Medicines & Pharmaceuticals: Bahamas import duty
Most medicines & pharmaceuticals are duty-free: 48 of 49 tariff lines under Chapter 30 carry no import duty, and the rest run up to 35%. It includes medicines, human blood and cell therapy products. 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 medicines & pharmaceuticals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3001 · Glands and other organs for organo- therapeutic uses · 3 lines, duty-free | ||
3001.2000 |
Extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions | Free |
3001.9010 |
Other — Stem cells | Free |
3001.9090 |
Other — Other | Free |
| 3002 · Human blood · 11 lines, duty-free | ||
3002.1210 |
Antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes — Antisera and other blood fractions — Stem cells | Free |
3002.1290 |
Antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes — Antisera and other blood fractions — Other | Free |
3002.1300 |
Antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes — Immunological products, unmixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | Free |
3002.1400 |
Antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes — Immunological products, mixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | Free |
3002.1500 |
Antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes — Immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | Free |
3002.4100 |
Vaccines for human medicine | Free |
3002.4200 |
Vaccines for veterinary medicine | Free |
3002.4900 |
Other | Free |
3002.5100 |
Cell therapy products | Free |
3002.5900 |
Other | Free |
3002.9000 |
Other | Free |
| 3003 · Medicaments consisting of two or more constituents which have · 10 lines, duty-free | ||
3003.1000 |
Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives | Free |
3003.2000 |
Other, containing antibiotics | Free |
3003.3100 |
Other, containing hormones or other products of Heading 29.37 — Containing insulin | Free |
3003.3900 |
Other, containing hormones or other products of Heading 29.37 — Other | Free |
3003.4100 |
Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof — Containing ephedrine or its salts | Free |
3003.4200 |
Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof — Containing pseudoephedrine (INN) or its salts | Free |
3003.4300 |
Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof — Containing norephedrine or its salts | Free |
3003.4900 |
Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof — Other | Free |
3003.6000 |
Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter. | Free |
3003.9000 |
Other | Free |
| 3004 · Medicines · 12 lines, duty-free | ||
3004.1000 |
Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives | Free |
3004.2000 |
Other, containing antibiotics | Free |
3004.3100 |
Other, containing hormones or other products of Heading 29.37 — Containing insulin | Free |
3004.3200 |
Other, containing hormones or other products of Heading 29.37 — Containing corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues | Free |
3004.3900 |
Other, containing hormones or other products of Heading 29.37 — Other | Free |
3004.4100 |
Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof — Containing ephedrine or its salts | Free |
3004.4200 |
Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof — Containing pseudoephedrine (INN) or its salts | Free |
3004.4300 |
Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof — Containing norephedrine or its salts | Free |
3004.4900 |
Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof — Other | Free |
3004.5000 |
Other, containing vitamins or other products of Heading 29.36 | Free |
3004.6000 |
Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter. | Free |
3004.9000 |
Medicines and pharmaceutical products verified | Free |
| 3005 · Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles · 2 lines, duty-free | ||
3005.1000 |
Adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer | Free |
3005.9000 |
Other | Free |
| 3006 · Pharmaceutical goods specified in Note 4 to this Chapter · 11 lines, mostly duty-free | ||
3006.1000 |
Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns) and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics; sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable | Free |
3006.3000 |
Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations; diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient | Free |
3006.4000 |
Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements | Free |
3006.5000 |
First-aid boxes and kits | Free |
3006.6000 |
Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of Heading 29.37 or on spermicides | Free |
3006.7000 |
Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments | Free |
3006.9110 |
Other — Appliances identifiable for ostomy use — Colostomy bags | Free |
3006.9120 |
Other — Appliances identifiable for ostomy use — Colon hydrotherapy tubing | Free |
3006.9190 |
Other — Appliances identifiable for ostomy use — Other | Free |
3006.9200 |
Other — Waste Pharmecutials | 35% |
3006.9300 |
Other — Placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for a recognised clinical trial, put up in measured doses. | Free |
Bahamas Tariff Act (schedule version 2026-2027) · 49 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.