HS Code 85447000
Optical Fibre Cables Made Up Of Individually Sheathed Fibres
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 85447000 would be approximately BDT 66,700.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 66.7% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Optical Fibre Cables Made Up Of Individually Sheathed Fibres is classified under HS code 85447000, which sits in heading 8544 (Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductors, connector fitted or not; optical fibre cables of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors) 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 15%, 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 66.7%, 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 85447000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 327,066 kg at an assessable value of BDT 223,722,137. That is an average of BDT 684 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 753rd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 90,699 kg | BDT 84,470,584 | BDT 931 |
| January 2026 | 41,028 kg | BDT 26,843,944 | BDT 654 |
| February 2026 | 38,312 kg | BDT 25,939,534 | BDT 677 |
| March 2026 | 24,623 kg | BDT 12,160,585 | BDT 494 |
| April 2026 | 38,500 kg | BDT 29,898,461 | BDT 777 |
| May 2026 | 93,904 kg | BDT 44,409,029 | BDT 473 |
Bonded imports. A further 9 kg worth BDT 486,931 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 0.2% 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 66.7%, 85447000 sits above that average by 14.61 percentage points. It is the 50th 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 5.62 points.
Within heading 8544 alone, rates run from 39.75% to 112.03% across 9 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.