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HS code for Acrylic paint set

HS 2022Destination GBConfidence 0.85

Why this code

Heading 3213 covers artists', students' or signboard painters' colours in tubes, jars, pots or similar packings. Water-based acrylic colours sold for painting and drawing by artists, students or hobbyists fit this description. The product is a retail set of several colours, so subheading 321310 'Colours in sets' applies rather than 321390 'Other'. Heading 3209 covers decorative or industrial paints and is more general than 3213 for artists' colours (GRI 3(a)). Heading 3212 covers pigment dispersions in non-aqueous media and dyes for retail sale, so it does not fit a water-based artists' colour. Pigment and binder percentages and pack sizes do not change the classification.

Rules applied: GRI 1, GRI 3(a), GRI 6.

Alternatives considered

Code	Description	Why not
3213.90	Artists', students' or signboard painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings > Other	Covers artists' colours not put up as a set; the product is sold as a multi-colour set.
3209.10	Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium > Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers	Acrylic-based paints in aqueous medium of heading 3209 are general paints, not artists' colours; 3213 is more specific (GRI 3(a)).
3212.90	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 > Other	Heading 3212 covers non-aqueous pigment dispersions and dyes put up for retail sale, not water-based artists' colours.

Information that would confirm the code

• Does the set include brushes, palettes or other non-colour items that could affect classification under GRI 3(b)?
• Are all colours artists' colours in tubes or pots rather than bulk paint?

UK Integrated Tariff line for GB

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