HS Code 42021100
Trunks, Suit-Cases..., Etc, With Outer Surface Of Leather,Or Of composition leather
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 42021100 would be approximately BDT 96,100.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 96.1% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Trunks, Suit-Cases..., Etc, With Outer Surface Of Leather,Or Of composition leather is classified under HS code 42021100, which sits in heading 4202 (Trunks; suit, camera, jewellery, cutlery cases; travel, tool, similar bags; wholly or mainly covered by leather, composition leather, plastic sheeting, textile materials, vulcanised fibre, paperboard) of chapter 42 (Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags; articles of animal gut).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 25%, Supplementary Duty of 20%, 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 96.1%, 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 42021100 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 799 kg at an assessable value of BDT 470,402. That is an average of BDT 589 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 3,561st largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 116 kg | BDT 50,540 | BDT 436 |
| January 2026 | 284 kg | BDT 187,812 | BDT 661 |
| February 2026 | 342 kg | BDT 193,990 | BDT 567 |
| March 2026 | 7 kg | BDT 3,004 | BDT 429 |
| April 2026 | 22 kg | BDT 2,946 | BDT 134 |
| May 2026 | 28 kg | BDT 32,110 | BDT 1,147 |
Bonded imports. A further 372 kg worth BDT 468,777 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 49.9% 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 42 contains 22 tariff lines, averaging 76.83%. At 96.1%, 42021100 sits above that average by 19.27 percentage points. It is the 1st 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 35.02 points.
This line carries supplementary duty of 20%. Only 1,633 of 7,469 lines carry any SD at all, and because it is charged after customs and regulatory duty, and VAT is then charged on top of it, it affects the total far more than the rate alone suggests.