HS Code 38249960
Desiccant
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 38249960 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Desiccant is classified under HS code 38249960, 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 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 38249960 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 873,129 kg at an assessable value of BDT 538,569,973. That is an average of BDT 617 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 532nd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 135,218 kg | BDT 83,986,404 | BDT 621 |
| January 2026 | 130,771 kg | BDT 88,581,163 | BDT 677 |
| February 2026 | 236,481 kg | BDT 149,083,541 | BDT 630 |
| March 2026 | 132,109 kg | BDT 88,606,653 | BDT 671 |
| April 2026 | 96,051 kg | BDT 51,586,881 | BDT 537 |
| May 2026 | 142,499 kg | BDT 76,725,331 | BDT 538 |
Bonded imports. A further 565,012 kg worth BDT 441,294,152 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 45.0% 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 39.75%, 38249960 sits below that average by 4.13 percentage points. It is the 41st 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 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.