HS Code 34049090
Artificial Waxes And Prepared Waxes, Nes
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 34049090 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Artificial Waxes And Prepared Waxes, Nes is classified under HS code 34049090, which sits in heading 3404 (Waxes; artificial, prepared) 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 34049090 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 2,522,312 kg at an assessable value of BDT 484,133,249. That is an average of BDT 192 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 707th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 346,352 kg | BDT 73,169,077 | BDT 211 |
| January 2026 | 548,588 kg | BDT 113,782,624 | BDT 207 |
| February 2026 | 260,526 kg | BDT 48,064,019 | BDT 184 |
| March 2026 | 342,583 kg | BDT 71,892,052 | BDT 210 |
| April 2026 | 818,489 kg | BDT 127,984,264 | BDT 156 |
| May 2026 | 205,774 kg | BDT 49,241,213 | BDT 239 |
Bonded imports. A further 464,188 kg worth BDT 120,694,505 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 20.0% 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 34 contains 34 tariff lines, averaging 72.25%. At 39.75%, 34049090 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.
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.