Chapter 25 · Section V: Mineral products
Salt, Stone, Cement & Plaster — Bahamas import duty
Chapter 25 covers salt, stone, cement & plaster. The most common rate is 45% import duty (58 of 74 tariff lines), with rates ranging from 0% to 45%. 5 lines are duty-free. It includes cement, salt and pure sodium chloride and unroasted iron pyrites. 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.
5 of 74lines duty-free
45%most common rate (78% of lines)
0%–45%rate range
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Duty rates for every salt, stone, cement & plaster 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2501 · Salt and pure sodium chloride — 4 lines, 10%–45% duty | ||
2501.0010 |
Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free- flowing agents; sea water — Salt liquors, sea water | 45% |
2501.0020 |
Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free- flowing agents; sea water — Solar (sea salt) | 10% |
2501.0030 |
Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free- flowing agents; sea water — Table salt | 10% |
2501.0090 |
Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free- flowing agents; sea water — Other | 45% |
| 2502 · Unroasted iron pyrites — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2502.0000 |
Unroasted iron pyrites | 45% |
| 2503 · Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2503.0000 |
Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur | 45% |
| 2504 · Natural graphite — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2504.1000 |
In powder or in flakes | 45% |
2504.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2505 · Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured — 2 lines, a flat 25% duty | ||
2505.1000 |
Silica sands and quartz sands | 25% |
2505.9000 |
Other | 25% |
| 2506 · Quartz — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2506.1000 |
Quartz | 45% |
2506.2000 |
Quartzite | 45% |
| 2507 · Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2507.0000 |
Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined | 45% |
| 2508 · Other clays (not including expanded clays of Heading 68.06) — 6 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2508.1000 |
Bentonite | 45% |
2508.3000 |
Fire-clay | 45% |
2508.4000 |
Other clays | 45% |
2508.5000 |
Andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite | 45% |
2508.6000 |
Mullite | 45% |
2508.7000 |
Chamotte or dinas earths | 45% |
| 2509 · Chalk — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2509.0000 |
Chalk | 45% |
| 2510 · Natural calcium phosphates — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2510.1000 |
Unground | 45% |
2510.2000 |
Ground | 45% |
| 2511 · Natural barium sulphate (barytes) — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2511.1000 |
Natural barium sulphate (barytes) | 45% |
2511.2000 |
Natural barium carbonate (witherite) | 45% |
| 2512 · Siliceous fossil meals and similar siliceous earths — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2512.0000 |
Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less | 45% |
| 2513 · Pumice stone — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2513.1000 |
Pumice stone | 45% |
2513.2000 |
Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives | 45% |
| 2514 · Pumice stone — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2514.0000 |
Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, | 45% |
| 2515 · Marble, travertine — 3 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2515.1100 |
Marble and travertine — Crude or roughly trimmed | 45% |
2515.1200 |
Marble and travertine — Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | 45% |
2515.2000 |
Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster | 45% |
| 2516 · Granite, porphyry, basalt — 5 lines, mostly 45% duty | ||
2516.1100 |
Granite — Crude or roughly trimmed | 45% |
2516.1200 |
Granite — Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | 45% |
2516.2000 |
Sandstone | 45% |
2516.9010 |
Other monumental or building stone — Limestone | 25% |
2516.9090 |
Other monumental or building stone — Other | 45% |
| 2517 · Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone — 5 lines, mostly 45% duty | ||
2517.1000 |
Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated | 20% |
2517.2000 |
Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in Subheading 2517.10 | 45% |
2517.3000 |
Tarred macadam | 45% |
2517.4100 |
Granules, chippings and powder, of stones of Heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not heat- treated — Of marble | 45% |
2517.4900 |
Granules, chippings and powder, of stones of Heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not heat- treated — Other | 45% |
| 2518 · Dolomite, whether or not calcined or sintered — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2518.1000 |
Dolomite, not calcined or sintered | 45% |
2518.2000 |
Calcined or sintered dolomite | 45% |
| 2519 · Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite) — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2519.1000 |
Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite) | 45% |
2519.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2520 · Gypsum — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2520.1000 |
Gypsum; anhydrite | 45% |
2520.2000 |
Plasters | 45% |
| 2521 · Limestone flux — 2 lines, 25%–45% duty | ||
2521.0010 |
Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement — Limestone | 25% |
2521.0090 |
Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement — Other | 45% |
| 2522 · Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime — 3 lines, duty-free | ||
2522.1000 |
Quicklime | Free |
2522.2000 |
Slaked lime | Free |
2522.3000 |
Hydraulic lime | Free |
| 2523 · Cement — 5 lines, mostly 35% duty | ||
2523.1000 |
Cement clinkers | 35% |
2523.2100 |
Portland cement — White cement, whether or not artificially coloured | Free |
2523.2900 |
Portland cement verified | Free |
2523.3000 |
Aluminous cement | 35% |
2523.9000 |
Other hydraulic cements | 35% |
| 2524 · Asbestos — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2524.1000 |
Crocidolite | 45% |
2524.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2525 · Mica, including splittings — 3 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2525.1000 |
Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittings | 45% |
2525.2000 |
Mica powder | 45% |
2525.3000 |
Mica waste | 45% |
| 2526 · Natural steatite — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2526.1000 |
Not crushed, not powdered | 45% |
2526.2000 |
Crushed or powdered | 45% |
| 2528 · Natural borates and concentrates thereof — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2528.0000 |
Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including borates separated from natural brine; natural boric acid containing not more than 85% of H BO calculated on the dry weight | 45% |
| 2529 · Feldspar — 4 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2529.1000 |
Feldspar | 45% |
2529.2100 |
Fluorspar — Containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride | 45% |
2529.2200 |
Fluorspar — Containing by weight more than 97% of calcium fluoride | 45% |
2529.3000 |
Leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite | 45% |
| 2530 · Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included — 5 lines, mostly 45% duty | ||
2530.1000 |
Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded | 45% |
2530.2000 |
Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates) | 45% |
2530.9010 |
Other — Earth and soil imported under regulations prescribed by the Minister responsible for Agriculture | 10% |
2530.9020 |
Other — Aragonite | 45% |
2530.9090 |
Other — Other | 45% |
Schedule version 2026-2027 · 74 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.