HS Chapter 34

Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing and lubricating preparations, waxes, candles, modelling pastes

7 headings · 34 HS codes. Choose a 4-digit heading to see its tariff lines.

Heading 3401 Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes, liquid or cream, containing soap or not; for retail, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent 4 codes Heading 3402 Organic surface-active agents (not soap); surface-active, washing (including auxiliary washing) and cleaning preparations, containing soap or not, excluding those of heading no. 3401 12 codes Heading 3403 Lubricating preparations and those used in oil or grease treatment of textile and similar materials; excluding preparations containing 70% or more (by weight) of petroleum or bituminous mineral oils 7 codes Heading 3404 Waxes; artificial, prepared 3 codes Heading 3405 Polishes, creams, scouring pastes, powders and similar; in any form, (including articles impregnated, coated or covered with such), for furniture, footwear, floors, coachwork, glass or metal 6 codes Heading 3406 Candles, tapers and the like 1 codes Heading 3407 Modelling pastes, including those for children; dental wax, impression compounds, in sets or packings for retail sale or in plates and similar forms; dentistry preparations with plaster base 1 codes

Recorded imports

Between December 2025 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports worth BDT 9,093,946,750 (36,426,353 kg) under this chapter, across 34 of its 34 tariff lines.

NBR's import statements also record one code under this chapter that the published Operative Tariff 2026-2027 does not list (34022000). Those figures are included in the totals above but have no tariff page here, because there is no published rate to show.

Month	Lines with imports	Net weight	Assessable value
December 2025	33	5,962,808 kg	BDT 1,551,137,419
January 2026	34	5,587,779 kg	BDT 1,491,266,615
February 2026	33	4,482,892 kg	BDT 1,171,950,807
March 2026	33	6,689,977 kg	BDT 1,567,438,828
April 2026	33	7,650,046 kg	BDT 1,792,843,080
May 2026	34	6,052,851 kg	BDT 1,519,310,001

The largest lines by assessable value in May 2026:

34023100 — Anionic organic surface-active ageLinear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts — BDT 535,952,607
34023990 — Other than Chips of Sodium Isethionate — BDT 194,840,447
34029090 — Washing & Cleaning Preparations (Excl. Detergents) — BDT 118,837,638
34024290 — Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale :, Non-ion — BDT 116,085,680
34039930 — Synthetic lubricating Oil — BDT 96,705,495

Bonded imports. A further BDT 8,541,916,081 (27,913,241 kg) entered under the bonded-warehouse regime over the same months — duty-free inputs imported against an undertaking to re-export them. That is 48.4% of the total value imported under this chapter.

Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial, IM-7 bonded), December 2025 – May 2026. Assessable value is the customs value on which duty is charged, not the retail or invoice price.

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