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Other moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating: Bahamas import duty

Every one of the 9 tariff lines under Heading 8430 (other moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating) carries a flat 45% import duty in The Bahamas. It includes snow-ploughs and snow- blowers and pile-drivers and pile- extractors. 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 8430

HS codeDescriptionImport duty
8430.1000 Pile-drivers and pile- extractors 45%
8430.2000 Snow-ploughs and snow- blowers 45%
8430.3100 Coal or rock cutters and tunnelling machinery — Self-propelled 45%
8430.3900 Coal or rock cutters and tunnelling machinery — Other 45%
8430.4100 Other boring or sinking machinery — Self-propelled 45%
8430.4900 Other boring or sinking machinery — Other 45%
8430.5000 Other machinery, self- propelled 45%
8430.6100 Other machinery, not self- propelled — Tamping or compacting machinery 45%
8430.6900 Other machinery, not self- propelled — 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) · 9 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.