Chapter 32 · Section VI: Chemicals & pharmaceuticals
Paints, Dyes & Inks — Bahamas import duty
Chapter 32 covers paints, dyes & inks. The most common rate is 45% import duty (48 of 57 tariff lines), with rates ranging from 5% to 45%. It includes colour lakes, prepared pigments and prepared driers. 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.
0 of 57lines duty-free
45%most common rate (84% of lines)
5%–45%rate range
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Duty rates for every paints, dyes & inks 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3201 · Tanning extracts of vegetable origin — 3 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
3201.1000 |
Quebracho extract | 45% |
3201.2000 |
Wattle extract | 45% |
3201.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 3202 · Synthetic organic tanning substances — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
3202.1000 |
Synthetic organic tanning substances | 45% |
3202.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 3203 · Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
3203.0000 |
Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extracts but excluding animal black), whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin | 45% |
| 3204 · Synthetic organic colouring matter — 11 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
3204.1100 |
Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter — Disperse dyes and preparations based thereon | 45% |
3204.1200 |
Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter — Acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon | 45% |
3204.1300 |
Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter — Basic dyes and preparations based thereon | 45% |
3204.1400 |
Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter — Direct dyes and preparations based thereon | 45% |
3204.1500 |
Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter — Vat dyes (including those usable in that state as pigments) and preparations based thereon | 45% |
3204.1600 |
Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter — Reactive dyes and preparations based thereon | 45% |
3204.1700 |
Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter — Pigments and preparations based thereon | 45% |
3204.1800 |
Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter — Carotenoid colouring matters and preparations based thereon | 45% |
3204.1900 |
Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter — Other, including mixtures of colouring matter of two or more of the Subheadings 3204.11 to 3204.19 | 45% |
3204.2000 |
Synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents | 45% |
3204.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 3205 · Colour lakes — 1 line, a flat 20% duty | ||
3205.0000 |
Colour lakes; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colour lakes | 20% |
| 3206 · Other colouring matter — 7 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
3206.1100 |
Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide — Containing 80% or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter | 45% |
3206.1900 |
Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide — Other | 45% |
3206.2000 |
Pigments and preparations based on chromium compounds | 45% |
3206.4100 |
Other colouring matter and other preparations — Ultramarine and preparations based thereon | 45% |
3206.4200 |
Other colouring matter and other preparations — Lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulphide | 45% |
3206.4900 |
Other colouring matter and other preparations — Other | 45% |
3206.5000 |
Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores | 45% |
| 3207 · Prepared pigments — 4 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
3207.1000 |
Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers, prepared colours and similar preparations | 45% |
3207.2000 |
Vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips) and similar preparations | 45% |
3207.3000 |
Liquid lustres and similar preparations | 45% |
3207.4000 |
Glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes | 45% |
| 3208 · Paints and varnishes based on synthetic polymers or chemically — 10 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
3208.1010 |
Based on polyesters — Varnishes and lacquers | 45% |
3208.1020 |
Based on polyesters — Paints and enamels, (excluding auto, marine, fiberglass, aircraft, freezer, flourescent, road marking, swimming pool, epoxy, spray, aluminum, porch and deck paints) | 45% |
3208.1090 |
Based on polyesters — Other | 45% |
3208.2010 |
Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers — Varnishes and lacquers | 45% |
3208.2020 |
Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers — Vinyl paints and enamels | 45% |
3208.2030 |
Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers — Acrylic paints and enamels, (excluding auto, marine, fiberglass, aircraft, freezer, flourescent, road marking, swimming pool, epoxy, spray, aluminum, porch and deck paints) | 45% |
3208.2090 |
Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers — Other | 45% |
3208.9010 |
Other — Varnishes and lacquers | 45% |
3208.9020 |
Other — Paints and enamels, (excluding auto, marine, fiberglass, aircraft, freezer, flourescent, road marking, swimming pool, epoxy, spray, aluminum, porch and deck paints) | 45% |
3208.9090 |
Other — Other | 45% |
| 3209 · Paints and varnishes based on synthetic polymers or chemically — 5 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
3209.1010 |
Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers — Varnishes and lacquers | 45% |
3209.1020 |
Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers — Vinyl paints and enamels | 45% |
3209.1030 |
Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers — Acrylic gloss latex | 45% |
3209.1090 |
Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers — Other acrylic | 45% |
3209.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 3210 · Other paints and varnishes — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
3210.0010 |
Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather — Paints and enamels | 45% |
3210.0090 |
Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather — Other | 45% |
| 3211 · Prepared driers — 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
3211.0000 |
Prepared driers | 45% |
| 3212 · Pigments dispersed in non-aqueous media — 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
3212.1000 |
Stamping foils | 45% |
3212.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 3213 · Artists’, students’ or signboard painters’ colours — 2 lines, a flat 25% duty | ||
3213.1000 |
Colours in sets | 25% |
3213.9000 |
Other | 25% |
| 3214 · Glaziers’ putty, grafting putty, resin cements — 3 lines, a flat 5% duty | ||
3214.1010 |
Glaziers’ putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters’ fillings — Joint compounds | 5% |
3214.1090 |
Glaziers’ putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters’ fillings — Other | 5% |
3214.9000 |
Other | 5% |
| 3215 · Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks — 3 lines, a flat 5% duty | ||
3215.1100 |
Printing ink — Black | 5% |
3215.1900 |
Printing ink — Other | 5% |
3215.9000 |
Other | 5% |
Schedule version 2026-2027 · 57 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.