HSN 3205: Colour lakes – GST Rate

HSN 3205 covers colour lakes. GST on HSN 3205 is 18% (rates effective 22 September 2025). This heading has 1 tariff items, for example 3205 00 00.

Chapter 32: Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks

GST rates as per CBIC Notifications 09/2025 and 10/2025 (Central Tax - Rate), effective 22 September 2025. Last updated: October 2026. Always verify on the official GST portal before filing.

GST Rates for Heading 3205

18%CGST 9% + SGST 9% / IGST 18%

Colour lakes; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colour lakes

Reference: Schedule II, S. No. 47 (Spec: 3205)

Other entries in this chapter (1)

These apply only if your goods match the description.

5%CGST 2.5% + SGST 2.5% / IGST 5%

Wattle extract, quebracho extract, chestnut extract

Reference: Schedule I, S. No. 242 (Spec: 32)

Sub-Headings & Tariff Items Under 3205

Showing 2 sub-classification codes with complete hierarchy descriptions.

3205006-Digit Sub-heading

Chain: Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks > Colour Lakes; Preparations As Specified In Note 3 To This Chapter Based On Colour Lakes > Colour Lakes, Preparations As Specified In Note 3 To This Chapter Based On Colour Lakes

320500008-Digit Tariff Item

Other Headings in Chapter 32

HSN 3201

Ttanning Extracts Of Vegetable Origin, Tannins And Their Salts, Ethers, Esters And Other Derivatives

HSN 3202

Synthetic Organic Tanning Substances, Inorganic Tanning Substances, Tanning Preparations, Whether Or Not Containing Natural Tanning Substances, Enzymatic Preparations For Pre-Tanning

HSN 3203

Colouring Matter Of Vegetable Or Animal Origin (Including Dyeing Extracts But Excluding Animal Black), Whether Or Not Chemically Defined; Preparations As Specified In Note 3 To This Chapter Based On Colouring Matter Of Vegetable Or Animal Origin

HSN 3204

Synthetic Organic Colouring Matter, Whether Or Not Chemically Defined, Preparations As Specified In Note 3 To This Chapter Based On Synthetic Organic Colouring Matter, Synthetic Organic Products Of A Kind Used As Fluorescent Brightening Agents Or As Luminophores, Whether Or Not Chemically Defined

HSN 3206

Other Colouring Matter, Preparations As Specified In Note 3 To This Chapter, Other Than Those Of Headings 3203, 3204 Or 3205, Inorganic Products Of A Kind Used As Luminophores, Whether Or Not Chemically Defined

HSN 3207

Prepared Pigments, Prepared Opacifiers And Prepared Colours, Vitrifiable Enamels And Glazes, Engobes (Slips), Liquid Lustres And Similar Preparations, Of A Kind Used In The Ceramic, Enamelling Or Glass Industry, Glass Frit And Other Glass, In The Form Of Powder, Granules Or Flakes

HSN 3208

Paints And Varnishes (Including Enamels And Lacquers) Based On Synthetic Polymers Or Chemically Modified Natural Polymers, Dispersed Or Dissolved In A Non-Aqueous Medium, Solutions As Defined In Note 4 To This Chapter

HSN 3209

Paints And Varnishes (Including Enamels And Lacquers) Based On Synthetic Polymers Or Chemically Modified Natural Polymers, Dispersed Or Dissolved In An Aqueous Medium

HSN 3210

Other Paints And Varnishes (Including Enamels, Lacquers And Distempers); Prepared Water Pigments Of A Kind Used For Finishing Leather

HSN 3211

Prepared Driers

HSN 3212

Pigments (Including Metallic Powders And Flakes) Dispersed In Non-Aqueous Media, In Liquid Or Paste Form, Of A Kind Used In The Manufacture Of Paints (Including Enamels); Stamping Foils; Dyes And Other Colouring Matter Put Up In Forms Or Packings For Retail Sale

HSN 3213

Artists', Students' Or Signboard Painters' Colours, Modifiying Tints, Amusement Colours And The Like, In Tablets, Tubes, Jars, Bottles, Pans Or In Similar Forms Or Packings.

HSN 3214

Glaziers' Putty, Grafting Putty, Resin Cements, Caulking Compounds And Other Mastics, Painters' Fillings, Non-Refractory Surfacing Prepartions For Facades, Indoor Walls, Floors, Ceilings Or The Like

HSN 3215

Printing Ink, Writing Or Drawing Ink And Other Inks, Whether Or Not Concentrated Or Solid

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