HS Code 90013000
Contact Lenses
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 90013000 would be approximately BDT 39,750.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 39.75% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Contact Lenses is classified under HS code 90013000, which sits in heading 9001 (Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables not of heading no. 8544; sheets, plates of polarising material; lenses, prisms, mirrors, of any material; unmounted; not non optical glass) of chapter 90 (Optical, photographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments).
Under the Bangladesh Operative Tariff 2026-2027 this line attracts Customs Duty of 10%, Supplementary Duty of 0%, VAT of 15%, Advance Income Tax of 5%, Regulatory Duty of 0% and Advance Tax of 7.5%. Combined, these produce a Total Tax Incidence of 39.75%, 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 90013000 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 11,143 kg at an assessable value of BDT 8,027,545. That is an average of BDT 720 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,610th largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 1,598 kg | BDT 736,254 | BDT 461 |
| January 2026 | 1,176 kg | BDT 1,934,531 | BDT 1,645 |
| February 2026 | 2,610 kg | BDT 1,350,868 | BDT 518 |
| March 2026 | 3,146 kg | BDT 2,738,942 | BDT 871 |
| April 2026 | 815 kg | BDT 93,530 | BDT 115 |
| May 2026 | 1,798 kg | BDT 1,173,420 | BDT 653 |
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 90 contains 184 tariff lines, averaging 32.72%. At 39.75%, 90013000 sits above that average by 7.03 percentage points. It is the 13th most heavily taxed line in the chapter.
Across the whole Operative Tariff the mean is 61.08%, so this line is cheaper than the typical import by 21.33 points.
Within heading 9001 alone, rates run from 33.63% to 39.75% across 8 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.