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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 3206: Other colouring matter

Heading 3206 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

3206Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter, other than those of heading 3203, 3204 or 3205; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined

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 > 3206

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Inorganic or mineral colouring matter, n.e.s.; preparations based on inorganic or mineral colouring matter of a kind used for colouring any material or produce colorant preparations (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213 and 3215); inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined

Subheadings (6 digits)
7
CN codes (8 digits)
8

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3206

  • 3206 11Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide | Containing 80 % or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide of a kind used for colouring any material or produce colorant preparations, containing >= 80% by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3212, 3213 and 3215)

    • 3206 11 00 Containing 80 % or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter
  • 3206 19Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide of a kind used for colouring any material or produce colorant preparations, containing < 80% by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3212, 3213 and 3215)

    • 3206 19 00 Other
  • 3206 20Pigments and preparations based on chromium compounds

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Pigments and preparations of a kind used for colouring any material or used as ingredients in the manufacture of colouring preparations based on chromium compounds (excl. preparations of headings 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3212, 3213 and 3215)

    • 3206 20 00 Pigments and preparations based on chromium compounds
  • 3206 41Other colouring matter and other preparations | Ultramarine and preparations based thereon

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Ultramarine and preparations based thereon of a kind used for colouring any material or produce colorant preparations (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213 and 3215)

    • 3206 41 00 Ultramarine and preparations based thereon
  • 3206 42Other colouring matter and other preparations | Lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulphide

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulphide of a kind used for colouring any material or produce colorant preparations (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213 and 3215)

    • 3206 42 00 Lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulphide
  • 3206 49Other colouring matter and other preparations | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Inorganic or mineral colouring matter, n.e.s.; preparations based on inorganic or mineral colouring matter of a kind used for colouring any material or produce colorant preparations, n.e.s. (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213 and 3215 and inorganic products of a kind used as liminophores)

    • 3206 49 10 Magnetite
    • 3206 49 70 Other
  • 3206 50Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined

    • 3206 50 00 Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores

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.