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Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers: Bahamas import duty

Heading 8421 covers centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers. The most common rate is 20% import duty (7 of 13 tariff lines), with rates ranging from 0% to 45%. 1 line is duty-free. 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 8421

HS codeDescriptionImport duty
8421.1100 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers — Cream separators 45%
8421.1200 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers — Clothes-dryers 45%
8421.1900 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers — Other 45%
8421.2100 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids — For filtering or purifying water 20%
8421.2200 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids — For filtering or purifying beverages other than water 20%
8421.2300 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids — Oil or petrol-filters for internal combustion engines 20%
8421.2900 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids — Other 20%
8421.3100 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for gases — Intake air filters for internal combustion engines 20%
8421.3200 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for gases — Catalytic converters or particulate filters, whether or not combined, for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combustion engines 20%
8421.3910 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for gases — Other — Filter for kidney machines Free
8421.3990 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for gases — Other — Other 20%
8421.9100 Parts — Of centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers 45%
8421.9900 Parts — Other 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) · 13 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.