HS Code 84391000
Machinery For Making Pulp Of Fibrous Cellulosic Material
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84391000 would be approximately BDT 27,500.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 27.5% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Machinery For Making Pulp Of Fibrous Cellulosic Material is classified under HS code 84391000, which sits in heading 8439 (Machinery; for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material, or for making or finishing paper or paperboard) 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 0%, 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 27.5%, 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 January 2026 and March 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 84391000 in 2 of 6 months, totalling 2,665 kg at an assessable value of BDT 3,635,051. That is an average of BDT 1,364 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In March 2026 it was the 2,676th largest of 4,054 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 1,000 kg | BDT 2,230,459 | BDT 2,230 |
| March 2026 | 1,665 kg | BDT 1,404,592 | BDT 844 |
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 27.5%, 84391000 sits below that average by 8.09 percentage points. It is the 529th 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 33.58 points.
Within heading 8439 alone, rates run from 27.5% to 28.73% 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.