Export Dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale from India
Export policy, GST, RoDTEP and Duty Drawback for ITC-HS 32129020, taken from the notifications that set them. Unit of quantity: ---.
Can you export it?
What India ships
India exported $288k under ITC-HS 32129020 in FY 2025-26. That is up 29.1% on the previous year. National total across every state; it does not say which countries bought it.
What India pays back
GST—GST 18% (Schedule II, HSN 3212)
RoDTEP—RoDTEP notified rate 0.7% of FOB. DGFT has limited benefits under Appendix 4R and 4RE to 50% of the notified rates and value caps. Rates below are the NOTIFIED rates. This limitation has been extended once already. Confirm whether it is still in force before quoting an effective rate.
Duty drawback—Duty Drawback 1.2% of FOB for HS heading 3212. Notification 77/2023-Customs (N.T.) dated 20.10.2023, in force from 30.10.2023.
Where this code sits
- 32Chapter
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints, varnishes; putty, other mastics; inks
- 3212Heading
- 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
- 321290Subheading
- Pigments; of a kind used in the manufacture of paints, other than stamping foils
- 32129020Tariff line
- Dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale
The first six digits are the same in every country you ship to. The last two are India's alone.
What your buyer pays
Import duty, VAT and trade-agreement eligibility depend on where you ship. Run this line against 80 markets — or price a single one — in the toolkit.
Other lines under HS 321290
Export values from Trade Intelligence and Analytics (TIA) Portal, DGCIS — Department of Commerce, Government of India, USD million. Tariff line and export policy from DGFT ITC(HS) 2022. GST from Notification 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate). RoDTEP from DGFT Appendix 4R. Duty Drawback from CBIC 77/2023-Cus (N.T.). Bundled and updated periodically, never fetched live — rates change by notification, so confirm before you ship or file. Nothing here is legal or tax advice.