HS Code 84709000
Postage-Franking Machines, Ticket-Issuing Machines, Etc
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84709000 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Postage-Franking Machines, Ticket-Issuing Machines, Etc is classified under HS code 84709000, which sits in heading 8470 (Calculating machines and pocket-size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions; accounting machines, postage-franking machines, ticket-issuing machines and similar, incorporating a calculating device; cash registers) 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 84709000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 4,959 kg at an assessable value of BDT 10,122,887. That is an average of BDT 2,041 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,981st largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 775 kg | BDT 739,281 | BDT 954 |
| January 2026 | 1,158 kg | BDT 1,048,459 | BDT 905 |
| February 2026 | 1,310 kg | BDT 7,768,866 | BDT 5,930 |
| March 2026 | 149 kg | BDT 144,798 | BDT 972 |
| April 2026 | 135 kg | BDT 50,447 | BDT 374 |
| May 2026 | 1,432 kg | BDT 371,036 | BDT 259 |
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 39.75%, 84709000 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 8470 alone, rates run from 25.75% 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.