HS Code 21041000
Soups And Broths And Preparations Therefor
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 21041000 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Soups And Broths And Preparations Therefor is classified under HS code 21041000, which sits in heading 2104 (Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations) of chapter 21 (Miscellaneous edible preparations).
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 5% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 64.25%, 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 21041000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 520,533 kg at an assessable value of BDT 199,262,061. That is an average of BDT 383 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 726th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 81,335 kg | BDT 38,203,896 | BDT 470 |
| January 2026 | 88,792 kg | BDT 36,352,061 | BDT 409 |
| February 2026 | 102,297 kg | BDT 40,652,562 | BDT 397 |
| March 2026 | 46,220 kg | BDT 18,041,503 | BDT 390 |
| April 2026 | 90,632 kg | BDT 19,049,947 | BDT 210 |
| May 2026 | 111,257 kg | BDT 46,962,092 | BDT 422 |
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 21 contains 23 tariff lines, averaging 103.18%. At 64.25%, 21041000 sits below that average by 38.93 percentage points. It is the 16th 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 3.17 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.