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Heading in chapter 32 — Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes; inks

Pigments

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 Reta

$63MIndia’s exports in 2025
116countries bought from India in 2025
0.4×change since 2013 ($146M)
2%of chapter 32 exports

India’s exports, year by year

US$, calendar years, all destinations combined. Source: UN Comtrade (India’s own reports).

Biggest buyers, 2025

  1. USA
  2. Germany
  3. United Rep. of Tanzania
  4. Poland
  5. Russian Federation
  6. Bangladesh
  7. Thailand
  8. China
  9. United Arab Emirates
  10. Nigeria

Ranked by value. Country-by-country figures are not shown.

What's inside 3212

2 codes India exports
3212.90Pigments — other types$58M in 2025 — 91% of the total3212.10Stamping foils$5.5M in 2025 — 9% of the total

Other codes in chapter 32

3204Synthetic organic colouring matter$2.3B in 20253206Other colouring matter$282M in 20253215Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks$243M in 20253208Paints and varnishes$101M in 20253205Colour lakes$78M in 20253207Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colours, vitrifiable enamels and…$48M in 20253202Synthetic organic tanning substances$34M in 20253203Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin$31M in 20253214Glaziers’putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics$30M in 20253213Artists’, students’or signboard painters’ colours, modifiying tints, amusement colours…$29M in 20253211Prepared driers$24M in 20253209Paints and varnishes$18M in 2025