HS Code 90031900
Frames And Mountings For Spectacles, Goggles Or The Like, Nes, TV
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 90031900 would be approximately BDT 80,180.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 80.18% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Frames And Mountings For Spectacles, Goggles Or The Like, Nes, TV is classified under HS code 90031900, which sits in heading 9003 (Frames and mountings; for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts) 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 25%, 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 80.18%, 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 90031900 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 2,564 kg at an assessable value of BDT 19,080,506. That is an average of BDT 7,442 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 2,882nd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 56 kg | BDT 416,592 | BDT 7,439 |
| January 2026 | 434 kg | BDT 15,020,882 | BDT 34,610 |
| February 2026 | 200 kg | BDT 826,306 | BDT 4,132 |
| March 2026 | 389 kg | BDT 2,098,827 | BDT 5,395 |
| April 2026 | 165 kg | BDT 176,356 | BDT 1,069 |
| May 2026 | 1,320 kg | BDT 541,543 | BDT 410 |
Bonded imports. A further 1,182 kg worth BDT 28,968,613 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 60.3% 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 90 contains 184 tariff lines, averaging 32.72%. At 80.18%, 90031900 sits above that average by 47.46 percentage points. It is the 1st 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 19.1 points.
Within heading 9003 alone, rates run from 64.25% to 80.18% across 3 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.