Chapter 28 · Section VI: Chemicals & pharmaceuticals
Inorganic Chemicals — Bahamas import duty
Chapter 28 covers inorganic chemicals. The most common rate is 45% import duty (180 of 181 tariff lines), with rates ranging from 45% to 100%. It includes alkali or alkaline- earth metals, sulphuric acid and nitric acid. 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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45%most common rate (99% of lines)
45%–100%rate range
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Duty rates for every inorganic chemicals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2801 · Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine — 3 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2801.1000 |
Chlorine | 45% |
2801.2000 |
Iodine | 45% |
2801.3000 |
Fluorine; bromine | 45% |
| 2802 · Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2802.0000 |
Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur | 45% |
| 2803 · Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2803.0000 |
Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included) | 45% |
| 2804 · Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals — 11 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2804.1000 |
Hydrogen | 45% |
2804.2100 |
Rare gases — Argon | 45% |
2804.2900 |
Rare gases — Other | 45% |
2804.3000 |
Nitrogen | 45% |
2804.4000 |
Oxygen | 45% |
2804.5000 |
Boron; tellurium | 45% |
2804.6100 |
Silicon — Containing by weight not less than 99.99% of silicon | 45% |
2804.6900 |
Silicon — Other | 45% |
2804.7000 |
Phosphorus | 45% |
2804.8000 |
Arsenic | 45% |
2804.9000 |
Selenium | 45% |
| 2805 · Alkali or alkaline- earth metals — 5 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2805.1100 |
Alkali or alkaline- earth metals — Sodium | 45% |
2805.1200 |
Alkali or alkaline- earth metals — Calcium | 45% |
2805.1900 |
Alkali or alkaline- earth metals — Other | 45% |
2805.3000 |
Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed | 45% |
2805.4000 |
Mercury | 45% |
| 2806 · Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid) — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2806.1000 |
Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid) | 45% |
2806.2000 |
Chlorosulphuric acid | 45% |
| 2807 · Sulphuric acid — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2807.0000 |
Sulphuric acid; oleum | 45% |
| 2808 · Nitric acid — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2808.0000 |
Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids | 45% |
| 2809 · Diphosphorus pentaoxide — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2809.1000 |
Diphosphorus pentaoxide | 45% |
2809.2000 |
Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids | 45% |
| 2810 · Oxides of boron — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2810.0000 |
Oxides of boron; boric acids | 45% |
| 2811 · Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds — 6 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2811.1100 |
Other inorganic acids — Hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid) | 45% |
2811.1200 |
Other inorganic acids — Hydrogen cyanide (hydrocyanic acid) | 45% |
2811.1900 |
Other inorganic acids — Other | 45% |
2811.2100 |
Other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals — Carbon dioxide | 45% |
2811.2200 |
Other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals — Silicon dioxide | 45% |
2811.2900 |
Other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals — Other | 45% |
| 2812 · Halides and halide oxides of non-metals — 9 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2812.1100 |
Chlorides and chloride oxides — Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene) | 45% |
2812.1200 |
Chlorides and chloride oxides — Phosphorus oxchloride | 45% |
2812.1300 |
Chlorides and chloride oxides — Phosphorus trichloride | 45% |
2812.1400 |
Chlorides and chloride oxides — Phosphorus pentachloride | 45% |
2812.1500 |
Chlorides and chloride oxides — Sulphur monicloride | 45% |
2812.1600 |
Chlorides and chloride oxides — Sulphur dichloride | 45% |
2812.1700 |
Chlorides and chloride oxides — Thionyl chloride | 45% |
2812.1900 |
Chlorides and chloride oxides — Other | 45% |
2812.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2813 · Sulphides of non- metals — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2813.1000 |
Carbon disulphide | 45% |
2813.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2814 · Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2814.1000 |
Anhydrous ammonia | 45% |
2814.2000 |
Ammonia in aqueous solution | 45% |
| 2815 · Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) — 4 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2815.1100 |
Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) — Solid | 45% |
2815.1200 |
Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) — In aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | 45% |
2815.2000 |
Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) | 45% |
2815.3000 |
Peroxides of sodium or potassium | 45% |
| 2816 · Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2816.1000 |
Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium | 45% |
2816.4000 |
Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium | 45% |
| 2817 · Zinc oxide — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2817.0000 |
Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide | 45% |
