HS Code 84186995
Special type laboratory refrigerator imported by pharmaceutical industries
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84186995 would be approximately BDT 28,730.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 28.73% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Special type laboratory refrigerator imported by pharmaceutical industries is classified under HS code 84186995, which sits in heading 8418 (Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading no. 8415) of chapter 84 (Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 1%, 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 28.73%, 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 84186995 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 6,222 kg at an assessable value of BDT 11,025,097. That is an average of BDT 1,772 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 3,257th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 809 kg | BDT 2,720,668 | BDT 3,363 |
| January 2026 | 1,272 kg | BDT 5,307,974 | BDT 4,173 |
| February 2026 | 61 kg | BDT 1,034,596 | BDT 16,961 |
| March 2026 | 2,291 kg | BDT 1,039,756 | BDT 454 |
| April 2026 | 1,381 kg | BDT 792,244 | BDT 574 |
| May 2026 | 408 kg | BDT 129,859 | BDT 318 |
Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial), 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 84 contains 648 tariff lines, averaging 35.59%. At 28.73%, 84186995 sits below that average by 6.86 percentage points. It is the 166th 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 32.35 points.
Within heading 8418 alone, rates run from 28.73% to 112.03% across 14 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.