HS Chapter 79

Zinc and articles thereof

6 headings · 12 HS codes. Choose a 4-digit heading to see its tariff lines.

Heading 7901 Zinc; unwrought 5 codes Heading 7902 Zinc; waste and scrap 1 codes Heading 7903 Zinc; dust, powders and flakes 2 codes Heading 7904 Zinc; bars, rods, profiles and wire 1 codes Heading 7905 Zinc; plates, sheets, strip and foil 1 codes Heading 7907 Zinc; articles n.e.c. in chapter 79 2 codes

Recorded imports

Between December 2025 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports worth BDT 5,499,129,369 (13,122,811 kg) under this chapter, across 10 of its 12 tariff lines. The remaining 2 recorded no commercial import in that window.

Month	Lines with imports	Net weight	Assessable value
December 2025	5	2,100,239 kg	BDT 846,941,474
January 2026	8	2,112,395 kg	BDT 865,351,957
February 2026	7	1,944,025 kg	BDT 818,017,951
March 2026	6	2,285,918 kg	BDT 974,069,644
April 2026	6	3,015,157 kg	BDT 1,281,318,052
May 2026	8	1,665,077 kg	BDT 713,430,291

The largest lines by assessable value in May 2026:

79011190 — Zinc, Not Alloyed, >=99.99% Pure, Nes — BDT 591,478,652
79012000 — Zinc alloys — BDT 107,950,443
79040000 — Zinc Bars, Rods, Profiles And Wire — BDT 10,329,403
79011210 — Zinc ingots — BDT 2,518,724
79031000 — Zinc Dust — BDT 724,955

Bonded imports. A further BDT 1,358,298,272 (2,889,110 kg) entered under the bonded-warehouse regime over the same months — duty-free inputs imported against an undertaking to re-export them. That is 19.8% 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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