HS Code 72169900
Angles, Shapes And Sections Of Iron Or Non-Alloy Steel, Nes
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 72169900 would be approximately BDT 63,700.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 63.7% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Angles, Shapes And Sections Of Iron Or Non-Alloy Steel, Nes is classified under HS code 72169900, which sits in heading 7216 (Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections) of chapter 72 (Iron and steel).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 5%, Supplementary Duty of 20%, VAT of 15%, Advance Income Tax of 2%, Regulatory Duty of 5% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 63.7%, 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 72169900 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 1,260,655 kg at an assessable value of BDT 148,103,309. That is an average of BDT 117 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,449th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 345,287 kg | BDT 41,255,688 | BDT 119 |
| January 2026 | 448,959 kg | BDT 56,460,288 | BDT 126 |
| February 2026 | 138,695 kg | BDT 16,128,632 | BDT 116 |
| March 2026 | 777 kg | BDT 223,622 | BDT 288 |
| April 2026 | 213,761 kg | BDT 22,267,003 | BDT 104 |
| May 2026 | 113,176 kg | BDT 11,768,076 | BDT 104 |
Bonded imports. A further 117,848 kg worth BDT 13,353,488 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 8.3% 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 63.7%, 72169900 sits above that average by 12.67 percentage points. It is the 35th 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 2.62 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.