HS Code 70169000
Paving Blocks... Of Glass, For Building Or Construction Purposes, Nes
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 70169000 would be approximately BDT 96,100.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 96.1% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Paving Blocks... Of Glass, For Building Or Construction Purposes, Nes is classified under HS code 70169000, which sits in heading 7016 (Glass; paving blocks, slabs, bricks, tiles etc, of pressed, moulded glass, whether or not wired, glass smallwares for decorative purposes leaded lights and the like; multicellular or foam glass) of chapter 70 (Glass and glassware).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 25%, Supplementary Duty of 20%, 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 96.1%, 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 70169000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 1,432,885 kg at an assessable value of BDT 106,369,515. That is an average of BDT 74 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,523rd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 104,397 kg | BDT 8,634,002 | BDT 83 |
| January 2026 | 381,901 kg | BDT 28,578,903 | BDT 75 |
| February 2026 | 208,710 kg | BDT 15,685,141 | BDT 75 |
| March 2026 | 228,311 kg | BDT 17,061,635 | BDT 75 |
| April 2026 | 371,064 kg | BDT 25,929,241 | BDT 70 |
| May 2026 | 138,502 kg | BDT 10,480,593 | BDT 76 |
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 70 contains 90 tariff lines, averaging 70.98%. At 96.1%, 70169000 sits above that average by 25.12 percentage points. It is the 17th 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 35.02 points.
This line carries supplementary duty of 20%. Only 1,633 of 7,469 lines carry any SD at all, and because it is charged after customs and regulatory duty, and VAT is then charged on top of it, it affects the total far more than the rate alone suggests.