HS Code 84543000
Casting Machines Used In Metallurgy Or In Metal Foundries
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84543000 would be approximately BDT 27,500.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 27.5% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Casting Machines Used In Metallurgy Or In Metal Foundries is classified under HS code 84543000, which sits in heading 8454 (Converters, ladles, ingot moulds and casting machines; of a kind used metallurgy or in metal foundries) 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 0%, 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 27.5%, 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 84543000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 573,536 kg at an assessable value of BDT 256,106,837. That is an average of BDT 447 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 792nd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 206,784 kg | BDT 96,498,472 | BDT 467 |
| January 2026 | 180,848 kg | BDT 80,280,511 | BDT 444 |
| February 2026 | 13,255 kg | BDT 12,341,896 | BDT 931 |
| March 2026 | 31,641 kg | BDT 19,775,442 | BDT 625 |
| April 2026 | 23,573 kg | BDT 6,750,665 | BDT 286 |
| May 2026 | 117,435 kg | BDT 40,459,851 | BDT 345 |
Bonded imports. A further 18,670 kg worth BDT 26,065,234 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 9.2% 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 27.5%, 84543000 sits below that average by 8.09 percentage points. It is the 529th 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 33.58 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.