HS Code 85159000
Parts Of Soldering, Brazing, Welding, Etc, Machines/Apparatus Of 85.15
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 85159000 would be approximately BDT 28,730.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 28.73% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Parts Of Soldering, Brazing, Welding, Etc, Machines/Apparatus Of 85.15 is classified under HS code 85159000, which sits in heading 8515 (Electric (electrically heated gas) soldering, brazing, welding machines and apparatus, capable or not of cutting, electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or sintered carbides) 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 85159000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 268,690 kg at an assessable value of BDT 92,230,991. That is an average of BDT 343 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,728th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 46,212 kg | BDT 17,427,297 | BDT 377 |
| January 2026 | 31,460 kg | BDT 12,768,010 | BDT 406 |
| February 2026 | 45,673 kg | BDT 17,214,473 | BDT 377 |
| March 2026 | 74,119 kg | BDT 25,893,097 | BDT 349 |
| April 2026 | 40,948 kg | BDT 11,459,956 | BDT 280 |
| May 2026 | 30,278 kg | BDT 7,468,158 | BDT 247 |
Bonded imports. A further 448 kg worth BDT 2,514,496 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 2.7% 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%, 85159000 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.