HS Code 87031000
Vehicles specially designed for travelling on snow; golf cars and similar vehicles......
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 87031000 would be approximately BDT 96,100.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 96.1% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Vehicles specially designed for travelling on snow; golf cars and similar vehicles...... is classified under HS code 87031000, which sits in heading 8703 (Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading no. 8702), including station wagons and racing cars) of chapter 87 (Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof).
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 5%, Regulatory Duty of 5% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 96.1%, 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 April 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports under 87031000 in 4 of 6 months, totalling 17,040 kg at an assessable value of BDT 13,585,367. That is an average of BDT 797 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In April 2026 it was the 2,579th largest of 4,161 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 6,810 kg | BDT 5,721,686 | BDT 840 |
| January 2026 | 3,965 kg | BDT 2,956,326 | BDT 746 |
| February 2026 | 3,040 kg | BDT 2,990,222 | BDT 984 |
| April 2026 | 3,225 kg | BDT 1,917,133 | BDT 594 |
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 87 contains 510 tariff lines, averaging 135.66%. At 96.1%, 87031000 sits below that average by 39.56 percentage points. It is the 176th 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 35.02 points.
Within heading 8703 alone, rates run from 33.63% to 1007.5% across 282 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.