HS Code 53031000
Jute and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 53031000 would be approximately BDT 35,000.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 35% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Jute and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted is classified under HS code 53031000, which sits in heading 5303 (Jute and other textile bast fibres (not flax, true hemp and ramie), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibres, including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of chapter 53 (Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 25%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 0%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 5% and Advance Tax of 0%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 35%, 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 53031000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 7,059 kg at an assessable value of BDT 2,663,434. That is an average of BDT 377 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,764th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 745 kg | BDT 365,234 | BDT 490 |
| January 2026 | 575 kg | BDT 298,102 | BDT 518 |
| February 2026 | 795 kg | BDT 357,612 | BDT 450 |
| March 2026 | 860 kg | BDT 396,651 | BDT 461 |
| April 2026 | 1,716 kg | BDT 502,995 | BDT 293 |
| May 2026 | 2,368 kg | BDT 742,840 | BDT 314 |
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 53 contains 25 tariff lines, averaging 50.48%. At 35%, 53031000 sits below that average by 15.48 percentage points. It is the 19th 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 26.08 points.
Within heading 5303 alone, rates run from 35% to 64.25% across 2 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.