HS Code 28211000
Iron Oxides And Hydroxides
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 28211000 would be approximately BDT 14,880.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 14.88% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Iron Oxides And Hydroxides is classified under HS code 28211000, which sits in heading 2821 (Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2o3) 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 0%, Advance Income Tax of 2%, Regulatory Duty of 0% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 14.88%, 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 December 2025 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 28211000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 1,889,849 kg at an assessable value of BDT 271,278,200. That is an average of BDT 144 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,034th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 463,485 kg | BDT 61,251,512 | BDT 132 |
| January 2026 | 283,887 kg | BDT 49,660,984 | BDT 175 |
| February 2026 | 254,137 kg | BDT 45,834,933 | BDT 180 |
| March 2026 | 345,097 kg | BDT 49,360,586 | BDT 143 |
| April 2026 | 318,604 kg | BDT 40,151,917 | BDT 126 |
| May 2026 | 224,639 kg | BDT 25,018,268 | BDT 111 |
Bonded imports. A further 4 kg worth BDT 75,669 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 0.0% 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 14.88%, 28211000 sits below that average by 23.25 percentage points. It is the 196th 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 46.2 points.
Within heading 2821 alone, rates run from 14.88% to 33.63% 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.