HS Code 29163100
Benzoic Acid, Its Salts And Esters
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 29163100 would be approximately BDT 33,630.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 33.63% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Benzoic Acid, Its Salts And Esters is classified under HS code 29163100, which sits in heading 2916 (Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic, cyclic monocarboxylic, 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 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 29163100 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 489,994 kg at an assessable value of BDT 132,880,339. That is an average of BDT 271 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 834th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 80,985 kg | BDT 24,088,956 | BDT 297 |
| January 2026 | 73,595 kg | BDT 18,762,103 | BDT 255 |
| February 2026 | 67,376 kg | BDT 19,132,617 | BDT 284 |
| March 2026 | 62,987 kg | BDT 17,831,906 | BDT 283 |
| April 2026 | 51,022 kg | BDT 15,917,422 | BDT 312 |
| May 2026 | 154,029 kg | BDT 37,147,335 | BDT 241 |
Bonded imports. A further 30,525 kg worth BDT 4,135,310 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 3.0% 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 29 contains 491 tariff lines, averaging 36.78%. At 33.63%, 29163100 sits below that average by 3.15 percentage points. It is the 229th 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.
Within heading 2916 alone, rates run from 33.63% to 64.25% across 12 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.