041221, 32041222, 32041223, 32041224, 32041225, 32041229, 32041231, 32041232, 32041239, 32041241, 32041242, 32041243, 32041244, 32041245, 32041246, 32041247, 32041248, 32041251, 32041252, 32041253, 32041254, 32041255, 32041259, 32041261, 32041262, 32041263, 32041264, 32041265, 32041266, 32041267, 32041268, 32041269, 32041291, 32041292, 32041293, 32041294, 32041295, 32041299, 32041310, 32041321, 32041329, 32041331, 32041339, 32041341, 32041342, 32041343, 32041349, 32041351, 32041352, 32041359, 32041361, 32041369, 32041391, 32041392, 32041393, 32041399, 32041411, 32041419, 32041421, 32041429, 32041431, 32041439, 32041440, 32041450, 32041460, 32041470, 32041481, 32041482, 32041483, 32041484, 32041485, 32041486, 32041487, 32041488, 32041489, 32041490, 32041511, 32041512, 32041519, 32041521, 32041522, 32041529, 32041531, 32041539, 32041541, 32041542, 32041549, 32041551, 32041552, 32041553, 32041554, 32041555, 32041556, 32041557, 32041558, 32041559, 32041561, 32041562, 32041563, 32041564, 32041569, 32041571, 32041572, 32041573, 32041579, 32041581, 32041582, 32041583, 32041584, 32041589, 32041591, 32041592, 32041593, 32041594, 32041595, 32041596, 32041597, 32041599, 32041610, 32041620, 32041630, 32041640, 32041650, 32041660, 32041670, 32041680, 32041690, 32041711, 32041719, 32041720, 32041731, 32041739, 32041740, 32041751, 32041759, 32041761, 32041769, 32041770, 32041780, 32041790, 32041911, 32041912, 32041913, 32041914, 32041915, 32041916, 32041921, 32041922, 32041923, 32041924, 32041925, 32041929, 32041931, 32041932, 32041933, 32041934, 32041935, 32041936, 32041937, 32041938, 32041941, 32041942, 32041943, 32041944, 32041945, 32041946, 32041947, 32041949, 32041951, 32041952, 32041953, 32041954, 32041955, 32041956, 32041957, 32041958, 32041959, 32041961, 32041962, 32041963, 32041964, 32041965, 32041966, 32041967, 32041969, 32041971, 32041972, 32041973, 32041974, 32041975, 32041976, 32041977, 32041978, 32041979, 32041981, 32041982, 32041983, 32041984, 32041985, 32041986, 32041987, 32041988, 32041989, 32041990, 32042010, 32042090, 32049000 |
| 18% | Colour lakes; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colour lakes | 3205 | 32050000 |
| 18% | 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. | 3206 | 32061110, 32061190, 32061900, 32062000, 32064100, 32064200, 32064910, 32064920, 32064930, 32064940, 32064990, 32065000 |
| 18% | Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers, prepared colours, vitrifiable enamels, glazes, engobes (slips), liquid lustres, and other similar preparations of a kind used in ceramic, enamelling or glass industry,glass frit or other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes. | 3207 | 32071010, 32071020, 32071030, 32071040, 32071090, 32072010, 32072020, 32073000, 32074000 |
| 18% | 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 | 3208 | 32081010, 32081020, 32081030, 32081090, 32082010, 32082020, 32082030, 32082090, 32089011, 32089019, 32089021, 32089022, 32089029, 32089030, 32089041, 32089049, 32089050, 32089090 |
| 18% | Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium. | 3209 | 32091010, 32091090, 32099010, 32099020, 32099090 |
| 18% | Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium. | 3209 | 32091010, 32091090, 32099010, 32099020, 32099090 |
| 18% | Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather. | 3210 | 32100011, 32100012, 32100019, 32100020, 32100030, 32100040, 32100090 |
| 18% | 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 colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale | 3212 | 32121000, 32129010, 32129020, 32129030, 32129090 |
| 18% | Poster colour | 3213 | 32131000, 32139000 |
| 18% | 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 | 3213 | 32131000, 32139000 |
| 18% | Glaziers’ putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters’ fillings; non- refractory surfacing preparations for facades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like | 3214 | 32141000, 32149010, 32149020, 32149090 |
| 12% | Fountain pen ink | 3215 | 32151110, 32151120, 32151130, 32151140, 32151190, 32151910, 32151920, 32151930, 32151940, 32151990, 32159010, 32159020, 32159030, 32159040, 32159090 |
| 12% | All Goods, including printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid, fountain pen ink, ball pen ink | 3215 | 32151110, 32151120, 32151130, 32151140, 32151190, 32151910, 32151920, 32151930, 32151940, 32151990, 32159010, 32159020, 32159030, 32159040, 32159090 |
| 18% | Prepared driers | 32110000 | – |
GST Council Updates
Products under Chapter 32 generally attract standard GST rates. For example, most paints and varnishes (whether based on synthetic polymers or other materials) are typically taxed at 18%. Synthetic organic colouring matter and other dyes and pigments also usually fall under the 18% rate. Fountain pen ink and other inks (HSN 3215) are mentioned with a 12% GST rate. A notable past change was the reduction in the GST rate on paints from 28% to 18%. These examples demonstrate how rates can vary within the chapter and have been subject to revision.
Disclaimer
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