Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles: Bahamas import duty
Chapter 96 covers miscellaneous manufactured articles. The most common rate is 45% import duty (44 of 54 tariff lines), with rates ranging from 0% to 45%. 8 lines are duty-free. It includes diapers & sanitary products, hand sieves and hand riddles and travel sets for personal toilet. 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 miscellaneous manufactured articles 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 9601 · Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral · 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
9601.1000 |
Worked ivory and articles of ivory | 45% |
9601.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 9602 · Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles · 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
9602.0000 |
Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials; moulded or carved articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or natural resins or of modelling pastes, and other moulded or carved articles, not elsewhere specified or included; worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatin of Heading 35.03) and articles of unhardened gelatin | 45% |
| 9603 · Brooms, brushes, hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers · 7 lines, mostly 45% duty | ||
9603.1000 |
Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles | 45% |
9603.2100 |
Tooth brushes, shaving brushes, hair brushes, nail brushes, eyelash brushes and other toilet brushes for use on the person, including such brushes constituting parts of appliances — Tooth brushes, including dental-plate brushes | Free |
9603.2900 |
Tooth brushes, shaving brushes, hair brushes, nail brushes, eyelash brushes and other toilet brushes for use on the person, including such brushes constituting parts of appliances — Other | 45% |
9603.3000 |
Artists’ brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics | 45% |
9603.4000 |
Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of Subheading 9603.30); paint pads and rollers | 45% |
9603.5000 |
Other brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles | 45% |
9603.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 9604 · Hand sieves and hand riddles · 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
9604.0000 |
Hand sieves and hand riddles | 45% |
| 9605 · Travel sets for personal toilet · 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
9605.0000 |
Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning | 45% |
| 9606 · Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press- studs · 5 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
9606.1000 |
Press-fasteners, snap- fasteners and press-studs and parts therefor | 45% |
9606.2100 |
Buttons — Of plastics, not covered with textile material | 45% |
9606.2200 |
Buttons — Of base metal, not covered with textile material | 45% |
9606.2900 |
Buttons — Other | 45% |
9606.3000 |
Button moulds and other parts of buttons; button blanks | 45% |
| 9607 · Slide fasteners and parts thereof · 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
9607.1900 |
Slide fasteners — Other | 45% |
9607.2000 |
Parts | 45% |
| 9608 · Ball point pens · 10 lines, mostly 45% duty | ||
9608.1000 |
Ball point pens | Free |
9608.2000 |
Felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers | 45% |
9608.3010 |
Fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens — Fountain pens | Free |
9608.3020 |
Fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens — Stylograph pens | 45% |
9608.3090 |
Fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens — Other pens | 45% |
9608.4000 |
Propelling or sliding pencils | 45% |
9608.5000 |
Sets of articles from two or more of the foregoing Subheadings | 45% |
9608.6000 |
Refills for ball point pens, comprising the ball point and ink-reservoir | 45% |
9608.9100 |
Other — Pen nibs and nib points | 45% |
9608.9900 |
Other — Other | 45% |
| 9609 · Pencils, crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals · 3 lines, 0%–45% duty | ||
9609.1000 |
Pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a sheath | Free |
9609.2000 |
Pencil leads, black or coloured | 10% |
9609.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 9610 · Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces · 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
9610.0000 |
Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed | 45% |
| 9611 · Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like · 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
9611.0000 |
Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated. composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks | 45% |
| 9612 · Typewriter or similar ribbons · 2 lines, 10%–45% duty | ||
9612.1000 |
Ribbons | 10% |
9612.2000 |
Ink-pads | 45% |
| 9613 · Cigarette lighters and other lighters · 4 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
9613.1000 |
Pocket lighters, gas fuelled, non-refillable | 45% |
9613.2000 |
Pocket lighters, gas fuelled, refillable | 45% |
9613.8000 |
Other lighters | 45% |
9613.9000 |
Parts | 45% |
| 9614 · Smoking pipes and cigar or cigarette holders · 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
9614.0000 |
Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof | 45% |
| 9615 · Combs, hair-slides and the like · 3 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
9615.1100 |
Combs, hair-slides and the like — Of hard rubber or plastics | 45% |
9615.1900 |
Combs, hair-slides and the like — Other | 45% |
9615.9000 |
Other | 45% |
| 9616 · Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays · 2 lines, a flat 45% duty | ||
9616.1000 |
Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor | 45% |
9616.2000 |
Powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations | 45% |
| 9617 · Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete · 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
9617.0000 |
Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners | 45% |
| 9618 · Tailors’ dummies and other lay figures · 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
9618.0000 |
Tailors’ dummies and other lay figures; automata and other animated displays used for shop window dressing | 45% |
| 9619 · Diapers & Sanitary Products · 5 lines, mostly duty-free | ||
9619.0010 |
Diapers and sanitary articles verified | Free |
9619.0020 |
Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin liners and similar articles, of any material — Feminine sanitary towels and tampons | Free |
9619.0030 |
Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin liners and similar articles, of any material — Masculine sanitary pads | Free |
9619.0040 |
Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin liners and similar articles, of any material — Other disposable under garments | Free |
9619.0090 |
Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin liners and similar articles, of any material — Other | 45% |
| 9620 · Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles · 1 line, a flat 45% duty | ||
9620.0000 |
Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles | 45% |
Bahamas Tariff Act (schedule version 2026-2027) · 54 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.