HS Code 38249950
Coated calcium carbonate
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 38249950 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Coated calcium carbonate is classified under HS code 38249950, which sits in heading 3824 (Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included) of chapter 38 (Miscellaneous chemical products).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 25%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 15%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 5% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 64.25%, 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 38249950 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 14,266,888 kg at an assessable value of BDT 449,400,938. That is an average of BDT 31 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,087th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 7,149,920 kg | BDT 195,979,074 | BDT 27 |
| January 2026 | 6,401,102 kg | BDT 175,380,803 | BDT 27 |
| February 2026 | 146,721 kg | BDT 64,743,781 | BDT 441 |
| March 2026 | 174,002 kg | BDT 4,888,987 | BDT 28 |
| April 2026 | 231,126 kg | BDT 4,668,413 | BDT 20 |
| May 2026 | 164,017 kg | BDT 3,739,880 | BDT 23 |
Bonded imports. A further 841,000 kg worth BDT 18,429,817 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 3.9% 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 38 contains 139 tariff lines, averaging 43.88%. At 64.25%, 38249950 sits above that average by 20.37 percentage points. It is the 3rd 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 3.17 points.
Within heading 3824 alone, rates run from 27.5% to 80.18% across 25 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.