HS Code 84472000
Flat Knitting Machines; Stitch-Bonding Machines
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84472000 would be approximately BDT 13,580.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 13.58% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Flat Knitting Machines; Stitch-Bonding Machines is classified under HS code 84472000, which sits in heading 8447 (Knitting machines, stitch-bonding machines and machines for making gimped yarn, tulle, lace, embroidery, trimmings, braid or net and machines for tufting) 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 0%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 0% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 13.58%, 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 84472000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 6,081,366 kg at an assessable value of BDT 7,044,536,535. That is an average of BDT 1,158 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 55th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 675,166 kg | BDT 773,807,167 | BDT 1,146 |
| January 2026 | 596,506 kg | BDT 814,010,347 | BDT 1,365 |
| February 2026 | 1,255,035 kg | BDT 1,337,647,959 | BDT 1,066 |
| March 2026 | 1,839,782 kg | BDT 2,156,408,294 | BDT 1,172 |
| April 2026 | 693,821 kg | BDT 824,619,545 | BDT 1,189 |
| May 2026 | 1,021,056 kg | BDT 1,138,043,223 | BDT 1,115 |
Bonded imports. A further 83,655 kg worth BDT 105,141,709 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 1.5% 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 13.58%, 84472000 sits below that average by 22.01 percentage points. It is the 600th 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 47.5 points.
Within heading 8447 alone, rates run from 12.5% to 13.58% across 4 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.