Import from China to Bangladesh: Customs 2026

Last fact-checked: 10 November 2026.

A China shipment to Bangladesh starts with the National Board of Revenue's Import Export Hub: the HS line, the general documents the hub names, and the tariff page for that line. This article prints no duty rate, because the hub's calculator was not used to copy one.

On 10 November 2026 the hub at hub.bangladeshcustoms.gov.bd opened. NBR describes it as a searchable repository of documents, compliances, and conditions for clearing import and export consignments. The older host bangladeshcustoms.gov.bd did not resolve from here that day, so no document list and no sample-value rule are taken from it. If that host comes back, read it beside the hub and keep the date.

Handoff graphic to existing payment articles for how a letter of credit or a wire sits beside the Bangladesh document list.

A Dhaka company and a lot of fittings

A trading company in Dhaka is buying door fittings, handed over FCA at the Ningbo container terminal, for clearance in Bangladesh. The factory calls the price FOB. For cartons handed to the carrier before the ship is loaded, ICC recommends FCA with the place named. Write "FCA Ningbo container terminal." The ocean freight is a carrier quote. This page does not invent a transit time to Chattogram or any other Bangladeshi port.

How a small lot shares a container is LCL from China. Origin consolidation is a China-side job. It does not set the Bangladesh assessment. Payment by wire is T/T. A letter of credit is a bank instrument, described on the letter of credit page, and the hub lists a letter of credit as one of the general documents when you use one.

Division graphic sending origin consolidation questions to LCL guidance and the customs process to this Bangladesh guide.

Documents the hub names

The hub's general documents table, read 10 November 2026, names these import papers, with the legislation column left for you to open on that page:

Import Registration Certificate (IRC). The table points to the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports site at olm.ccie.gov.bd.
VAT registration (BIN) certificate. The table points to vat.gov.bd.
Letter of credit, or, when you are not using one, a sales or purchase order, and the import permit or clearance permit the table requires in that case.
Regulatory permits when the goods need them.
Proforma invoice and insurance cover note, which the table says are required for opening a letter of credit at the bank.
Commercial invoice, packing list, detailed packing list, and the waybill (bill of lading, air waybill, or the other transport papers the row lists).
Country of origin certificate, value declaration form, and, where intellectual property is in issue, the patent, trademark, design, or geographical-indication certificate the table names.
ISPM-15 certificate for wooden packaging, and a dangerous-goods certificate when the goods are dangerous.

Product-specific documents are a second table. The page says every HS code in chapters 1–24 has its own list. Door fittings may sit outside those chapters. Search the HS line on the hub instead of assuming the food-and-agriculture list applies. Prohibited-goods lists are on the hub under the Customs Act, 2023. Open the list for the actual product.

Document checklist limited to items named on the National Board of Revenue general-documents table.

Duty stays on the hub

What the hub offers	What this page does with it
Import search by HS code or description	Use it for the fittings before the deposit
Tariff-rate information and an approximate duty calculator	Open them for your line. No percentage is copied here
Product-specific documents and prohibited-goods lists	Read the row for your HS code. Do not borrow a neighbor's row

Put the structure on the landed-cost sheet: goods, freight, insurance, and a duty cell that says "see the hub on the day of assessment." A landed price invented from a blog calculator is how a deposit gets approved on the wrong number. The commercial invoice and the packing list have to match the declaration you will file.

Graphic telling readers to look up duty on the official tariff search, with no example percentages.

What usually goes wrong

Copying a duty percent from a marketplace post or an unofficial PDF. The hub is the page that loaded. Use it.
Skipping the IRC or the BIN because a forwarder said the first lot is "simple." Both certificates are on the general table.
Using a packing list that does not match the commercial invoice. The declaration has to live with both.
Treating a China freight forwarder's "door to door" as a Bangladesh release. Release follows the assessment and the documents the hub names.

Reminder to follow the official hub for amendments or inspection, without unofficial broker scripts.

Checklist before the deposit

HS code searched on the hub, with product-specific documents and the prohibited list opened.
IRC and BIN status checked on the sites the general table names.
Payment path chosen: letter of credit, or the non-LC papers the table lists.
Invoice, packing list, and waybill drafted so the descriptions match.
Wooden packaging and dangerous goods flagged if they apply, because the table names those certificates.
Duty cell left blank until the hub's tariff page is read for this line. No rate from this article.

After the ship arrives, the practical sequence of notices and holds is what happens when cargo arrives. Send the product and the Incoterm on the RFQ. This is not legal advice and not a customs entry.

Questions buyers actually ask

What duty will I pay on fittings from China?

The figure is whatever the hub's tariff information shows for the HS line on the day customs assesses it. This page does not print a sample. Open the import search and the tariff page, and keep the screenshot with the order.

Is a sales contract enough if I am not opening a letter of credit?

The general table has a row for a sales or purchase order when you are not using a letter of credit, and a further row for the import permit or clearance permit in that case. Read both rows on the hub before you wire the factory.

Where do I confirm the documents if the old customs site is down?

Use the hub that opened on 10 November 2026, and NBR's own site at nbr.gov.bd. If a later official page replaces a row, follow the later page and keep the date.

The quote and the entry are covered in which Incoterm to use, shipping from Yiwu to Bangladesh, and the customs clearance sequence.

Sources

NBR: Import Export Hub. Opened 10 November 2026. Searchable documents, compliances, tariff information, and the approximate duty calculator.
NBR: General documents. Opened 10 November 2026. IRC, BIN, invoice, packing list, waybill, origin, and the other rows summarized above.
National Board of Revenue. Opened 10 November 2026. The authority's own site, including its customs links.