HS Code 85123000
Sound Signalling Equipment For Cycles Or Motor Vehicles
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 85123000 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Sound Signalling Equipment For Cycles Or Motor Vehicles is classified under HS code 85123000, which sits in heading 8512 (Lighting or visual signalling equipment (excluding articles of heading no. 8539), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters; electrical, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles) 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 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 85123000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 414,248 kg at an assessable value of BDT 195,943,137. That is an average of BDT 473 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,186th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 98,724 kg | BDT 45,045,436 | BDT 456 |
| January 2026 | 76,268 kg | BDT 37,145,727 | BDT 487 |
| February 2026 | 89,152 kg | BDT 45,723,001 | BDT 513 |
| March 2026 | 58,744 kg | BDT 31,922,692 | BDT 543 |
| April 2026 | 34,516 kg | BDT 16,582,159 | BDT 480 |
| May 2026 | 56,844 kg | BDT 19,524,122 | BDT 343 |
Bonded imports. A further 363 kg worth BDT 1,843,646 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 0.9% 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 85 contains 412 tariff lines, averaging 52.09%. At 39.75%, 85123000 sits below that average by 12.34 percentage points. It is the 197th 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.
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.