HS code 3205: Colour lakes
Heading 3205 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 32, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
3205Colour lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colour lakes
Place in the nomenclature: 32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks > 3205
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Colour lakes (other than Chinese or Japanese lacquer and paints); preparations based on colour lakes of a kind used to dye fabrics or produce colorant preparations (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213 and 3215)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 1
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 1
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3205
- 3205 00Colour lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colour lakes
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Colour lakes (other than Chinese or Japanese lacquer and paints); preparations based on colour lakes of a kind used to dye fabrics or produce colorant preparations (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213 and 3215)
- 3205 00 00 Colour lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colour lakes
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.