HS Code 85131090
Lamps, NES
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 85131090 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Lamps, NES is classified under HS code 85131090, which sits in heading 8513 (Lamps; portable, electric, designed to function by their own source of energy (e.g. dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos), excluding lighting equipment of heading no. 8512) 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 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 85131090 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 953,376 kg at an assessable value of BDT 210,568,221. That is an average of BDT 221 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 636th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 122,178 kg | BDT 33,094,571 | BDT 271 |
| January 2026 | 95,255 kg | BDT 27,512,418 | BDT 289 |
| February 2026 | 92,028 kg | BDT 17,797,267 | BDT 193 |
| March 2026 | 169,594 kg | BDT 31,500,598 | BDT 186 |
| April 2026 | 199,214 kg | BDT 43,735,510 | BDT 220 |
| May 2026 | 275,107 kg | BDT 56,927,857 | BDT 207 |
Bonded imports. A further 9 kg worth BDT 58,512 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 0.0% 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 64.25%, 85131090 sits above that average by 12.16 percentage points. It is the 51st 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 8513 alone, rates run from 27.5% to 64.25% across 4 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.