HS Code 85399030
Of Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 85399030 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Of Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps is classified under HS code 85399030, 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 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 85399030 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 1,474,780 kg at an assessable value of BDT 890,031,111. That is an average of BDT 604 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 319th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 266,344 kg | BDT 167,001,358 | BDT 627 |
| January 2026 | 246,007 kg | BDT 158,984,771 | BDT 646 |
| February 2026 | 202,719 kg | BDT 123,270,379 | BDT 608 |
| March 2026 | 350,758 kg | BDT 207,947,532 | BDT 593 |
| April 2026 | 149,592 kg | BDT 75,224,132 | BDT 503 |
| May 2026 | 259,360 kg | BDT 157,602,939 | BDT 608 |
Bonded imports. A further 852 kg worth BDT 701,930 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 0.1% 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%, 85399030 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 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.
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.