HS Code 73158900
Chain, Nes, Of Iron Or Steel
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 73158900 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Chain, Nes, Of Iron Or Steel is classified under HS code 73158900, which sits in heading 7315 (Chain and parts thereof, of iron or steel) 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 73158900 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 182,564 kg at an assessable value of BDT 132,202,604. That is an average of BDT 724 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,491st largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 61,599 kg | BDT 36,200,578 | BDT 588 |
| January 2026 | 35,926 kg | BDT 19,430,638 | BDT 541 |
| February 2026 | 19,572 kg | BDT 15,027,440 | BDT 768 |
| March 2026 | 12,493 kg | BDT 13,829,126 | BDT 1,107 |
| April 2026 | 39,809 kg | BDT 36,747,312 | BDT 923 |
| May 2026 | 13,165 kg | BDT 10,967,510 | BDT 833 |
Bonded imports. A further 33,571 kg worth BDT 121,463,548 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 47.9% 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 73 contains 157 tariff lines, averaging 64.73%. At 64.25%, 73158900 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.
Within heading 7315 alone, rates run from 39.75% to 64.25% across 10 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.