HS Code 72085400
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 72085400 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 72085400, 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 February 2026 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 72085400 in 4 of 6 months, totalling 13,156,751 kg at an assessable value of BDT 894,678,102. That is an average of BDT 68 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 282nd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 3,579,633 kg | BDT 255,322,359 | BDT 71 |
| March 2026 | 4,217,098 kg | BDT 298,751,965 | BDT 71 |
| April 2026 | 2,499,955 kg | BDT 158,412,829 | BDT 63 |
| May 2026 | 2,860,065 kg | BDT 182,190,949 | BDT 64 |
Bonded imports. A further 23,326 kg worth BDT 2,309,549 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 0.3% 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%, 72085400 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.