HS Code 84231010
Personal wt. machines (incl. baby scales), h/hold scales... Neonatal scale with spring
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84231010 would be approximately BDT 33,630.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 33.63% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Personal wt. machines (incl. baby scales), h/hold scales... Neonatal scale with spring is classified under HS code 84231010, which sits in heading 8423 (Weighing machines; excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5cg or better, including weight operated counting or checking machines and weights of all kinds) 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 5%, 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 33.63%, 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 84231010 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 16,344 kg at an assessable value of BDT 23,785,286. That is an average of BDT 1,455 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,707th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 368 kg | BDT 302,806 | BDT 823 |
| January 2026 | 12,073 kg | BDT 22,200,111 | BDT 1,839 |
| February 2026 | 329 kg | BDT 167,409 | BDT 509 |
| March 2026 | 146 kg | BDT 76,977 | BDT 527 |
| April 2026 | 775 kg | BDT 156,806 | BDT 202 |
| May 2026 | 2,653 kg | BDT 881,177 | BDT 332 |
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 33.63%, 84231010 sits below that average by 1.96 percentage points. It is the 135th 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 27.45 points.
Within heading 8423 alone, rates run from 27.5% to 39.75% across 9 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.