Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment: Bahamas import duty

Heading 8419 covers machinery, plant or laboratory equipment. The most common rate is 45% import duty (11 of 14 tariff lines), with rates ranging from 5% to 45%. It includes parts, dryers — other and heat exchange units. 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. 5 of these lines also attract an environmental levy.

Calculate landed cost at 45% duty All of Machinery, Appliances & Computers

Tariff lines under heading 8419

HS code	Description	Import duty
`8419.1100`	Instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric — Instantaneous gas water heaters	5%+ $20 levy
`8419.1200`	Instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric — Solar water heater	5%+ $20 levy
`8419.1900`	Instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric — Other	5%+ $20 levy
`8419.2000`	Medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers	45%
`8419.3300`	Dryers — Lyophilisation apparatus, freeze drying units and spray dryers	45%
`8419.3400`	Dryers — Other, for agricultural products	45%
`8419.3500`	Dryers — Other, for wood, paper pulp, paper or paperboard	45%
`8419.3900`	Dryers — Other	45%
`8419.4000`	Distilling or rectifying plant	45%
`8419.5000`	Heat exchange units	45%
`8419.6000`	Machinery for liquefying air or other gases	45%
`8419.8100`	Other machinery, plant and equipment — For making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food	45%+ $20 levy
`8419.8900`	Other machinery, plant and equipment — Other	45%+ $20 levy
`8419.9000`	Parts	45%

Part of Machinery, Appliances & Computers (chapter 84), 575 lines in total. You can also search the whole schedule.

Bahamas Tariff Act (schedule version 2026-2027) · 14 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.