| 2818 · Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined — 3 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2818.1000 |
Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined | 45% |
2818.2000 |
Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum | 45% |
2818.3000 |
Aluminium hydroxide | 45% |
| 2819 · Chromium oxides and hydroxides — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2819.1000 |
Chromium trioxide | 45% |
2819.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2820 · Manganese oxides — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2820.1000 |
Manganese dioxide | 45% |
2820.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2821 · Iron oxides and hydroxides — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2821.1000 |
Iron oxides and hydroxides | 45% |
2821.2000 |
Earth colours | 45% |
| 2822 · Cobalt oxides and hydroxides — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2822.0000 |
Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides | 45% |
| 2823 · Titanium oxides — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2823.0000 |
Titanium oxides | 45% |
| 2824 · Lead oxides — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2824.1000 |
Lead monoxide (litharge, massicot) | 45% |
2824.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2825 · Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts — 9 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2825.1000 |
Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts | 45% |
2825.2000 |
Lithium oxide and hydroxide | 45% |
2825.3000 |
Vanadium oxides and hydroxides | 45% |
2825.4000 |
Nickel oxides and hydroxides | 45% |
2825.5000 |
Copper oxides and hydroxides | 45% |
2825.6000 |
Germanium oxides and zirconium dioxide | 45% |
2825.7000 |
Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides | 45% |
2825.8000 |
Antimony oxides | 45% |
2825.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2826 · Fluorides — 4 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2826.1200 |
Fluorides — Of aluminium | 45% |
2826.1900 |
Fluorides — Other | 45% |
2826.3000 |
Sodium hexafluoroaluminate (synthetic cryolite) | 45% |
2826.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2827 · Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides — 11 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2827.1000 |
Ammonium chloride | 45% |
2827.2000 |
Calcium chloride | 45% |
2827.3100 |
Other chlorides — Of magnesium | 45% |
2827.3200 |
Other chlorides — Of aluminium | 45% |
2827.3500 |
Other chlorides — Of nickel | 45% |
2827.3900 |
Other chlorides — Other | 45% |
2827.4100 |
Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides — Of copper | 45% |
2827.4900 |
Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides — Other | 45% |
2827.5100 |
Bromides and bromide oxides — Bromides of sodium or of potassium | 45% |
2827.5900 |
Bromides and bromide oxides — Other | 45% |
2827.6000 |
Iodides and iodide oxides | 45% |
| 2828 · Hypochlorites — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2828.1000 |
Commercial calcium hypochlorite and other calcium hypochlorites | 45% |
2828.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2829 · Chlorates and perchlorates — 3 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2829.1100 |
Chlorates — Of sodium | 45% |
2829.1900 |
Chlorates — Other | 45% |
2829.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2830 · Sulphides — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2830.1000 |
Sodium sulphides | 45% |
2830.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2831 · Dithionites and sulphoxylates — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2831.1000 |
Of sodium | 45% |
2831.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2832 · Sulphites — 3 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2832.1000 |
Sodium sulphites | 45% |
2832.2000 |
Other sulphites | 45% |
2832.3000 |
Thiosulphates | 45% |
| 2833 · Sulphates — 10 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2833.1100 |
Sodium sulphates — Disodium sulphate | 45% |
2833.1900 |
Sodium sulphates — Other | 45% |
2833.2100 |
Other sulphates — Of magnesium | 45% |
2833.2200 |
Other sulphates — Of aluminium | 45% |
2833.2400 |
Other sulphates — Of nickel | 45% |
2833.2500 |
Other sulphates — Of copper | 45% |
2833.2700 |
Other sulphates — Of barium | 45% |
2833.2900 |
Other sulphates — Other | 45% |
2833.3000 |
Alums | 45% |
2833.4000 |
Peroxosulphates (persulphates) | 45% |
| 2834 · Nitrites — 3 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2834.1000 |
Nitrites | 45% |
2834.2100 |
Nitrates — Of potassium | 45% |
2834.2900 |
Nitrates — Other | 45% |
| 2835 · Phosphinates (hypophosphites) — 8 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2835.1000 |
Phosphinates (hypophosphites) and phosphonates (phosphites) | 45% |
2835.2200 |
Phosphates — Of mono-or disodium | 45% |
2835.2400 |
Phosphates — Of potassium | 45% |
2835.2500 |
Phosphates — Calcium hydrogenorthophosphat (“dicalcium phosphate”) | 45% |
2835.2600 |
Phosphates — Other phosphates of calcium | 45% |
2835.2900 |
Phosphates — Other | 45% |
2835.3100 |
Polyphosphates — Sodium triphosphate (sodium tripolyphosphate) | 45% |
2835.3900 |
Polyphosphates — Other | 45% |
| 2836 · Carbonates — 8 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2836.2000 |
Disodium carbonate | 45% |
2836.3000 |
Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbonate) | 45% |
2836.4000 |
Potassium carbonates | 45% |
2836.5000 |
