HS Code 72171000
Wire Of Iron/Non-Alloy Steel,Not Plated/Coated,Whether Or Not Polished
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 72171000 would be approximately BDT 52,000.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 52% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Wire Of Iron/Non-Alloy Steel,Not Plated/Coated,Whether Or Not Polished is classified under HS code 72171000, which sits in heading 7217 (Wire of iron or non-alloy steel) of chapter 72 (Iron and steel).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 15%, 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 52%, 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 72171000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 6,784,869 kg at an assessable value of BDT 667,046,969. That is an average of BDT 98 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 531st largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 651,136 kg | BDT 69,114,116 | BDT 106 |
| January 2026 | 1,142,809 kg | BDT 123,010,838 | BDT 108 |
| February 2026 | 2,358,052 kg | BDT 240,897,983 | BDT 102 |
| March 2026 | 684,415 kg | BDT 71,164,931 | BDT 104 |
| April 2026 | 1,019,316 kg | BDT 85,479,832 | BDT 84 |
| May 2026 | 929,141 kg | BDT 77,379,269 | BDT 83 |
Bonded imports. A further 1,756,109 kg worth BDT 174,572,670 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 20.7% 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 52%, 72171000 sits above that average by 0.97 percentage points. It is the 47th 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 9.08 points.
Within heading 7217 alone, rates run from 52% to 64.25% across 4 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.