Colours; artists, students, or signboard painters, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like; in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pan or in similar forms or packings

HS v2022 Code: 3213

About colours; artists, students, or signboard painters, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like; in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pan or in similar forms or packings

HS code 3213 covers a diverse range of coloring products used by artists, students, and signboard painters. These products play a vital role in the creative industries, enabling individuals to express their artistic vision through the use of modifiable tints, amusement colors, and other specialized pigments. As an important component of the broader art supplies and stationery market, this industry contributes to the vibrant cultural landscape and educational ecosystem across the globe.

Production process

The production of the goods covered under HS code 3213 typically involves the blending and processing of various pigments, binders, and other additives to create a wide array of coloring mediums. Manufacturers may utilize techniques such as milling, grinding, and mixing to achieve the desired consistency and properties for each product. The final goods are then packaged in convenient forms, such as tablets, tubes, jars, or pans, to meet the needs of the target consumers.

Production inputs

The main inputs required for the production of goods under HS code 3213 include a variety of pigments, both natural and synthetic, as well as binders, solvents, and other specialized chemicals. Manufacturers may also rely on specialized machinery and equipment, such as mills, mixers, and packaging lines, to ensure efficient and consistent production. Additionally, the industry may consume outputs from related sectors, such as 3204 Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined, which provide essential raw materials.

Production outputs

The primary outputs of the industry covered by HS code 3213 are the diverse range of coloring products, including paints, inks, and other pigmented materials, used by artists, students, and signboard painters. These outputs are then consumed by a variety of downstream industries, such as 9701 Paintings, drawings and pastels, executed entirely by hand, other than drawings of heading 4906 and other than hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles; collages and similar decorative plaques, 9403 Other furniture and parts thereof, and 9504 Video game consoles and machines, articles for funfair, table or parlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling alley equipment, where they are utilized for creative, decorative, and entertainment purposes.

Family tree for colours; artists, students, or signboard painters, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like; in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pan or in similar forms or packings

    graph LR
    A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/32'>32: Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints, varnishes; putty, other mastics; inks</a>"]
A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3213'>3213: Colours; artists, students, or signboard painters, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like; in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pan or in similar forms or packings</a>"]

    A --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3201'>3201: Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives</a>"]
A --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3202'>3202: Tanning substances; synthetic organic or inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances, enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning</a>"]
A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3203'>3203: Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extracts, not animal black); whether or not chemically defined; preparations based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin</a>"]
A --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3204'>3204: Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon; synthetic organic products used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores; whether or not chemically defined</a>"]
A --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3205'>3205: Colour lakes; preparations based on colour lakes as specified in note 3 to this chapter</a>"]
A --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3206'>3206: Colouring matter and preparations thereof n.e.c. in heading no. 3203, 3204, 3205; inorganic products, kind used as luminophores whether or not chemically defined</a>"]
A --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3207'>3207: Pigments, prepared; opacifiers, colours, vitrifiable enamels, glazes, engobes (slips), liquid lustres etc as used in the ceramic enamelling or glass industry; glass frit and powder, granules or flakes</a>"]
A --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3208'>3208: Paints, varnishes; (enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium</a>"]
A --> K["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3209'>3209: Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium</a>"]
A --> L["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3210'>3210: Paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers), excluding those of heading no. 3209, prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather</a>"]
A --> M["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3211'>3211: Driers; prepared</a>"]
A --> N["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3212'>3212: Pigments (metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-aqueous media in liquid or paste form, as used in manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils, dyes etc in forms, packing for retail sale</a>"]
A --> O["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3214'>3214: Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like</a>"]
A --> P["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3215'>3215: Ink; printing, writing or drawing ink and other inks; whether or not concentrated or solid</a>"]

    B --> Q["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/321310'>321310: Colours; in sets, of a kind used by artists, students or signboard painters</a>"]
B --> R["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/321390'>321390: Colours; (other than in sets), of a kind used by artists, students or signboard painters</a>"]


    %% Color coordination by level

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    classDef level2 color:#000,fill:#e0a458,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px
    classDef level3 color:#000,fill:#419d78,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px
    classDef level4 color:#000,fill:#c04abc,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px
    classDef level5 color:#000,fill:#f1c40f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px
    classDef level6 color:#000,fill:#f1c40f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px
    classDef highlight color:#000,fill:#fff,stroke:#000,stroke-width:5px



  %% Apply classes
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class B level4
class C level4
class D level4
class E level4
class F level4
class G level4
class H level4
class I level4
class J level4
class K level4
class L level4
class M level4
class N level4
class O level4
class P level4
class Q level6
class R level6

  class B highlight

  %% class A level1
  %% class B,C level2
  %% class D,E,F,G,H,I level2
  %% class J,K,L,M,N,O,P level3
  %% class B highlight