HS Code 70198000
Glass wool and articles of glass wool
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 70198000 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Glass wool and articles of glass wool is classified under HS code 70198000, which sits in heading 7019 (Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (e.g. yarn, rovings, woven fabrics)) of chapter 70 (Glass and glassware).
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 70198000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 1,702,669 kg at an assessable value of BDT 192,331,769. That is an average of BDT 113 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,036th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 236,331 kg | BDT 29,790,146 | BDT 126 |
| January 2026 | 349,757 kg | BDT 43,590,151 | BDT 125 |
| February 2026 | 195,926 kg | BDT 24,685,391 | BDT 126 |
| March 2026 | 210,724 kg | BDT 27,569,977 | BDT 131 |
| April 2026 | 466,685 kg | BDT 41,753,689 | BDT 89 |
| May 2026 | 243,246 kg | BDT 24,942,415 | BDT 103 |
Bonded imports. A further 53,110 kg worth BDT 10,468,273 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 5.2% 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 70 contains 90 tariff lines, averaging 70.98%. At 64.25%, 70198000 sits below that average by 6.73 percentage points. It is the 34th 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 7019 alone, rates run from 23.25% to 64.25% across 27 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.