HS Code 12081000
Soya Bean Flours And Meals
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 12081000 would be approximately BDT 17,880.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 17.88% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Soya Bean Flours And Meals is classified under HS code 12081000, which sits in heading 1208 (Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits; other than those of mustard) of chapter 12 (Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 0%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 0%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 5% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 17.88%, 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 February 2026 and February 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 12081000 in 1 of 6 months, totalling 26,000 kg at an assessable value of BDT 2,816,313. That is an average of BDT 108 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In February 2026 it was the 2,405th largest of 4,051 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 26,000 kg | BDT 2,816,313 | BDT 108 |
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 12 contains 91 tariff lines, averaging 22.9%. At 17.88%, 12081000 sits below that average by 5.02 percentage points. It is the 49th 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 43.2 points.
Within heading 1208 alone, rates run from 17.88% to 39.75% across 2 lines. Classification inside a single heading can change the bill substantially, so confirm the eight-digit code rather than working from the four-digit heading.
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.