Calcium carbonate | 45% |
2836.6000 |
Barium carbonate | 45% |
2836.9100 |
Other — Lithium carbonates | 45% |
2836.9200 |
Other — Strontium carbonate | 45% |
2836.9900 |
Other — Other | 45% |
| 2837 · Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides — 3 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2837.1100 |
Cyanides and cyanide oxides — Of sodium | 45% |
2837.1900 |
Cyanides and cyanide oxides — Other | 45% |
2837.2000 |
Complex cyanides | 45% |
| 2839 · Silicates — 3 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2839.1100 |
Of sodium — Sodium metasilicates | 45% |
2839.1900 |
Of sodium — Other | 45% |
2839.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2840 · Borates — 4 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2840.1100 |
Disodium tetraborate (refined borax) — Anhydrous | 45% |
2840.1900 |
Disodium tetraborate (refined borax) — Other | 45% |
2840.2000 |
Other borates | 45% |
2840.3000 |
Peroxoborates (perborates) | 45% |
| 2841 · Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids — 7 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2841.3000 |
Sodium dichromate | 45% |
2841.5000 |
Other chromates and dichromates; peroxochromates | 45% |
2841.6100 |
Manganites, manganates and permanganates — Potassium permanganate | 45% |
2841.6900 |
Manganites, manganates and permanganates — Other | 45% |
2841.7000 |
Molybdates | 45% |
2841.8000 |
Tungstates (wolframates) | 45% |
2841.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2842 · Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2842.1000 |
Double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined | 45% |
2842.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2843 · Colloidal precious metals — 5 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2843.1000 |
Colloidal precious metals | 45% |
2843.2100 |
Silver compounds — Silver nitrate | 45% |
2843.2900 |
Silver compounds — Other | 45% |
2843.3000 |
Gold compounds | 45% |
2843.9000 |
Other compounds; amalgams | 45% |
| 2844 · Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes and their — 8 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2844.1000 |
Natural uranium an its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds | 45% |
2844.2000 |
Uranium enriched in U 235 and its compounds; plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containinguranium enriched in U 235, plutonium or compounds of these products | 45% |
2844.3000 |
Uranium depleted in U 235 and its compounds; thorium and its compound; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235, thorium or compounds of these products | 45% |
2844.4100 |
Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of Subheading 2844.10, 2844.20 or 2844.30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues — Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compounds | 45% |
2844.4200 |
Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of Subheading 2844.10, 2844.20 or 2844.30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues — Actinium-225, actinium-227, californium-253, curium-240, curium-241, curium- 242, curium-243, curium-244, einsteinium-253, einsteinium-254, gadolinium-148, polonium-208, polonium-209, polonium-210, radium- 223, uranium-230 or uranium-232, and their compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or compounds | 45% |
2844.4300 |
Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of Subheading 2844.10, 2844.20 or 2844.30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues — Other radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; other alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds | 45% |
2844.4400 |
Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of Subheading 2844.10, 2844.20 or 2844.30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues — Radioactive residues | 45% |
2844.5000 |
Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors | 45% |
| 2845 · Isotopes other than those of Heading 28.44 — 5 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2845.1000 |
Heavy water (deuterium oxide) | 45% |
2845.2000 |
Boron enriched in boron-10 and its compounds | 45% |
2845.3000 |
Lithium enriched in lithium-6 and its compounds. | 45% |
2845.4000 |
Helium -3 | 45% |
2845.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2846 · Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2846.1000 |
Cerium compounds | 45% |
2846.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2847 · Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2847.0000 |
Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea | 45% |
| 2849 · Carbides, whether or not chemically defined — 3 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2849.1000 |
Of calcium | 45% |
2849.2000 |
Of silicon | 45% |
2849.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2850 · Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
2850.0000 |
Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of Heading 28.49 | 45% |
| 2852 · Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
2852.1000 |
Chemically defined | 45% |
2852.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 2853 · Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined — 3 lines, mostly 45% duty | ||
2853.1000 |
Cyanogen chloride (chlorcyan) | 45% |
2853.9010 |
Other — Distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity | 100% |
2853.9090 |
Other — Other | 45% |
Schedule version 2026-2027 · 181 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.