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Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing: Bahamas import duty

All 10 tariff lines under Heading 1209 (seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing) enter The Bahamas duty-free, at 0% import duty. It includes sugar beet seeds, seeds of forage plants — other and seeds of forage plants — fescue seeds. 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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Tariff lines under heading 1209

HS codeDescriptionImport duty
1209.1000 Sugar beet seeds Free
1209.2100 Seeds of forage plants — Lucerne (alfalfa) seeds Free
1209.2200 Seeds of forage plants — Clover (Trifolium spp.) seeds Free
1209.2300 Seeds of forage plants — Fescue seeds Free
1209.2400 Seeds of forage plants — Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L.) seeds Free
1209.2500 Seeds of forage plants — Rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam., Lolium perenne L.) seeds Free
1209.2900 Seeds of forage plants — Other Free
1209.3000 Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers Free
1209.9100 Other — Vegetable seeds Free
1209.9900 Other — Other Free

Part of Seeds & Oil Plants (chapter 12), 59 lines in total. You can also search the whole schedule.

Bahamas Tariff Act (schedule version 2026-2027) · 10 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.