HS Code 73082000
Towers And Lattice Masts Of Iron Or Steel
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 73082000 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Towers And Lattice Masts Of Iron Or Steel is classified under HS code 73082000, which sits in heading 7308 (Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures) of chapter 73 (Articles of iron or steel).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 25%, 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 64.25%, 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 73082000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 15,517,333 kg at an assessable value of BDT 2,436,110,743. That is an average of BDT 157 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 152nd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 1,785,783 kg | BDT 317,587,261 | BDT 178 |
| January 2026 | 6,097,284 kg | BDT 953,141,359 | BDT 156 |
| February 2026 | 980,010 kg | BDT 153,263,877 | BDT 156 |
| March 2026 | 1,772,913 kg | BDT 326,314,921 | BDT 184 |
| April 2026 | 2,135,673 kg | BDT 284,462,921 | BDT 133 |
| May 2026 | 2,745,670 kg | BDT 401,340,404 | BDT 146 |
Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial), 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 73 contains 157 tariff lines, averaging 64.73%. At 64.25%, 73082000 sits below that average by 0.48 percentage points. It is the 37th 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 3.17 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.