HS Code 29419019
AZITHROMYCIN
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 29419019 would be approximately BDT 33,630.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 33.63% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
AZITHROMYCIN is classified under HS code 29419019, which sits in heading 2941 (Antibiotics) 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 29419019 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 65,638 kg at an assessable value of BDT 629,705,296. That is an average of BDT 9,594 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 300th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 8,725 kg | BDT 33,381,922 | BDT 3,826 |
| January 2026 | 16,001 kg | BDT 190,611,847 | BDT 11,912 |
| February 2026 | 6,305 kg | BDT 82,388,803 | BDT 13,067 |
| March 2026 | 9,500 kg | BDT 71,595,263 | BDT 7,536 |
| April 2026 | 13,355 kg | BDT 80,149,112 | BDT 6,001 |
| May 2026 | 11,752 kg | BDT 171,578,349 | BDT 14,600 |
Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial), 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%, 29419019 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 2941 alone, rates run from 27.5% to 45.88% across 9 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.