HS Code 56012900
Wadding and articles of wadding, nes
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 56012900 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Wadding and articles of wadding, nes is classified under HS code 56012900, which sits in heading 5601 (Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof; textile fibres, not exceeding 5 mm in length (flock), textile dust and mill neps) of chapter 56 (Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 25%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 15%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 5% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 64.25%, 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 56012900 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 12,921 kg at an assessable value of BDT 3,323,462. That is an average of BDT 257 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 3,025th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 2,765 kg | BDT 701,414 | BDT 254 |
| January 2026 | 937 kg | BDT 353,946 | BDT 378 |
| February 2026 | 1,438 kg | BDT 720,840 | BDT 501 |
| March 2026 | 715 kg | BDT 461,352 | BDT 645 |
| April 2026 | 5,388 kg | BDT 758,960 | BDT 141 |
| May 2026 | 1,678 kg | BDT 326,950 | BDT 195 |
Bonded imports. A further 787,293 kg worth BDT 445,752,936 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 99.3% 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 56 contains 39 tariff lines, averaging 68.21%. At 64.25%, 56012900 sits below that average by 3.96 percentage points. It is the 3rd most heavily taxed line in the chapter.
Across the whole Operative Tariff the mean is 61.08%, so this line is dearer than the typical import by 3.17 points.
Within heading 5601 alone, rates run from 64.25% to 542% across 4 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.