HS Code 85021200
Generating Sets With Compression-Ignition Engines, >75 Kva But <=375 Kva
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 85021200 would be approximately BDT 28,730.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 28.73% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Generating Sets With Compression-Ignition Engines, >75 Kva But <=375 Kva is classified under HS code 85021200, which sits in heading 8502 (Electric generating sets and rotary converters) of chapter 85 (Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound and television recorders and reproducers).
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 December 2025 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 85021200 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 1,001,628 kg at an assessable value of BDT 898,201,160. That is an average of BDT 897 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 417th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 191,198 kg | BDT 156,529,135 | BDT 819 |
| January 2026 | 152,797 kg | BDT 130,678,405 | BDT 855 |
| February 2026 | 167,823 kg | BDT 200,133,617 | BDT 1,193 |
| March 2026 | 122,501 kg | BDT 123,656,826 | BDT 1,009 |
| April 2026 | 211,565 kg | BDT 175,914,691 | BDT 831 |
| May 2026 | 155,744 kg | BDT 111,288,486 | BDT 715 |
Bonded imports. A further 8,108 kg worth BDT 12,048,288 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 1.3% 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 85 contains 412 tariff lines, averaging 52.09%. At 28.73%, 85021200 sits below that average by 23.36 percentage points. It is the 338th 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.