HS Code 55034000
Synthetic Staple Fibres,Of Polypropylene,Not Carded,Combed Or Processed
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 55034000 would be approximately BDT 28,630.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 28.63% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Synthetic Staple Fibres,Of Polypropylene,Not Carded,Combed Or Processed is classified under HS code 55034000, which sits in heading 5503 (Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning) 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 0%, Regulatory Duty of 0% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 28.63%, 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 December 2025 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 55034000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 5,157,422 kg at an assessable value of BDT 951,399,702. That is an average of BDT 184 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 477th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 1,204,156 kg | BDT 233,718,585 | BDT 194 |
| January 2026 | 1,178,734 kg | BDT 228,314,504 | BDT 194 |
| February 2026 | 100,484 kg | BDT 19,448,388 | BDT 194 |
| March 2026 | 1,237,619 kg | BDT 239,435,700 | BDT 193 |
| April 2026 | 938,338 kg | BDT 138,960,978 | BDT 148 |
| May 2026 | 498,091 kg | BDT 91,521,547 | BDT 184 |
Bonded imports. A further 1,035,653 kg worth BDT 179,526,875 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 15.9% 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 55 contains 113 tariff lines, averaging 62%. At 28.63%, 55034000 sits below that average by 33.37 percentage points. It is the 98th 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 32.45 points.
Within heading 5503 alone, rates run from 5% to 28.63% 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.