HS Code 27081000
Pitch Obtained From Coal Tar Or From Other Mineral Tars
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 27081000 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Pitch Obtained From Coal Tar Or From Other Mineral Tars is classified under HS code 27081000, which sits in heading 2708 (Pitch and pitch coke; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars) of chapter 27 (Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral 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 27081000 in 5 of 6 months, totalling 96,003 kg at an assessable value of BDT 8,427,939. That is an average of BDT 88 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,763rd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 500 kg | BDT 82,658 | BDT 165 |
| January 2026 | 1,500 kg | BDT 247,889 | BDT 165 |
| March 2026 | 35,941 kg | BDT 2,969,076 | BDT 83 |
| April 2026 | 54,062 kg | BDT 4,379,594 | BDT 81 |
| May 2026 | 4,000 kg | BDT 748,722 | BDT 187 |
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 27 contains 83 tariff lines, averaging 41.95%. At 39.75%, 27081000 sits below that average by 2.2 percentage points. It is the 30th 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.