Chapter 16 · Section IV: Food, drink & tobacco
Prepared Meat & Seafood — Bahamas import duty
Chapter 16 covers prepared meat & seafood. The most common rate is 20% import duty (38 of 69 tariff lines), with rates ranging from 0% to 30%. 30 lines are duty-free. It includes prepared or preserved fish, homogenised preparations — other and homogenised preparations — for dietetic use. 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.
30 of 69lines duty-free
20%most common rate (55% of lines)
0%–30%rate range
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Duty rates for every prepared meat & seafood 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1601 · Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal — 1 line, duty-free | ||
1601.0000 |
Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood or insects; food preparations based on these products | Free |
| 1602 · Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal — 23 lines, mostly duty-free | ||
1602.1010 |
Homogenised preparations — Packaged for infants | Free |
1602.1020 |
Homogenised preparations — For dietetic use | Free |
1602.1090 |
Homogenised preparations — Other | Free |
1602.2000 |
Of liver of any animal | Free |
1602.3110 |
Of poultry of Heading 01.05 — Of turkeys — Breasts | Free |
1602.3120 |
Of poultry of Heading 01.05 — Of turkeys — Turkey sliced/unsliced for sandwich | Free |
1602.3190 |
Of poultry of Heading 01.05 — Of turkeys — Other | Free |
1602.3210 |
Of poultry of Heading 01.05 — Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus — Breasts, uncooked | 20% |
1602.3220 |
Of poultry of Heading 01.05 — Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus — Breasts, other | 20% |
1602.3230 |
Of poultry of Heading 01.05 — Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus — Other, uncooked | 20% |
1602.3290 |
Of poultry of Heading 01.05 — Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus — Other | 20% |
1602.3900 |
Of poultry of Heading 01.05 — Other | 20% |
1602.4110 |
Of swine — Hams and cuts thereof — Sliced/unsliced for sandwich | Free |
1602.4190 |
Of swine — Hams and cuts thereof — Other hams and cuts thereof | Free |
1602.4200 |
Of swine — Shoulders and cuts thereof | Free |
1602.4910 |
Of swine — Other, including mixtures — Sliced/unsliced for sandwich | Free |
1602.4990 |
Of swine — Other, including mixtures — Other | Free |
1602.5010 |
Of bovine animals — Corned beef in airtight containers | Free |
1602.5020 |
Of bovine animals — Roasted beef in airtight containers | Free |
1602.5030 |
Of bovine animals — Containing more than 20% by weight of meat, with macaroni, spaghetti and the like | Free |
1602.5090 |
Of bovine animals — Other | Free |
1602.9010 |
Other, including preparations of blood of any animal — Beef sliced/unsliced for sandwich | Free |
1602.9090 |
Other, including preparations of blood of any animal — Other, including preparations of blood of any animal | Free |
| 1603 · Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans — 1 line, a flat 30% duty | ||
1603.0000 |
Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 30% |
| 1604 · Prepared or preserved fish — 26 lines, 0%–20% duty | ||
1604.1110 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Salmon — In airtight containers | Free |
1604.1190 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Salmon — Other | 20% |
1604.1210 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Herrings — In airtight containers | Free |
1604.1290 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Herrings — Other | 20% |
1604.1310 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats — In airtight containers | Free |
1604.1390 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats — Other | 20% |
1604.1410 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Tunas, skipjack tuna and bonito (Sarda spp.) — In airtight containers | Free |
1604.1490 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Tunas, skipjack tuna and bonito (Sarda spp.) — Other | 20% |
1604.1510 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Mackerel — In airtight containers | Free |
1604.1590 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Mackerel — Other | 20% |
1604.1610 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Anchovies — In airtight containers | Free |
1604.1690 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Anchovies — Other | 20% |
1604.1710 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Eels — In airtight containers | Free |
1604.1790 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Eels — Other | 20% |
1604.1810 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Shark fins — In airtight containers | Free |
1604.1890 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Shark fins — Other | 20% |
1604.1910 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Other — In airtight containers | Free |
1604.1990 |
Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Other — Other | 20% |
1604.2010 |
In airtight containers | Free |
1604.2020 |
Containing more than 20% by weight of fish, with macaroni, spaghetti and the like | 20% |
1604.2030 |
Packaged for infant and young children | Free |
1604.2090 |
Other | 20% |
1604.3110 |
Caviar and caviar substitutes — Caviar — In airtight containers | 20% |
1604.3190 |
Caviar and caviar substitutes — Caviar — Other | 20% |
1604.3210 |
Caviar and caviar substitutes — Caviar substitutes — In airtight containers | 20% |
1604.3290 |
Caviar and caviar substitutes — Caviar substitutes — Other | 20% |
| 1605 · Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates — 18 lines, a flat 20% duty | ||
1605.1000 |
Crab | 20% |
1605.2100 |
Shrimps and prawns — Not in airtight container | 20% |
1605.2900 |
Shrimps and prawns — Other | 20% |
1605.3000 |
Lobster | 20% |
1605.4000 |
Other crustaceans | 20% |
1605.5100 |
Molluscs — Oysters | 20% |
1605.5200 |
Molluscs — Scallops, including queen scallops | 20% |
1605.5300 |
Molluscs — Mussels | 20% |
1605.5400 |
Molluscs — Cuttle fish and squid | 20% |
1605.5500 |
Molluscs — Octopus | 20% |
1605.5600 |
Molluscs — Clams, cockles and arkshells | 20% |
1605.5700 |
Molluscs — Abalone | 20% |
1605.5800 |
Molluscs — Snails, other than sea snails | 20% |
1605.5900 |
Molluscs — Other | 20% |
1605.6100 |
Molluscs — Sea cucumbers | 20% |
1605.6200 |
Molluscs — Sea urchins | 20% |
1605.6300 |
Molluscs — Jellyfish | 20% |
1605.6900 |
Molluscs — Other | 20% |
Schedule version 2026-2027 · 69 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.