HS Code 84719000
Magnetic or optical readers; machines for transcribing data onto data media...nes
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84719000 would be approximately BDT 17,880.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 17.88% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Magnetic or optical readers; machines for transcribing data onto data media...nes is classified under HS code 84719000, which sits in heading 8471 (Automatic data processing machines and units thereof, magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included) 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 5%, 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 17.88%, 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 84719000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 22,248 kg at an assessable value of BDT 121,959,314. That is an average of BDT 5,482 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,760th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 4,975 kg | BDT 21,598,800 | BDT 4,341 |
| January 2026 | 3,564 kg | BDT 14,526,851 | BDT 4,076 |
| February 2026 | 7,546 kg | BDT 41,999,068 | BDT 5,566 |
| March 2026 | 3,407 kg | BDT 28,187,792 | BDT 8,273 |
| April 2026 | 1,389 kg | BDT 8,640,953 | BDT 6,221 |
| May 2026 | 1,367 kg | BDT 7,005,850 | BDT 5,125 |
Bonded imports. A further 1,697 kg worth BDT 7,652,497 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 5.9% 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 17.88%, 84719000 sits below that average by 17.71 percentage points. It is the 590th 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 43.2 points.
Within heading 8471 alone, rates run from 9.5% to 33.63% across 13 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.