HS Code 52030000
Cotton, Carded Or Combed
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 52030000 would be approximately BDT 29,620.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 29.62% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Cotton, Carded Or Combed is classified under HS code 52030000, which sits in heading 5203 (Cotton, carded or combed) of chapter 52 (Cotton).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 5%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 15%, Advance Income Tax of 1%, Regulatory Duty of 0% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 29.62%, 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 52030000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 2,014 kg at an assessable value of BDT 5,517,954. That is an average of BDT 2,740 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 3,555th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 1,100 kg | BDT 1,281,320 | BDT 1,165 |
| January 2026 | 8 kg | BDT 8,424 | BDT 1,053 |
| February 2026 | 390 kg | BDT 2,051,306 | BDT 5,260 |
| March 2026 | 499 kg | BDT 2,108,549 | BDT 4,226 |
| April 2026 | 5 kg | BDT 34,736 | BDT 6,947 |
| May 2026 | 12 kg | BDT 33,619 | BDT 2,802 |
Bonded imports. A further 3,220,199 kg worth BDT 1,028,610,252 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. That is 99.5% of everything imported under this code. In practice this line is an export input rather than a product entering the domestic market, so the duty rates above apply to only a small fraction of the trade.
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 52 contains 125 tariff lines, averaging 60.9%. At 29.62%, 52030000 sits below that average by 31.28 percentage points. It is the 121st most heavily taxed line in the chapter.
Across the whole Operative Tariff the mean is 61.08%, so this line is cheaper than the typical import by 31.46 points.
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.