HS Code 72052100
Powders Of Alloy Steel
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 72052100 would be approximately BDT 17,880.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 17.88% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Powders Of Alloy Steel is classified under HS code 72052100, which sits in heading 7205 (Granules and powders, of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or steel) of chapter 72 (Iron and steel).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 5%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 0%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 0% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 17.88%, 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 April 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 72052100 in 4 of 6 months, totalling 17,241 kg at an assessable value of BDT 4,800,653. That is an average of BDT 278 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In April 2026 it was the 3,795th largest of 4,161 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 5,017 kg | BDT 2,584,299 | BDT 515 |
| January 2026 | 2,000 kg | BDT 1,030,620 | BDT 515 |
| March 2026 | 10,024 kg | BDT 1,170,268 | BDT 117 |
| April 2026 | 200 kg | BDT 15,466 | BDT 77 |
Bonded imports. A further 400 kg worth BDT 56,531 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 1.2% 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 72 contains 188 tariff lines, averaging 51.03%. At 17.88%, 72052100 sits below that average by 33.15 percentage points. It is the 169th 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 43.2 points.
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.