HS code 3215: Printing ink, writing or drawing ink
Heading 3215 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
3215Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid
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 > 3215
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 3
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 4
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3215
- 3215 11Printing ink | Black
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Black printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid
- 3215 11 00 Black
- 3215 19Printing ink | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. black ink)
- 3215 19 00 Other
- 3215 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. printing ink)
- 3215 90 20 Ink cartridges (without an integrated print head) for insertion into apparatus of subheadings 844331, 844332 or 844339, and incorporating mechanical or electrical components; solid ink in engineered shapes for insertion into apparatus of subheadings 844331, 844332 or 844339
- 3215 90 70 Other
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.