HS Code 48182000
Handkerchiefs And Cleansing Or Facial Tissues & Towels
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 48182000 would be approximately BDT 96,100.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 96.1% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Handkerchiefs And Cleansing Or Facial Tissues & Towels is classified under HS code 48182000, which sits in heading 4818 (Toilet paper, width 36cm or less or cut to size/shape; handkerchiefs, tissues, towels, serviettes, bed sheets and similar household or hospital articles, apparel and clothing accessories of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres) 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 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 48182000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 64,340 kg at an assessable value of BDT 23,691,760. That is an average of BDT 368 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,683rd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 5,359 kg | BDT 2,257,489 | BDT 421 |
| January 2026 | 10,440 kg | BDT 3,338,995 | BDT 320 |
| February 2026 | 15,935 kg | BDT 5,665,074 | BDT 356 |
| March 2026 | 13,496 kg | BDT 5,707,962 | BDT 423 |
| April 2026 | 13,117 kg | BDT 5,770,108 | BDT 440 |
| May 2026 | 5,993 kg | BDT 952,132 | BDT 159 |
Bonded imports. A further 150 kg worth BDT 19,096 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 0.1% 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 48 contains 126 tariff lines, averaging 67.51%. At 96.1%, 48182000 sits above that average by 28.59 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 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.