HS Code 05051000
Raw Feathers For Stuffing; Down
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 05051000 would be approximately BDT 15,000.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 15% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Raw Feathers For Stuffing; Down is classified under HS code 05051000, which sits in heading 0505 (Skins and other parts of birds with feathers, down; feathers, down and parts thereof; not further worked than cleaned, disinfected, treated for preservation; powder, waste and parts of feathers) of chapter 05 (Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 10%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 0%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 0% and Advance Tax of 0%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 15%, which is the figure to multiply by the assessable value of your consignment.
The assessable value is normally the CIF value of the goods plus landing charges. Duties and taxes are applied in a defined order rather than simply added together, which is why the TTI is not the plain sum of the individual rates.
Recorded imports
Between December 2025 and February 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 05051000 in 3 of 6 months, totalling 10 kg at an assessable value of BDT 7,852. That is an average of BDT 785 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In February 2026 it was the 3,932nd largest of 4,051 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 3 kg | BDT 3,719 | BDT 1,240 |
| January 2026 | 2 kg | BDT 1,003 | BDT 502 |
| February 2026 | 5 kg | BDT 3,130 | BDT 626 |
Bonded imports. A further 719,174 kg worth BDT 6,335,305,795 entered under the bonded-warehouse regime in the same period — goods brought in duty-free as inputs on the undertaking that they leave again as exports, which in Bangladesh overwhelmingly means ready-made garments. That is over 99.9% of everything imported under this code. In practice this line is an export input rather than a product entering the domestic market, so the duty rates above apply to only a small fraction of the trade.
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.
Source: NBR Operative Tariff 2026-2027. The full schedule was reconciled against NBR's online duty calculator before publication; figures were last checked against NBR's live operative tariff search on 10 October 2026.
How this line compares
Chapter 05 contains 18 tariff lines, averaging 20.72%. At 15%, 05051000 sits below that average by 5.72 percentage points. It is the 7th most heavily taxed line in the chapter.
Across the whole Operative Tariff the mean is 61.08%, so this line is cheaper than the typical import by 46.08 points.
No supplementary duty applies here, which is the normal case — SD is zero on 78% of the tariff. Where it does apply it usually dominates every other component.