HS Code 55062000
Synthetic Staple Fibres, Of Polyesters, Carded, Combed Or Processed
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 55062000 would be approximately BDT 7,500.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 7.5% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Synthetic Staple Fibres, Of Polyesters, Carded, Combed Or Processed is classified under HS code 55062000, which sits in heading 5506 (Synthetic staple fibres, 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 0%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 0%, Advance Income Tax of 0%, Regulatory Duty of 0% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 7.5%, 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 55062000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 6,668,575 kg at an assessable value of BDT 960,207,014. That is an average of BDT 144 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 253rd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 1,711,295 kg | BDT 257,346,953 | BDT 150 |
| January 2026 | 1,748,874 kg | BDT 275,909,505 | BDT 158 |
| February 2026 | 242,408 kg | BDT 36,901,214 | BDT 152 |
| March 2026 | 88,815 kg | BDT 27,057,474 | BDT 305 |
| April 2026 | 1,216,262 kg | BDT 150,343,188 | BDT 124 |
| May 2026 | 1,660,921 kg | BDT 212,648,680 | BDT 128 |
Bonded imports. A further 141,636 kg worth BDT 27,482,095 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 2.8% 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 7.5%, 55062000 sits below that average by 54.5 percentage points. It is the 111th 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 53.58 points.
Within heading 5506 alone, rates run from 7.5% to 33.63% across 5 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.