HS Code 85176220
Telephonic or telegraphic switching apparatus
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 85176220 would be approximately BDT 36,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 36.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Telephonic or telegraphic switching apparatus is classified under HS code 85176220, which sits in heading 8517 (Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular/wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), excluding items of 8443, 8525, 8527, or 8528) 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 2%, Regulatory Duty of 0% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 36.75%, 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 85176220 in 4 of 6 months, totalling 4,176 kg at an assessable value of BDT 3,424,065. That is an average of BDT 820 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 3,040th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 4,109 kg | BDT 3,050,491 | BDT 742 |
| January 2026 | 48 kg | BDT 56,340 | BDT 1,174 |
| March 2026 | 2 kg | BDT 2,454 | BDT 1,227 |
| May 2026 | 17 kg | BDT 314,780 | BDT 18,516 |
Bonded imports. A further 3,409 kg worth BDT 17,138,345 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 83.3% 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 36.75%, 85176220 sits below that average by 15.34 percentage points. It is the 303rd 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 24.33 points.
Within heading 8517 alone, rates run from 20.25% to 64.25% across 16 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.