HS Code 72083900
Of a thickness of less than 3 mm
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 72083900 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Of a thickness of less than 3 mm is classified under HS code 72083900, which sits in heading 7208 (Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated) of chapter 72 (Iron and steel).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 10%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 15%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 0% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 39.75%, 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 72083900 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 308,745,787 kg at an assessable value of BDT 19,329,961,850. That is an average of BDT 63 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 111th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 175,335,815 kg | BDT 11,029,126,260 | BDT 63 |
| January 2026 | 93,123,791 kg | BDT 5,785,476,640 | BDT 62 |
| February 2026 | 8,171,775 kg | BDT 546,412,406 | BDT 67 |
| March 2026 | 12,188,298 kg | BDT 784,367,994 | BDT 64 |
| April 2026 | 9,935,123 kg | BDT 588,414,476 | BDT 59 |
| May 2026 | 9,990,985 kg | BDT 596,164,074 | BDT 60 |
Bonded imports. A further 122,399,404 kg worth BDT 7,491,115,624 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 27.9% 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 39.75%, 72083900 sits below that average by 11.28 percentage points. It is the 76th 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 21.33 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.