HS Code 40151900
Gloves Of Vulcanized Rubber (Excl. Surgical Gloves)
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 40151900 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Gloves Of Vulcanized Rubber (Excl. Surgical Gloves) is classified under HS code 40151900, which sits in heading 4015 (Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves, mittens and mitts), for all purposes, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber) of chapter 40 (Rubber and articles thereof).
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 40151900 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 633,815 kg at an assessable value of BDT 256,588,276. That is an average of BDT 405 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 814th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 34,827 kg | BDT 18,517,767 | BDT 532 |
| January 2026 | 74,667 kg | BDT 30,561,408 | BDT 409 |
| February 2026 | 120,520 kg | BDT 54,963,062 | BDT 456 |
| March 2026 | 111,188 kg | BDT 46,517,065 | BDT 418 |
| April 2026 | 166,356 kg | BDT 67,448,003 | BDT 405 |
| May 2026 | 126,257 kg | BDT 38,580,971 | BDT 306 |
Bonded imports. A further 7,690 kg worth BDT 21,976,948 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 7.9% 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 40 contains 88 tariff lines, averaging 46.41%. At 64.25%, 40151900 sits above that average by 17.84 percentage points. It is the 4th 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 4015 alone, rates run from 39.75% to 64.25% across 3 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.