HS Code 84561200
Operated by laser or other light or photon beam processes , Oper by other light or ph
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84561200 would be approximately BDT 28,730.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 28.73% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Operated by laser or other light or photon beam processes , Oper by other light or ph is classified under HS code 84561200, which sits in heading 8456 (Machine-tools; for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-discharge, electro-chemical, electron beam, ionic-beam, or plasma arc processes; water-jet cutting machines) 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 January 2026 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 84561200 in 4 of 6 months, totalling 1,778 kg at an assessable value of BDT 2,466,913. That is an average of BDT 1,387 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,612th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 291 kg | BDT 1,262,660 | BDT 4,339 |
| February 2026 | 232 kg | BDT 29,462 | BDT 127 |
| April 2026 | 48 kg | BDT 3,682 | BDT 77 |
| May 2026 | 1,207 kg | BDT 1,171,109 | BDT 970 |
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%, 84561200 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.
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.