HSN code 3206 — OTHER COLOURING MATTER, PREPARATIONS AS SPECIFIED IN NOTE 3
HSN · heading18%OTHER COLOURING MATTER, PREPARATIONS AS SPECIFIED IN NOTE 3 TO THIS CHAPTER, OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADINGS 3203, 3204 OR 3205, INORGANIC PRODUCTS OF A KIND USED AS LUMINOPHORES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED
This code covers colouring matter and preparations that don't fit headings 3203-3205, including inorganic products used as luminophores (glow-in-the-dark materials). It captures miscellaneous dyes, pigments, and specialty colouring substances not elsewhere classified in Chapter 32.
current gst rate
| igst | cgst | sgst | condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18% | 9% | 9% | Sch II S.No 48 |
source: 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) · effective 2025-09-22 · all codes at 18%
gst calculator — pre-filled with this rate
products commonly classified here
colour preparationsfluorescent powdersglow powderluminophore materialsphosphorescent materialspigment powders
more specific codes
- 320611CONTAINING 80% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE CALCULATED ON THE DRY MATTER :
- 320619OTHER
- 320620PIGMENTS AND PREPARATIONS BASED ON CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS
- 32063000OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PREPARATIONS AS SPECIFIED IN NOTE 3 TO THIS CHAPTER, OTHER THAN THOSE O
- 320641UTRAMARINE AND PREPARATIONS BASED THEREON
- 320642LITHOPONE AND OTHER PIGMENTS AND PREPARATIONS BASED ON ZINC SULPHIDE
- 32064300OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PREPARATIONS AS SPECIFIED IN NOTE 3 TO THIS CHAPTER, OTHER THAN THOSE O
- 320649OTHER :
- 320650INORGANIC PRODUCTS OF A KIND USED AS LUMINOPHORES
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
- 3204SYNTHETIC ORGANIC COLOURING MATTER, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED, PREPARATIONS AS SPECIFIE
- 3205COLOUR LAKES; PREPARATIONS AS SPECIFIED IN NOTE 3 TO THIS CHAPTER BASED ON COLOUR LAKES
- 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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