HS Code 85393290
Other Mercury Or Sodium Vapour Lamps; Metal Halide Lamps, Nes
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 85393290 would be approximately BDT 80,180.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 80.18% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Other Mercury Or Sodium Vapour Lamps; Metal Halide Lamps, Nes is classified under HS code 85393290, which sits in heading 8539 (Lamps; electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps, arc lamps, light-emitting diode (LED) light sources) 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 10%, 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 80.18%, 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 85393290 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 91,037 kg at an assessable value of BDT 130,686,161. That is an average of BDT 1,436 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,502nd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 11,547 kg | BDT 16,287,485 | BDT 1,411 |
| January 2026 | 14,672 kg | BDT 21,810,322 | BDT 1,487 |
| February 2026 | 17,964 kg | BDT 27,840,565 | BDT 1,550 |
| March 2026 | 19,935 kg | BDT 27,511,120 | BDT 1,380 |
| April 2026 | 20,411 kg | BDT 26,495,947 | BDT 1,298 |
| May 2026 | 6,508 kg | BDT 10,740,722 | BDT 1,650 |
Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial), 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 80.18%, 85393290 sits above that average by 28.09 percentage points. It is the 44th 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 19.1 points.
Within heading 8539 alone, rates run from 33.63% to 135.91% across 22 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 10%. 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.