HS Code 83111010
Coated electrodes of base metal, for electric arc-welding......Welding wire
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 83111010 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Coated electrodes of base metal, for electric arc-welding......Welding wire is classified under HS code 83111010, which sits in heading 8311 (Wires, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes of base metal or metal carbides; of a kind used for soldering, brazing, welding; wires and rods for metal spraying) 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 83111010 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 187,811 kg at an assessable value of BDT 29,259,610. That is an average of BDT 156 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,420th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 13,568 kg | BDT 4,285,368 | BDT 316 |
| January 2026 | 46,309 kg | BDT 6,518,787 | BDT 141 |
| February 2026 | 80,327 kg | BDT 11,649,762 | BDT 145 |
| March 2026 | 22,270 kg | BDT 3,730,693 | BDT 168 |
| April 2026 | 10,027 kg | BDT 1,289,418 | BDT 129 |
| May 2026 | 15,310 kg | BDT 1,785,582 | BDT 117 |
Bonded imports. A further 12,227 kg worth BDT 19,969,582 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 40.6% 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 83 contains 45 tariff lines, averaging 68.65%. At 64.25%, 83111010 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.
Within heading 8311 alone, rates run from 52% to 64.25% 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.