HS Code 84425020
PRINTING PLATES
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84425020 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
PRINTING PLATES is classified under HS code 84425020, which sits in heading 8442 (Machinery, apparatus and equipment (excluding machines of headings 8456 to 8465) for preparing or making printing components; plates, cylinders and other printing components; lithographic stones prepared for printing purposes) 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 10%, 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 39.75%, 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 April 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 84425020 in 5 of 6 months, totalling 1,272 kg at an assessable value of BDT 8,300,165. That is an average of BDT 6,525 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In April 2026 it was the 2,119th largest of 4,161 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 93 kg | BDT 1,158,023 | BDT 12,452 |
| January 2026 | 554 kg | BDT 1,406,439 | BDT 2,539 |
| February 2026 | 94 kg | BDT 901,828 | BDT 9,594 |
| March 2026 | 73 kg | BDT 37,552 | BDT 514 |
| April 2026 | 458 kg | BDT 4,796,323 | BDT 10,472 |
Bonded imports. A further 46,829 kg worth BDT 33,108,791 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 80.0% 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 39.75%, 84425020 sits above that average by 4.16 percentage points. It is the 76th 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 21.33 points.
Within heading 8442 alone, rates run from 28.73% to 39.75% 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.