Seeds & Oil Plants: Bahamas import duty
Chapter 12 covers seeds & oil plants. The most common rate is 35% import duty (39 of 59 tariff lines), with rates ranging from 0% to 35%. 18 lines are duty-free. It includes copra, linseed, whether or not broken and plants and parts of plants. 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 seeds & oil plants 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1201 · Soya beans, whether or not broken · 2 lines, a flat 35% duty | ||
1201.1000 |
Seed | 35% |
1201.9000 |
Other | 35% |
| 1202 · Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked · 5 lines, 0%–35% duty | ||
1202.3000 |
Seed | 35% |
1202.4110 |
Other — In shell — Unpackaged ground nuts (20 pounds. or more) | Free |
1202.4190 |
Other — In shell — Other packaged ground nuts | 25% |
1202.4210 |
Other — Shelled, whether or not broken — Unpackaged non-shell ground nuts (20 pounds. or more) | Free |
1202.4290 |
Other — Shelled, whether or not broken — Other packaged non- shell ground nuts | 25% |
| 1203 · Copra · 1 line, a flat 35% duty | ||
1203.0000 |
Copra | 35% |
| 1204 · Linseed, whether or not broken · 1 line, a flat 35% duty | ||
1204.0000 |
Linseed, whether or not broken | 35% |
| 1205 · Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken · 2 lines, a flat 35% duty | ||
1205.1000 |
Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds | 35% |
1205.9000 |
Other | 35% |
| 1206 · Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken · 1 line, a flat 35% duty | ||
1206.0000 |
Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken | 35% |
| 1207 · Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits · 10 lines, a flat 35% duty | ||
1207.1000 |
Palm nuts and kernels | 35% |
1207.2100 |
Cotton seeds — Seed | 35% |
1207.2900 |
Cotton seeds — Other | 35% |
1207.3000 |
Castor oil seeds | 35% |
1207.4000 |
Sesamum seeds | 35% |
1207.5000 |
Mustard seeds | 35% |
1207.6000 |
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds | 35% |
1207.7000 |
Melon seeds | 35% |
1207.9100 |
Other — Poppy seeds | 35% |
1207.9900 |
Other — Other | 35% |
| 1208 · Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits · 2 lines, a flat 35% duty | ||
1208.1000 |
Of soya beans | 35% |
1208.9000 |
Other | 35% |
| 1209 · Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing · 10 lines, duty-free | ||
1209.1000 |
Sugar beet seeds | Free |
1209.2100 |
Seeds of forage plants — Lucerne (alfalfa) seeds | Free |
1209.2200 |
Seeds of forage plants — Clover (Trifolium spp.) seeds | Free |
1209.2300 |
Seeds of forage plants — Fescue seeds | Free |
1209.2400 |
Seeds of forage plants — Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L.) seeds | Free |
1209.2500 |
Seeds of forage plants — Rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam., Lolium perenne L.) seeds | Free |
1209.2900 |
Seeds of forage plants — Other | Free |
1209.3000 |
Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers | Free |
1209.9100 |
Other — Vegetable seeds | Free |
1209.9900 |
Other — Other | Free |
| 1210 · Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground · 2 lines, a flat 35% duty | ||
1210.1000 |
Hop cones, neither ground nor powdered nor in the form of pellets | 35% |
1210.2000 |
Hop cones, ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin | 35% |
| 1211 · Plants and parts of plants · 10 lines, mostly 35% duty | ||
1211.2000 |
Ginseng roots | 35% |
1211.3000 |
Coca leaf | 35% |
1211.4000 |
Poppy straw | 35% |
1211.5000 |
Ephedra | 35% |
1211.6000 |
Bark of African cherry (Prunus africana) | 35% |
1211.9010 |
Other — Cascarilla bark | 35% |
1211.9020 |
Other — For insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes | Free |
1211.9030 |
Other — Herbal Teas | Free |
1211.9040 |
Other — Licorice roots, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered | 35% |
1211.9090 |
Other — Other | 35% |
| 1212 · Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae · 7 lines, mostly 35% duty | ||
1212.2100 |
Seaweeds and other algae — Fit for human consumption | Free |
1212.2900 |
Seaweeds and other algae — Other | 35% |
1212.9100 |
Other — Sugar beet | 35% |
1212.9200 |
Other — Locust beans (carob) | 35% |
1212.9300 |
Other — Sugar cane | 35% |
1212.9400 |
Other — Chicory roots | 35% |
1212.9900 |
Other — Other | 35% |
| 1213 · Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped · 2 lines, mostly duty-free | ||
1213.0010 |
Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets — For animal food | Free |
1213.0090 |
Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets — Other | 35% |
| 1214 · Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa) · 4 lines, mostly duty-free | ||
1214.1010 |
Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets — For animal food | Free |
1214.1090 |
Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets — Other | 35% |
1214.9010 |
Other — For animal food | Free |
1214.9090 |
Other — Other | 35% |
Bahamas Tariff Act (schedule version 2026-2027) · 59 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.