HS Code 79012000
Zinc alloys
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 79012000 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Zinc alloys is classified under HS code 79012000, which sits in heading 7901 (Zinc; unwrought) of chapter 79 (Zinc 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 79012000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 986,906 kg at an assessable value of BDT 429,046,224. That is an average of BDT 435 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 426th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 301,434 kg | BDT 127,390,472 | BDT 423 |
| January 2026 | 124,894 kg | BDT 54,419,522 | BDT 436 |
| February 2026 | 73,000 kg | BDT 34,484,183 | BDT 472 |
| March 2026 | 10,371 kg | BDT 4,336,411 | BDT 418 |
| April 2026 | 227,324 kg | BDT 100,465,193 | BDT 442 |
| May 2026 | 249,883 kg | BDT 107,950,443 | BDT 432 |
Bonded imports. A further 2,613,822 kg worth BDT 1,228,111,242 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 74.1% 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 79 contains 12 tariff lines, averaging 36.79%. At 39.75%, 79012000 sits above that average by 2.96 percentage points. It is the 1st 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 7901 alone, rates run from 33.63% to 39.75% 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.