Live Plants & Cut Flowers — Bahamas import duty
Chapter 06 covers live plants & cut flowers. The most common rate is 25% import duty (19 of 29 tariff lines), with rates ranging from 25% to 35%. It includes roses, grafted or not, unrooted cuttings and slips and rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not. Duty is not the whole bill: The Bahamas adds a 1% customs processing fee (minimum $10, maximum $750) and 10% VAT on the landed cost.
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Duty rates for every live plants & cut flowers tariff line
Grouped by 4-digit heading — follow a heading for its own page. Descriptions are the sub-heading detail; the heading text is the row above.
| HS code | Description | Import duty |
|---|---|---|
| 0601 · Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes — 2 lines, a flat 25% duty | ||
0601.1000 |
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant | 25% |
0601.2000 |
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots | 25% |
| 0602 · Other live plants, cuttings and slips — 17 lines, a flat 25% duty | ||
0602.1000 |
Unrooted cuttings and slips | 25% |
0602.2010 |
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts — Coconuts | 25% |
0602.2020 |
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts — Bananas | 25% |
0602.2031 |
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts — Citrus — Oranges | 25% |
0602.2032 |
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts — Citrus — Grapefruits | 25% |
0602.2033 |
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts — Citrus — Limes | 25% |
0602.2034 |
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts — Citrus — Lemons | 25% |
0602.2035 |
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts — Citrus — Tangerines | 25% |
0602.2039 |
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts — Citrus — Other | 25% |
0602.2091 |
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts — Mangoes | 25% |
0602.2092 |
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts — Strawberries | 25% |
0602.2099 |
Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts — Other | 25% |
0602.3000 |
Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not | 25% |
0602.4000 |
Roses, grafted or not | 25% |
0602.9010 |
Other — Palms | 25% |
0602.9020 |
Other — Grass and sod | 25% |
0602.9090 |
Other — Other | 25% |
| 0603 · Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets — 7 lines, a flat 35% duty | ||
0603.1100 |
Fresh — Roses | 35% |
0603.1200 |
Fresh — Carnations | 35% |
0603.1300 |
Fresh — Orchids | 35% |
0603.1400 |
Fresh — Chrysanthemums | 35% |
0603.1500 |
Fresh — Lilies (Lilium spp.) | 35% |
0603.1900 |
Fresh — Other | 35% |
0603.9000 |
Other | 35% |
| 0604 · Foliage, branches and other parts of plants — 3 lines, a flat 35% duty | ||
0604.2010 |
Fresh — Christmas trees | 35% |
0604.2090 |
Fresh — Other | 35% |
0604.9000 |
Other | 35% |
Schedule version 2026-2027 · 29 lines shown. Lines tagged verified have been individually checked against the current schedule; the rest are as published in the 2023 Tariff Act. Rates are import duty only — final classification and charges are determined by Bahamas Customs.