Coffee, Tea & Spices: Bahamas import duty
Chapter 09 covers coffee, tea & spices. The most common rate is 5% import duty (32 of 43 tariff lines), with rates ranging from 0% to 35%. 10 lines are duty-free. It includes coffee, tea and maté. Duty is not the whole bill: The Bahamas adds a 1% customs processing fee (minimum $10, maximum $1,500) and 10% VAT on the landed cost.
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Duty rates for every coffee, tea & spices 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0901 · Coffee · 6 lines, duty-free | ||
0901.1100 |
Coffee, not roasted — Not decaffeinated | Free |
0901.1210 |
Coffee, not roasted — Decaffeinated — Decaffeinated, beans for blending | Free |
0901.1290 |
Coffee, not roasted — Decaffeinated — Other | Free |
0901.2100 |
Roasted coffee (beans and ground) verified | Free |
0901.2200 |
Coffee roasted — Decaffeinated | Free |
0901.9000 |
Other | Free |
| 0902 · Tea · 4 lines, duty-free | ||
0902.1000 |
Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg. (6.6 lb.) | Free |
0902.2000 |
Other green tea (not fermented) | Free |
0902.3000 |
Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg (6.6 lb.) | Free |
0902.4000 |
Other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea | Free |
| 0903 · Maté · 1 line, a flat 35% duty | ||
0903.0000 |
Maté | 35% |
| 0904 · Pepper of the genus Piper · 5 lines, a flat 5% duty | ||
0904.1100 |
Pepper — Neither crushed nor ground | 5% |
0904.1210 |
Pepper — Crushed or ground — Black pepper | 5% |
0904.1290 |
Pepper — Crushed or ground — Other | 5% |
0904.2100 |
Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta — Dried, neither crushed nor ground | 5% |
0904.2200 |
Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta — Crushed or ground | 5% |
| 0905 · Vanilla · 2 lines, a flat 5% duty | ||
0905.1000 |
Neither crushed nor ground | 5% |
0905.2000 |
Crushed or ground | 5% |
| 0906 · Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers · 3 lines, a flat 5% duty | ||
0906.1100 |
Neither crushed nor ground — Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume) | 5% |
0906.1900 |
Neither crushed nor ground — Other | 5% |
0906.2000 |
Crushed or ground | 5% |
| 0907 · Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems) · 2 lines, a flat 5% duty | ||
0907.1000 |
Neither crushed nor ground | 5% |
0907.2000 |
Crushed or ground | 5% |
| 0908 · Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms · 6 lines, a flat 5% duty | ||
0908.1100 |
Nutmeg — Neither crushed nor ground | 5% |
0908.1200 |
Nutmeg — Crushed or ground | 5% |
0908.2100 |
Mace — Neither crushed nor ground | 5% |
0908.2200 |
Mace — Crushed or ground | 5% |
0908.3100 |
Cardamoms — Neither crushed nor ground | 5% |
0908.3200 |
Cardamoms — Crushed or ground | 5% |
| 0909 · Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander · 6 lines, a flat 5% duty | ||
0909.2100 |
Seeds of coriander — Neither crushed nor ground | 5% |
0909.2200 |
Seeds of coriander — Crushed or ground | 5% |
0909.3100 |
Seeds of cumin — Neither crushed nor ground | 5% |
0909.3200 |
Seeds of cumin — Crushed or ground | 5% |
0909.6100 |
Seeds of anise, badian, caraway or fennel; juniper berries — Neither crushed nor ground | 5% |
0909.6200 |
Seeds of anise, badian, caraway or fennel; juniper berries — Crushed or ground | 5% |
| 0910 · Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves · 8 lines, a flat 5% duty | ||
0910.1100 |
Ginger — Neither crushed nor ground | 5% |
0910.1200 |
Ginger — Crushed or ground | 5% |
0910.2000 |
Saffron | 5% |
0910.3000 |
Turmeric (curcuma) | 5% |
0910.9100 |
Other spices — Mixtures referred to in Note 1 (b) to this Chapter | 5% |
0910.9910 |
Other spices — Other — Curry | 5% |
0910.9920 |
Other spices — Other — Thyme and bay leaves | 5% |
0910.9990 |
Other spices — Other — Other | 5% |
Bahamas Tariff Act (schedule version 2026-2027) · 43 lines shown. Lines tagged verified have been individually checked against the current schedule; the rest are as published in the Tariff Act. Rates are import duty only. Final classification and charges are determined by Bahamas Customs.