HS Chapter 78

Lead and articles thereof

4 headings · 9 HS codes. Choose a 4-digit heading to see its tariff lines.

Heading 7801 Lead; unwrought 3 codes Heading 7802 Lead; waste and scrap 1 codes Heading 7804 Lead; plates, sheets, strip and foil, lead powders and flakes 3 codes Heading 7806 Lead; articles n.e.c. in chapter 78 2 codes

Recorded imports

Between December 2025 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports worth BDT 4,719,804,859 (16,835,169 kg) under this chapter, across 7 of its 9 tariff lines. The remaining 2 recorded no commercial import in that window.

Month	Lines with imports	Net weight	Assessable value
December 2025	4	1,402,365 kg	BDT 423,849,337
January 2026	5	1,456,788 kg	BDT 416,724,695
February 2026	4	2,310,815 kg	BDT 655,546,035
March 2026	4	3,624,145 kg	BDT 1,030,153,101
April 2026	4	4,128,350 kg	BDT 1,127,624,391
May 2026	4	3,912,706 kg	BDT 1,065,907,300

The largest lines by assessable value in May 2026:

78011000 — Refined Lead, Unwrought — BDT 694,489,582
78019100 — Unwrought Lead, Containing Antimony As The Principale Other Element — BDT 370,177,483
78060090 — Other Articles Of Lead Nes — BDT 1,239,742
78019900 — Unwrought Lead (Excl. Refined And Containing Antimony) — BDT 493

Bonded imports. A further BDT 612,047,457 (2,026,266 kg) entered under the bonded-warehouse regime over the same months — duty-free inputs imported against an undertaking to re-export them. That is 11.5% 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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