HS Code 84401000
Book-Binding Machinery (Incl. Book-Sewing Machines)
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84401000 would be approximately BDT 28,730.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 28.73% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Book-Binding Machinery (Incl. Book-Sewing Machines) is classified under HS code 84401000, which sits in heading 8440 (Book-binding machinery; including book-sewing machines) 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 84401000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 262,718 kg at an assessable value of BDT 211,901,384. That is an average of BDT 807 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,306th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 87,496 kg | BDT 131,897,172 | BDT 1,507 |
| January 2026 | 47,318 kg | BDT 29,281,463 | BDT 619 |
| February 2026 | 4,127 kg | BDT 1,130,336 | BDT 274 |
| March 2026 | 69,467 kg | BDT 24,816,282 | BDT 357 |
| April 2026 | 48,050 kg | BDT 22,400,652 | BDT 466 |
| May 2026 | 6,260 kg | BDT 2,375,479 | BDT 379 |
Bonded imports. A further 2,101 kg worth BDT 1,195,091 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 0.6% 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 84 contains 648 tariff lines, averaging 35.59%. At 28.73%, 84401000 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.
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.