Printers & Scanners — Bahamas import duty
Heading 8443 covers printers & scanners. The most common rate is 45% import duty (8 of 16 tariff lines), with rates ranging from 0% to 45%. 3 lines are duty-free. Duty is not the whole bill: The Bahamas adds a 1% customs processing fee (minimum $10, maximum $750) and 10% VAT on the landed cost.
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Tariff lines under heading 8443
| HS code | Description | Import duty |
|---|---|---|
8443.1110 |
Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of Heading 84.42 — Offset printing machinery, reel-fed — For printing newspapers | 25% |
8443.1190 |
Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of Heading 84.42 — Offset printing machinery, reel-fed — Other | 25% |
8443.1200 |
Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of Heading 84.42 — Offset printing machinery, sheet-fed, office type (using sheets with one side not exceeding 22 cm and the other side not exceeding 36 cm in the unfolded state) | 45% |
8443.1310 |
Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of Heading 84.42 — Other offset printing machinery — For printing newspspers | 25% |
8443.1390 |
Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of Heading 84.42 — Other offset printing machinery — Other | 45% |
8443.1400 |
Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of Heading 84.42 — Letterpress printing machinery, reel fed, excluding flexographic printing | 45% |
8443.1500 |
Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of Heading 84.42 — Letterpress printing machinery, other than reel fed, excluding flexogrpahic printing | 45% |
8443.1600 |
Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of Heading 84.42 — Flexographic printing machinery | 45% |
8443.1700 |
Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of Heading 84.42 — Gravure printing machinery | 45% |
8443.1910 |
Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of Heading 84.42 — Other — For printing newspaper | 25% |
8443.1990 |
Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of Heading 84.42 — Other — Other | 25% |
8443.3100 |
Printers and multifunction devices verified | Free |
8443.3200 |
Other printers, copying machiners and facsimile machines, whether or not combined — Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network | Free |
8443.3900 |
Other printers, copying machiners and facsimile machines, whether or not combined — Other | Free |
8443.9100 |
Parts and accessories — Parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of Heading 84.42 | 45% |
8443.9990 |
Other | 45% |
Part of Machinery, Appliances & Computers (chapter 84) — 575 lines in total. Search the whole schedule →
Schedule version 2026-2027 · 16 lines shown. Lines tagged verified have been individually checked against the current schedule; the rest are as published in the 2023 Tariff Act. Rates are import duty only — final classification and charges are determined by Bahamas Customs.