HS Code 48183000
Tablecloths And Serviettes Of Paper
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 48183000 would be approximately BDT 96,100.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 96.1% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Tablecloths And Serviettes Of Paper is classified under HS code 48183000, 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 48183000 in 4 of 6 months, totalling 6,759 kg at an assessable value of BDT 1,135,652. That is an average of BDT 168 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,903rd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 74 kg | BDT 34,065 | BDT 460 |
| January 2026 | 2 kg | BDT 1,002 | BDT 501 |
| April 2026 | 3,627 kg | BDT 596,555 | BDT 164 |
| May 2026 | 3,056 kg | BDT 504,030 | BDT 165 |
Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial), 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%, 48183000 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.