HS Code 29152100
Acetic Acid
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 29152100 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Acetic Acid is classified under HS code 29152100, 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 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 29152100 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 290,478 kg at an assessable value of BDT 43,971,091. That is an average of BDT 151 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,844th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 48,541 kg | BDT 7,988,840 | BDT 165 |
| January 2026 | 49,983 kg | BDT 8,539,586 | BDT 171 |
| February 2026 | 62,400 kg | BDT 10,527,640 | BDT 169 |
| March 2026 | 23,036 kg | BDT 4,136,394 | BDT 180 |
| April 2026 | 62,112 kg | BDT 6,796,390 | BDT 109 |
| May 2026 | 44,406 kg | BDT 5,982,241 | BDT 135 |
Bonded imports. A further 7,636,570 kg worth BDT 800,900,257 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. That is 94.8% of everything imported under this code. In practice this line is an export input rather than a product entering the domestic market, so the duty rates above apply to only a small fraction of the trade.
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 64.25%, 29152100 sits above that average by 27.47 percentage points. It is the 6th 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.
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.