HS Code 83100000
Sign-Plates, Name-Plates, Address-Plates, Etc, Of Base Metal(Ex.Hsno-94.05
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 83100000 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Sign-Plates, Name-Plates, Address-Plates, Etc, Of Base Metal(Ex.Hsno-94.05 is classified under HS code 83100000, which sits in heading 8310 (Sign plates, name plates, address plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, of base metal, excluding those of heading no. 9405) of chapter 83 (Miscellaneous articles of base metal).
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 83100000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 3,870 kg at an assessable value of BDT 8,004,888. That is an average of BDT 2,068 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,765th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 561 kg | BDT 318,838 | BDT 568 |
| January 2026 | 534 kg | BDT 796,741 | BDT 1,492 |
| February 2026 | 574 kg | BDT 407,535 | BDT 710 |
| March 2026 | 798 kg | BDT 5,438,371 | BDT 6,815 |
| April 2026 | 447 kg | BDT 301,154 | BDT 674 |
| May 2026 | 956 kg | BDT 742,249 | BDT 776 |
Bonded imports. A further 98,908 kg worth BDT 324,275,003 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 97.6% 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 83 contains 45 tariff lines, averaging 68.65%. At 64.25%, 83100000 sits below that average by 4.4 percentage points. It is the 11th 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.