HS Code 15161000
Animal Fats And Oils And Fractions, Hydrogenated, Etc
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 15161000 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Animal Fats And Oils And Fractions, Hydrogenated, Etc is classified under HS code 15161000, which sits in heading 1516 (Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared) of chapter 15 (Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 10%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 15%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 0% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 39.75%, 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 15161000 in 5 of 6 months, totalling 72,675 kg at an assessable value of BDT 9,597,243. That is an average of BDT 132 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,772nd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 145 kg | BDT 777,643 | BDT 5,363 |
| January 2026 | 20 kg | BDT 246,010 | BDT 12,301 |
| March 2026 | 45,150 kg | BDT 4,187,564 | BDT 93 |
| April 2026 | 26,620 kg | BDT 3,662,660 | BDT 138 |
| May 2026 | 740 kg | BDT 723,366 | BDT 978 |
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 15 contains 61 tariff lines, averaging 47.32%. At 39.75%, 15161000 sits below that average by 7.57 percentage points. It is the 23rd 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 21.33 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.