HS Code 34013000
ORGNC.SRFC.ACTIVE PROD.&PREPARATION FOR WASHING THE SKIN,IN THE FORM OF ..
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 34013000 would be approximately BDT 189,200.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 189.2% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
ORGNC.SRFC.ACTIVE PROD.&PREPARATION FOR WASHING THE SKIN,IN THE FORM OF .. is classified under HS code 34013000, which sits in heading 3401 (Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes, liquid or cream, containing soap or not; for retail, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent) of chapter 34 (Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing and lubricating preparations, waxes, candles, modelling pastes).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 25%, Supplementary Duty of 60%, VAT of 15%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 20% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 189.2%, 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 34013000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 472,372 kg at an assessable value of BDT 260,063,137. That is an average of BDT 551 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 914th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 90,041 kg | BDT 52,545,189 | BDT 584 |
| January 2026 | 91,288 kg | BDT 65,778,800 | BDT 721 |
| February 2026 | 86,245 kg | BDT 48,405,245 | BDT 561 |
| March 2026 | 59,424 kg | BDT 31,110,500 | BDT 524 |
| April 2026 | 86,160 kg | BDT 31,301,112 | BDT 363 |
| May 2026 | 59,214 kg | BDT 30,922,291 | BDT 522 |
Bonded imports. A further 751 kg worth BDT 350,662 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 0.1% 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 34 contains 34 tariff lines, averaging 72.25%. At 189.2%, 34013000 sits above that average by 116.95 percentage points. It is the 1st 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 128.12 points.
This line carries supplementary duty of 60%. Only 1,633 of 7,469 lines carry any SD at all, and because it is charged after customs and regulatory duty, and VAT is then charged on top of it, it affects the total far more than the rate alone suggests.