HS Code 55019000
Synthetic Filament Tow (Excl. Nylon/Polyesters/Acrylic)
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 55019000 would be approximately BDT 33,630.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 33.63% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Synthetic Filament Tow (Excl. Nylon/Polyesters/Acrylic) is classified under HS code 55019000, which sits in heading 5501 (Synthetic filament tow) of chapter 55 (Man-made staple fibres).
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 5%, Regulatory Duty of 0% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 33.63%, 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 April 2026 and April 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 55019000 in 1 of 6 months, totalling 7 kg at an assessable value of BDT 4,295. That is an average of BDT 614 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In April 2026 it was the 3,952nd largest of 4,161 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | 7 kg | BDT 4,295 | BDT 614 |
Bonded imports. A further 1,838 kg worth BDT 1,815,821 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 99.8% 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 55 contains 113 tariff lines, averaging 62%. At 33.63%, 55019000 sits below that average by 28.37 percentage points. It is the 92nd 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 27.45 points.
Within heading 5501 alone, rates run from 23.73% to 33.63% across 6 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.