HS Code 40169500
Inflatable Articles, Of Vulcanized Rubber, Nes
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 40169500 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Inflatable Articles, Of Vulcanized Rubber, Nes is classified under HS code 40169500, which sits in heading 4016 (Articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber, n.e.c. in chapter 40) 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 40169500 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 100,490 kg at an assessable value of BDT 79,035,977. That is an average of BDT 787 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,667th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 20,297 kg | BDT 13,235,477 | BDT 652 |
| January 2026 | 16,984 kg | BDT 13,455,082 | BDT 792 |
| February 2026 | 25,873 kg | BDT 20,721,474 | BDT 801 |
| March 2026 | 18,494 kg | BDT 12,827,883 | BDT 694 |
| April 2026 | 12,055 kg | BDT 10,417,691 | BDT 864 |
| May 2026 | 6,787 kg | BDT 8,378,370 | BDT 1,234 |
Bonded imports. A further 30,893 kg worth BDT 70,346,984 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 47.1% 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 40 contains 88 tariff lines, averaging 46.41%. At 64.25%, 40169500 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 4016 alone, rates run from 33.63% to 96.1% 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.