HTS heading · chapter 32
3203
Coloring 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 coloring matter of vegetable or animal origin
Analysis
Heading 3203 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers coloring 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 coloring matter of…. It has 3 tariff lines.
2 of its 3 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (67%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 3.1%. The median line pays duty-free.
Its lines are 3203.00.10 for annato, archil, cochineal, cudbear, litmus, logwood and… (duty-free), 3203.00.30 for mixtures of 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-2,4,6-trihydroxy-… (duty-free) and 3203.00.80 for coloring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including… (3.1%).
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 9th percentile of the headings in chapter 32.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing (325194) and All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (325199). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3203.00.10 | Annato, archil, cochineal, cudbear, litmus, logwood and marigold meal | Free |
| 3203.00.30 | Mixtures of 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-2,4,6-trihydroxy- phenylmethanone and 2-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,5,7- trihydroxy-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one | Free |
| 3203.00.80 | Coloring 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 coloring matter of vegetable or animal origin: other | 3.1% |