HS Code 84388000
Machinery for the preparation or manufacture of food or drink, nes
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84388000 would be approximately BDT 28,730.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 28.73% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Machinery for the preparation or manufacture of food or drink, nes is classified under HS code 84388000, which sits in heading 8438 (Machinery n.e.c. in this chapter, for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink; other than machinery for extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils) 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 84388000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 3,567,054 kg at an assessable value of BDT 5,951,698,812. That is an average of BDT 1,669 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 66th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 782,462 kg | BDT 1,544,144,027 | BDT 1,973 |
| January 2026 | 515,062 kg | BDT 784,698,026 | BDT 1,524 |
| February 2026 | 780,792 kg | BDT 1,065,781,514 | BDT 1,365 |
| March 2026 | 562,852 kg | BDT 1,083,261,245 | BDT 1,925 |
| April 2026 | 317,655 kg | BDT 433,479,952 | BDT 1,365 |
| May 2026 | 608,231 kg | BDT 1,040,334,048 | BDT 1,710 |
Bonded imports. A further 3,500 kg worth BDT 319,851 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 0.0% 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 84 contains 648 tariff lines, averaging 35.59%. At 28.73%, 84388000 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 8438 alone, rates run from 27.5% to 28.73% across 8 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.