HS Code 38170090
MIXED ALKYLBENZENES AND MIXED ALKYLNAPHTHALENES,OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 2707 OR 2902
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 38170090 would be approximately BDT 33,630.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 33.63% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
MIXED ALKYLBENZENES AND MIXED ALKYLNAPHTHALENES,OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 2707 OR 2902 is classified under HS code 38170090, which sits in heading 3817 (Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902) of chapter 38 (Miscellaneous chemical products).
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 38170090 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 6,105,604 kg at an assessable value of BDT 1,491,225,873. That is an average of BDT 244 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 201st largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 2,902 kg | BDT 1,999,704 | BDT 689 |
| January 2026 | 2,902 kg | BDT 2,000,200 | BDT 689 |
| February 2026 | 599,940 kg | BDT 113,162,574 | BDT 189 |
| March 2026 | 1,139,920 kg | BDT 214,993,804 | BDT 189 |
| April 2026 | 3,559,860 kg | BDT 891,259,050 | BDT 250 |
| May 2026 | 800,080 kg | BDT 267,810,541 | BDT 335 |
Bonded imports. A further 2,902 kg worth BDT 600 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 0.0% 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 38 contains 139 tariff lines, averaging 43.88%. At 33.63%, 38170090 sits below that average by 10.25 percentage points. It is the 115th 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 3817 alone, rates run from 17.88% to 33.63% across 2 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.