HS Code 72172000
Wire Of Iron Or Non-Alloy Steel,Plated Or Coated With Zinc
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 72172000 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 Or Non-Alloy Steel,Plated Or Coated With Zinc is classified under HS code 72172000, 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 72172000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 463,862 kg at an assessable value of BDT 62,742,563. That is an average of BDT 135 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,808th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 88,241 kg | BDT 13,117,330 | BDT 149 |
| January 2026 | 152,085 kg | BDT 22,535,104 | BDT 148 |
| February 2026 | 103,703 kg | BDT 14,992,370 | BDT 145 |
| March 2026 | 16,581 kg | BDT 2,378,146 | BDT 143 |
| April 2026 | 98,355 kg | BDT 9,054,163 | BDT 92 |
| May 2026 | 4,897 kg | BDT 665,450 | BDT 136 |
Bonded imports. A further 11,841 kg worth BDT 14,601,457 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 18.9% 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 52%, 72172000 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.