HS Code 72284000
Bars And Rods Of Alloy Steel Not Further Worked Than Fooged
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 72284000 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Bars And Rods Of Alloy Steel Not Further Worked Than Fooged is classified under HS code 72284000, which sits in heading 7228 (Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel) 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 72284000 in 5 of 6 months, totalling 275,820 kg at an assessable value of BDT 40,269,233. That is an average of BDT 146 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,670th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 81,156 kg | BDT 8,313,328 | BDT 102 |
| January 2026 | 13,974 kg | BDT 2,689,740 | BDT 192 |
| February 2026 | 25,367 kg | BDT 3,956,995 | BDT 156 |
| April 2026 | 116,744 kg | BDT 16,980,174 | BDT 145 |
| May 2026 | 38,579 kg | BDT 8,328,996 | BDT 216 |
Bonded imports. A further 52,958 kg worth BDT 40,594,297 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 50.2% 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%, 72284000 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.