HS Code 74082100
Wire Of Brass
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 74082100 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Wire Of Brass is classified under HS code 74082100, which sits in heading 7408 (Copper wire) of chapter 74 (Copper and articles thereof).
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 74082100 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 54,253 kg at an assessable value of BDT 85,635,496. That is an average of BDT 1,578 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,605th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 138 kg | BDT 86,424 | BDT 626 |
| January 2026 | 6,005 kg | BDT 9,750,885 | BDT 1,624 |
| February 2026 | 14,511 kg | BDT 28,060,556 | BDT 1,934 |
| March 2026 | 17,208 kg | BDT 25,201,978 | BDT 1,465 |
| April 2026 | 9,573 kg | BDT 13,228,861 | BDT 1,382 |
| May 2026 | 6,818 kg | BDT 9,306,792 | BDT 1,365 |
Bonded imports. A further 780,744 kg worth BDT 984,695,461 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. That is 92.0% of everything imported under this code. In practice this line is an export input rather than a product entering the domestic market, so the duty rates above apply to only a small fraction of the trade.
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 74 contains 53 tariff lines, averaging 42.76%. At 39.75%, 74082100 sits below that average by 3.01 percentage points. It is the 12th 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.
Within heading 7408 alone, rates run from 33.63% to 45.88% across 5 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.