HS Code 85044030
Voltage stabilizer (capacity upto 2,000 VA)
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 85044030 would be approximately BDT 45,880.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 45.88% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Voltage stabilizer (capacity upto 2,000 VA) is classified under HS code 85044030, which sits in heading 8504 (Electric transformers, static converters (e.g. rectifiers) and inductors) 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 15%, 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 45.88%, 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 85044030 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 98,257 kg at an assessable value of BDT 64,897,684. That is an average of BDT 660 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,231st largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 21,128 kg | BDT 13,101,203 | BDT 620 |
| January 2026 | 27,238 kg | BDT 15,371,147 | BDT 564 |
| February 2026 | 10,609 kg | BDT 7,602,072 | BDT 717 |
| March 2026 | 6,261 kg | BDT 5,142,649 | BDT 821 |
| April 2026 | 12,045 kg | BDT 5,596,675 | BDT 465 |
| May 2026 | 20,976 kg | BDT 18,083,938 | BDT 862 |
Bonded imports. A further 1,823 kg worth BDT 6,617,096 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 9.3% 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 45.88%, 85044030 sits below that average by 6.21 percentage points. It is the 177th 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 15.2 points.
Within heading 8504 alone, rates run from 24.72% to 96.1% across 21 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.