HS Code 85365000
Other switches
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 85365000 would be approximately BDT 92,100.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 92.1% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Other switches is classified under HS code 85365000, which sits in heading 8536 (Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits, for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables) 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 20%, VAT of 15%, Advance Income Tax of 1%, Regulatory Duty of 5% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 92.1%, 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 85365000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 319,330 kg at an assessable value of BDT 437,730,686. That is an average of BDT 1,371 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 682nd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 59,673 kg | BDT 80,482,095 | BDT 1,349 |
| January 2026 | 52,514 kg | BDT 78,854,143 | BDT 1,502 |
| February 2026 | 57,245 kg | BDT 78,404,597 | BDT 1,370 |
| March 2026 | 44,434 kg | BDT 67,218,773 | BDT 1,513 |
| April 2026 | 60,053 kg | BDT 80,978,210 | BDT 1,348 |
| May 2026 | 45,411 kg | BDT 51,792,868 | BDT 1,141 |
Bonded imports. A further 524 kg worth BDT 5,898,258 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 1.3% 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 92.1%, 85365000 sits above that average by 40.01 percentage points. It is the 41st 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 31.02 points.
Within heading 8536 alone, rates run from 39.75% to 96.1% across 13 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.
This line carries supplementary duty of 20%. Only 1,633 of 7,469 lines carry any SD at all, and because it is charged after customs and regulatory duty, and VAT is then charged on top of it, it affects the total far more than the rate alone suggests.