HS Code 28030000
Carbon (Carbon Blacks And Other Forms Of Carbon, Nesoi)
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 28030000 would be approximately BDT 33,630.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 33.63% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Carbon (Carbon Blacks And Other Forms Of Carbon, Nesoi) is classified under HS code 28030000, which sits in heading 2803 (Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.) of chapter 28 (Inorganic chemicals; compounds of precious metals, rare-earth metals, radioactive elements or isotopes).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 5%, 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 33.63%, 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 28030000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 5,618,795 kg at an assessable value of BDT 1,059,471,559. That is an average of BDT 189 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 359th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 872,857 kg | BDT 175,018,884 | BDT 201 |
| January 2026 | 843,961 kg | BDT 160,726,405 | BDT 190 |
| February 2026 | 1,047,216 kg | BDT 213,984,643 | BDT 204 |
| March 2026 | 1,265,343 kg | BDT 223,858,410 | BDT 177 |
| April 2026 | 917,528 kg | BDT 150,088,241 | BDT 164 |
| May 2026 | 671,890 kg | BDT 135,794,976 | BDT 202 |
Bonded imports. A further 46,200 kg worth BDT 7,244,403 entered under the bonded-warehouse regime in the same period — goods brought in duty-free as inputs on the undertaking that they leave again as exports, which in Bangladesh overwhelmingly means ready-made garments. Bonded entries account for 0.7% of the total value imported under this code, the rest entering commercially.
Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial, IM-7 bonded), 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 28 contains 200 tariff lines, averaging 38.13%. At 33.63%, 28030000 sits below that average by 4.5 percentage points. It is the 126th 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 27.45 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.