HS Code 34024100
Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale :, Cationi
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 34024100 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale :, Cationi is classified under HS code 34024100, which sits in heading 3402 (Organic surface-active agents (not soap); surface-active, washing (including auxiliary washing) and cleaning preparations, containing soap or not, excluding those of heading no. 3401) 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 10%, 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 39.75%, 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 34024100 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 234,166 kg at an assessable value of BDT 76,239,397. That is an average of BDT 326 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,437th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 58,204 kg | BDT 14,059,055 | BDT 242 |
| January 2026 | 23,498 kg | BDT 16,138,266 | BDT 687 |
| February 2026 | 32,609 kg | BDT 12,246,729 | BDT 376 |
| March 2026 | 22,865 kg | BDT 7,115,084 | BDT 311 |
| April 2026 | 55,795 kg | BDT 14,684,360 | BDT 263 |
| May 2026 | 41,195 kg | BDT 11,995,903 | BDT 291 |
Bonded imports. A further 368,155 kg worth BDT 104,988,277 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 57.9% 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 39.75%, 34024100 sits below that average by 32.5 percentage points. It is the 24th 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 21.33 points.
Within heading 3402 alone, rates run from 39.75% to 112.03% 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.