HS Code 48115990
PAPER,PAPERBOARD,CELLULOSE WADDING AND ...EXCL.TETRAPACK/ASCEPTIC PACK
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 48115990 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
PAPER,PAPERBOARD,CELLULOSE WADDING AND ...EXCL.TETRAPACK/ASCEPTIC PACK is classified under HS code 48115990, which sits in heading 4811 (Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, coated, impregnated, covered, surface-coloured, decorated or printed, rolls or sheets, other than goods of heading no. 4803, 4809, or 4810) of chapter 48 (Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard).
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 48115990 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 1,830,899 kg at an assessable value of BDT 223,465,909. That is an average of BDT 122 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 928th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 368,370 kg | BDT 46,480,486 | BDT 126 |
| January 2026 | 372,725 kg | BDT 48,387,451 | BDT 130 |
| February 2026 | 221,382 kg | BDT 26,110,966 | BDT 118 |
| March 2026 | 263,210 kg | BDT 34,894,915 | BDT 133 |
| April 2026 | 360,698 kg | BDT 37,601,060 | BDT 104 |
| May 2026 | 244,514 kg | BDT 29,991,031 | BDT 123 |
Bonded imports. A further 110,738 kg worth BDT 24,256,514 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 9.8% 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 48 contains 126 tariff lines, averaging 67.51%. At 64.25%, 48115990 sits below that average by 3.26 percentage points. It is the 17th 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 4811 alone, rates run from 33.63% to 64.25% across 15 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.