HS Code 39042200
Plasticised Polyvinyl Chloride, In Primary Forms
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 39042200 would be approximately BDT 33,630.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 33.63% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Plasticised Polyvinyl Chloride, In Primary Forms is classified under HS code 39042200, which sits in heading 3904 (Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms) of chapter 39 (Plastics and articles thereof).
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 39042200 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 4,871,476 kg at an assessable value of BDT 868,118,621. That is an average of BDT 178 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 491st largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 734,234 kg | BDT 133,689,640 | BDT 182 |
| January 2026 | 907,544 kg | BDT 162,300,232 | BDT 179 |
| February 2026 | 650,567 kg | BDT 122,695,202 | BDT 189 |
| March 2026 | 834,317 kg | BDT 151,275,368 | BDT 181 |
| April 2026 | 1,240,929 kg | BDT 210,301,411 | BDT 169 |
| May 2026 | 503,885 kg | BDT 87,856,768 | BDT 174 |
Bonded imports. A further 1,331,950 kg worth BDT 246,415,586 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 22.1% 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 39 contains 185 tariff lines, averaging 57.55%. At 33.63%, 39042200 sits below that average by 23.92 percentage points. It is the 122nd 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 3904 alone, rates run from 33.63% to 39.75% across 9 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.