HS code 3208: Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers)

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3208

• 3208 10Based on polyesters

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on polyesters, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on polyesters in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight

  • 3208 10 10 Solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter
  • 3208 10 90 Other
• 3208 20Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight

  • 3208 20 10 Solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter
  • 3208 20 90 Other
• 3208 90Other

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (excl. those based on polyesters and acrylic or vinyl polymers and solutions of collodion)

  • 3208 90 11 Solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter | Polyurethane of 2,2′-(tert-butylimino)diethanol and 4,4′-methylenedicyclohexyl diisocyanate, in the form of a solution in N,N-dimethylacetamide, containing by weight 48 % or more of polymer
  • 3208 90 13 Solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter | Copolymer of p-cresol and divinylbenzene, in the form of a solution in N,N-dimethylacetamide, containing by weight 48 % or more of polymer
  • 3208 90 19 Solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter | Other
  • 3208 90 91 Other | Based on synthetic polymers
  • 3208 90 99 Other | Based on chemically modified natural polymers

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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