HSN code 3204 — SYNTHETIC ORGANIC COLOURING MATTER, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALL
HSN · heading18%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
This heading covers synthetic organic dyes and pigments in their pure or chemically undefined forms, as well as preparations based on these colorants. It also includes synthetic organic products used as fluorescent brightening agents (optical brighteners) and luminophores (light-emitting substances).
current gst rate
| igst | cgst | sgst | condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18% | 9% | 9% | Sch II S.No 46 |
source: 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) · effective 2025-09-22 · all codes at 18%
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products commonly classified here
more specific codes
- 320411DISPERSE DYES AND PREPARATIONS BASED THEREON :
- 320412ACID DYES, WHETHER OR NOT PREMETALLISED, AND PREPARATIONS BASED THEREON,MORDANT DYES AND PREPAR
- 320413BASIC DYES AND PREPARATIONS BASED THEREON :
- 320414DIRECT DYES AND PREPARATIONS BASED THEREON :
- 320415VAT DYES (INCLUDING THOSE USABLE IN THAT STATE AS PIGMENTS) AND PREPARATIONS BASED THEREON :
- 320416REACTIVE DYES AND PREPARATIONS BASED THEREON :
- 320417PIGMENTS AND PREPARATIONS BASED THEREON :
- 320418CAROTENOID COLOURING MATTERS AND PREPARATIONS BASED THEREON
- 320419OTHER, INCLUDING MIXTURES OF COLOURING MATTER OF TWO OR MORE OF THE SUB-HEADINGS 3204 11 TO 320
- 320420SYNTHETIC ORGANIC PRODUCTS OF A KIND USED AS FLUORESCENT BRIGHTENING AGENTS :
- 320490OTHER
sibling codes
- 3201TTANNING EXTRACTS OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN, TANNINS AND THEIR SALTS, ETHERS, ESTERS AND OTHER DERIVA
- 3202SYNTHETIC ORGANIC TANNING SUBSTANCES, INORGANIC TANNING SUBSTANCES, TANNING PREPARATIONS, WHETH
- 3203COLOURING MATTER OF VEGETABLE OR ANIMAL ORIGIN (INCLUDING DYEING EXTRACTS BUT EXCLUDING ANIMAL
- 3205COLOUR LAKES; PREPARATIONS AS SPECIFIED IN NOTE 3 TO THIS CHAPTER BASED ON COLOUR LAKES
- 3206OTHER COLOURING MATTER, PREPARATIONS AS SPECIFIED IN NOTE 3 TO THIS CHAPTER, OTHER THAN THOSE O
- 3207PREPARED PIGMENTS, PREPARED OPACIFIERS AND PREPARED COLOURS, VITRIFIABLE ENAMELS AND GLAZES, EN
- 3208PAINTS AND VARNISHES (INCLUDING ENAMELS AND LACQUERS) BASED ON SYNTHETIC POLYMERS OR CHEMICALLY
- 3209PAINTS AND VARNISHES (INCLUDING ENAMELS AND LACQUERS) BASED ON SYNTHETIC POLYMERS OR CHEMICALLY
- 3210OTHER PAINTS AND VARNISHES (INCLUDING ENAMELS, LACQUERS AND DISTEMPERS); PREPARED WATER PIGMENT
- 3211PREPARED DRIERS
- 3212PIGMENTS (INCLUDING METALLIC POWDERS AND FLAKES) DISPERSED IN NON-AQUEOUS MEDIA, IN LIQUID OR P
- 3213ARTISTS', STUDENTS' OR SIGNBOARD PAINTERS' COLOURS, MODIFIYING TINTS, AMUSEMENT COLOURS AND THE
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