HS Code 84521000
SEWING MACHINES OF THE HOUSEHOLD TYPE
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84521000 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
SEWING MACHINES OF THE HOUSEHOLD TYPE is classified under HS code 84521000, which sits in heading 8452 (Sewing machines; other than book-sewing machines of heading no. 8440; furniture, bases and covers specially designed for sewing machines; sewing machine needles) 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 May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 84521000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 1,992,632 kg at an assessable value of BDT 598,802,226. That is an average of BDT 301 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 425th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 300,016 kg | BDT 86,301,520 | BDT 288 |
| January 2026 | 549,549 kg | BDT 169,263,452 | BDT 308 |
| February 2026 | 267,811 kg | BDT 95,508,454 | BDT 357 |
| March 2026 | 236,451 kg | BDT 69,946,224 | BDT 296 |
| April 2026 | 263,623 kg | BDT 69,788,047 | BDT 265 |
| May 2026 | 375,182 kg | BDT 107,994,529 | BDT 288 |
Bonded imports. A further 785 kg worth BDT 1,811,463 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 0.3% 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%, 84521000 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 8452 alone, rates run from 27.5% to 39.75% across 7 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.