HS Code 29151100
Formic Acid
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 29151100 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Formic Acid is classified under HS code 29151100, which sits in heading 2915 (Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives) of chapter 29 (Organic chemicals).
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 29151100 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 2,910,615 kg at an assessable value of BDT 218,522,072. That is an average of BDT 75 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 990th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 917,906 kg | BDT 74,734,664 | BDT 81 |
| January 2026 | 126,917 kg | BDT 10,329,267 | BDT 81 |
| February 2026 | 391,977 kg | BDT 32,078,563 | BDT 82 |
| March 2026 | 598,640 kg | BDT 48,381,203 | BDT 81 |
| April 2026 | 429,415 kg | BDT 26,272,166 | BDT 61 |
| May 2026 | 445,760 kg | BDT 26,726,209 | BDT 60 |
Bonded imports. A further 3,427,622 kg worth BDT 257,660,350 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 54.1% 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 29 contains 491 tariff lines, averaging 36.78%. At 39.75%, 29151100 sits above that average by 2.97 percentage points. It is the 26th 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.
Within heading 2915 alone, rates run from 33.63% to 96.1% across 21 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.