HS Code 85480000
Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in th
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 85480000 would be approximately BDT 64,250.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 64.25% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in th is classified under HS code 85480000, which sits in heading 8548 (Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus; not specified or elsewhere included in this chapter) 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 85480000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 61,233 kg at an assessable value of BDT 38,802,477. That is an average of BDT 634 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,140th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 3,368 kg | BDT 2,223,287 | BDT 660 |
| January 2026 | 2,350 kg | BDT 1,721,397 | BDT 733 |
| February 2026 | 2,310 kg | BDT 6,193,932 | BDT 2,681 |
| March 2026 | 613 kg | BDT 887,988 | BDT 1,449 |
| April 2026 | 2,936 kg | BDT 6,802,042 | BDT 2,317 |
| May 2026 | 49,656 kg | BDT 20,973,831 | BDT 422 |
Bonded imports. A further 2 kg worth BDT 580,529 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 1.5% 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%, 85480000 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.
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.