HS Code 84431700
Gravure printing machinery
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84431700 would be approximately BDT 28,730.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 28.73% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Gravure printing machinery is classified under HS code 84431700, which sits in heading 8443 (Printing machinery; used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 84.42; other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined; parts and accessories thereof) 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 April 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 84431700 in 5 of 6 months, totalling 239,474 kg at an assessable value of BDT 111,313,218. That is an average of BDT 465 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In April 2026 it was the 3,094th largest of 4,161 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 71,640 kg | BDT 20,346,785 | BDT 284 |
| January 2026 | 84,261 kg | BDT 23,210,684 | BDT 275 |
| February 2026 | 7,350 kg | BDT 5,832,176 | BDT 793 |
| March 2026 | 76,138 kg | BDT 61,493,971 | BDT 808 |
| April 2026 | 85 kg | BDT 429,602 | BDT 5,054 |
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 28.73%, 84431700 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 8443 alone, rates run from 9.5% to 39.75% across 18 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.