HS Code 90251900
Thermometers/Pyrometrs,Not Comb.With Other Instrumts,Not Liquid-Filled Nes
Worked example
On an assessable value of BDT 100,000, the total duty and taxes payable on 90251900 would be approximately BDT 33,630.00, because the Total Tax Incidence is 33.63% of the assessable value.
What these figures mean
Thermometers/Pyrometrs,Not Comb.With Other Instrumts,Not Liquid-Filled Nes is classified under HS code 90251900, which sits in heading 9025 (Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not) 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 5%, 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 33.63%, 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 90251900 in 6 of 6 months, totalling 20,169 kg at an assessable value of BDT 112,618,620. That is an average of BDT 5,584 per kilogram — useful as a rough check on whether a declared value looks plausible. In May 2026 it was the 1,122nd largest of 4,066 tariff lines by assessable value.
| Month | Net weight | Assessable value | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 3,587 kg | BDT 19,529,757 | BDT 5,445 |
| January 2026 | 1,121 kg | BDT 13,159,679 | BDT 11,739 |
| February 2026 | 3,620 kg | BDT 10,640,382 | BDT 2,939 |
| March 2026 | 2,424 kg | BDT 24,527,445 | BDT 10,119 |
| April 2026 | 4,586 kg | BDT 23,195,137 | BDT 5,058 |
| May 2026 | 4,831 kg | BDT 21,566,220 | BDT 4,464 |
Bonded imports. A further 49 kg worth BDT 2,785,449 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 2.4% 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 33.63%, 90251900 sits above that average by 0.91 percentage points. It is the 58th 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 27.45 points.
Within heading 9025 alone, rates run from 28.73% to 33.63% across 4 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.