HS Code 84796000
Evaporative Air Coolers
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 84796000 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Evaporative Air Coolers is classified under HS code 84796000, which sits in heading 8479 (Machinery and mechanical appliances; having individual functions, n.e.c. in this chapter) 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 25%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 15%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 5% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 64.25%, 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 84796000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 67,760 kg at an assessable value of BDT 53,688,499. That is an average of BDT 792 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,095th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 2,632 kg | BDT 2,034,990 | BDT 773 |
| January 2026 | 10,677 kg | BDT 8,409,259 | BDT 788 |
| February 2026 | 540 kg | BDT 286,096 | BDT 530 |
| March 2026 | 12,663 kg | BDT 5,552,376 | BDT 438 |
| April 2026 | 32,170 kg | BDT 15,124,182 | BDT 470 |
| May 2026 | 9,078 kg | BDT 22,281,596 | BDT 2,454 |
Bonded imports. A further 10,100 kg worth BDT 6,849,414 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 11.3% 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 64.25%, 84796000 sits above that average by 28.66 percentage points. It is the 35th most heavily taxed line in the chapter.
Across the whole Operative Tariff the mean is 61.08%, so this line is dearer than the typical import by 3.17 points.
Within heading 8479 alone, rates run from 27.5% to 64.25% 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.