HS Chapter 32

Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints and varnishes; putty; inks

15 headings · 57 HS codes. Choose a 4-digit heading to see its tariff lines.

Heading 3201 Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives 3 codes Heading 3202 Tanning substances; synthetic organic or inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances, enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning 2 codes Heading 3203 Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extracts, not animal black); whether or not chemically defined; preparations based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin 1 codes Heading 3204 Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon; synthetic organic products used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores; whether or not chemically defined 12 codes Heading 3205 Colour lakes; preparations based on colour lakes as specified in note 3 to this chapter 1 codes Heading 3206 Colouring matter and preparations thereof n.e.c. in heading no. 3203, 3204, 3205; inorganic products, kind used as luminophores whether or not chemically defined 9 codes Heading 3207 Pigments, prepared; opacifiers, colours, vitrifiable enamels, glazes, engobes (slips), liquid lustres etc as used in the ceramic enamelling or glass industry; glass frit and powder, granules or flakes 4 codes Heading 3208 Paints, varnishes; (enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium 7 codes Heading 3209 Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium 4 codes Heading 3210 Paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers), excluding those of heading no. 3209, prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather 2 codes Heading 3211 Driers; prepared 1 codes Heading 3212 Pigments (metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-aqueous media in liquid or paste form, as used in manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils, dyes etc in forms, packing for retail sale 2 codes Heading 3213 Colours; artists, students, or signboard painters, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like; in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pan or in similar forms or packings 2 codes Heading 3214 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 2 codes Heading 3215 Ink; printing, writing or drawing ink and other inks; whether or not concentrated or solid 5 codes

Recorded imports

Between December 2025 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports worth BDT 22,926,025,518 (113,484,346 kg) under this chapter, across 56 of its 57 tariff lines. The remaining 1 recorded no commercial import in that window.

NBR's import statements also record 3 codes under this chapter that the published Operative Tariff 2026-2027 does not list (32151190, 32151990, 32159030). Those figures are included in the totals above but have no tariff page here, because there is no published rate to show.

Month	Lines with imports	Net weight	Assessable value
December 2025	54	17,360,274 kg	BDT 3,911,775,499
January 2026	51	18,182,859 kg	BDT 4,082,955,893
February 2026	51	20,132,870 kg	BDT 3,431,169,910
March 2026	54	19,268,613 kg	BDT 3,588,254,238
April 2026	52	21,424,567 kg	BDT 4,507,418,205
May 2026	52	17,115,163 kg	BDT 3,404,451,773

The largest lines by assessable value in May 2026:

32041600 — Reactive Dyes And Preparations Based Thereon — BDT 586,059,063
32072000 — Vitrifiable Enamels And Glazes, Englobes And Similar Preparations — BDT 371,639,993
32074000 — GLASS FRIT AND OTHER GLASS,IN THE FORM OF GRANULES OR FLAKES — BDT 328,692,382
32061100 — Pigments & Preparatns Based On Titanium Dioxide,Cont.=>80%Titanium Dioxide — BDT 325,569,392
32089090 — Other Paints And Varnishes, In A Non-Aqueous Medium, Nes — BDT 235,378,565

Bonded imports. A further BDT 28,162,500,307 (48,278,604 kg) entered under the bonded-warehouse regime over the same months — duty-free inputs imported against an undertaking to re-export them. That is 55.1% of everything imported under this chapter: most of this trade never pays the duty rates shown above.

Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial, IM-7 bonded), December 2025 – May 2026. Assessable value is the customs value on which duty is charged, not the retail or invoice price.

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