HS Code 06031900
Cut flowers & flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental pur
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 06031900 would be approximately BDT 82,630.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 82.63% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Cut flowers & flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental pur is classified under HS code 06031900, which sits in heading 0603 (Flowers; cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared) of chapter 06 (Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots; cut flowers and ornamental foliage).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 25%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 15%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 20% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 82.63%, 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 May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 06031900 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 10,835 kg at an assessable value of BDT 5,848,130. That is an average of BDT 540 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,938th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 3,295 kg | BDT 2,063,612 | BDT 626 |
| January 2026 | 1,860 kg | BDT 1,161,293 | BDT 624 |
| February 2026 | 1,492 kg | BDT 932,511 | BDT 625 |
| March 2026 | 1,425 kg | BDT 891,543 | BDT 626 |
| April 2026 | 1,327 kg | BDT 364,100 | BDT 274 |
| May 2026 | 1,436 kg | BDT 435,071 | BDT 303 |
Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial), 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 06 contains 17 tariff lines, averaging 49.82%. At 82.63%, 06031900 sits above that average by 32.81 percentage points. It is the 1st most heavily taxed line in the chapter.
Across the whole Operative Tariff the mean is 61.08%, so this line is dearer than the typical import by 21.55 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.