HS Code 30043100
Medicaments Containing Insulin, For Retail Sale
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 30043100 would be approximately BDT 5,000.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 5% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Medicaments Containing Insulin, For Retail Sale is classified under HS code 30043100, which sits in heading 3004 (Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic use, put up in measured doses (incl. those in the form of transdermal admin. systems) or packed for retail sale) of chapter 30 (Pharmaceutical products).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 0%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 0%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 0% and Advance Tax of 0%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 5%, 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 30043100 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 64,964 kg at an assessable value of BDT 2,439,102,861. That is an average of BDT 37,545 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 320th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 16,265 kg | BDT 654,883,583 | BDT 40,263 |
| January 2026 | 13,333 kg | BDT 565,234,970 | BDT 42,394 |
| February 2026 | 15,659 kg | BDT 577,201,351 | BDT 36,861 |
| March 2026 | 591 kg | BDT 23,518,742 | BDT 39,795 |
| April 2026 | 12,448 kg | BDT 463,762,065 | BDT 37,256 |
| May 2026 | 6,668 kg | BDT 154,502,150 | BDT 23,171 |
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 30 contains 57 tariff lines, averaging 17.95%. At 5%, 30043100 sits below that average by 12.95 percentage points. It is the 42nd 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 56.08 points.
Within heading 3004 alone, rates run from 5% to 64.25% across 18 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.