HS Code 42022200
Handbags with outer.. with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of tex.. material
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 42022200 would be approximately BDT 96,100.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 96.1% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Handbags with outer.. with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of tex.. material is classified under HS code 42022200, 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 42022200 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 2,940 kg at an assessable value of BDT 2,389,456. That is an average of BDT 813 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 3,308th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 1,144 kg | BDT 1,293,642 | BDT 1,131 |
| January 2026 | 541 kg | BDT 289,905 | BDT 536 |
| February 2026 | 289 kg | BDT 437,078 | BDT 1,512 |
| March 2026 | 659 kg | BDT 192,796 | BDT 293 |
| April 2026 | 56 kg | BDT 65,025 | BDT 1,161 |
| May 2026 | 251 kg | BDT 111,010 | BDT 442 |
Bonded imports. A further 384 kg worth BDT 467,779 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 16.4% 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%, 42022200 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.