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Textile products and articles, for technical uses: Bahamas import duty

Every one of the 6 tariff lines under Heading 5911 (textile products and articles, for technical uses) carries a flat 45% import duty in The Bahamas. 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.

Calculate landed cost at 45% duty All of Coated & Technical Textiles

Tariff lines under heading 5911

HS codeDescriptionImport duty
5911.1000 Textile fabrics, felt and felt-lined woven fabrics, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, leather or other material, of a kind used for card clothing, and similar fabrics of a kind used for other technical purposes, including narrow fabrics made of velvet impregnated with rubber, for covering weaving spindles (weaving beams) 45%
5911.2000 Bolting cloth, whether or not made up 45%
5911.3100 Textile fabrics and felts, endless or fitted with linking devices, of a kind used in paper-making or similar machines (for example, for pulp or asbestos-cement) — Weighing less than 650 g/m (19.17 ounces per square yard) 45%
5911.3200 Textile fabrics and felts, endless or fitted with linking devices, of a kind used in paper-making or similar machines (for example, for pulp or asbestos-cement) — Weighing 650 g/m (19.17 ounces per square yard) or more 45%
5911.4000 Filtering or straining cloth of a kind used in oil presses or the like, including that of human hair 45%
5911.9000 Other 45%

Part of Coated & Technical Textiles (chapter 59), 24 lines in total. You can also search the whole schedule.

Bahamas Tariff Act (schedule version 2026-2027) · 6 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.