Kitchen & Heating Appliances — Bahamas import duty
Heading 8516 covers kitchen & heating appliances. The most common rate is 35% import duty (11 of 17 tariff lines), with rates ranging from 0% to 45%. 1 line is duty-free. It includes hair dryers and styling appliances, microwave ovens and electric cooking appliances. 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. 1 of these lines also attracts an environmental levy.
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Tariff lines under heading 8516
| HS code | Description | Import duty |
|---|---|---|
8516.1010 |
Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters — Tankless water heaters | 5% |
8516.1090 |
Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters — Other | 45% |
8516.2100 |
Electric space heating apparatus and electric soil heating apparatus — Storage heating radiators | 45% |
8516.2910 |
Electric space heating apparatus and electric soil heating apparatus — Other — Electric soil heating apparatus | 45% |
8516.2990 |
Electric space heating apparatus and electric soil heating apparatus — Other — Other | 45% |
8516.3100 |
Hair dryers and styling appliances verified | 35% |
8516.3200 |
Electro-thermic hair- dressing or hand-drying apparatus — Other hair-dressing apparatus | 35% |
8516.3300 |
Electro-thermic hair- dressing or hand-drying apparatus — Hand-drying apparatus | 35% |
8516.4000 |
Electric smoothing irons | 35% |
8516.5000 |
Microwave ovens verified | 35%+ $5 levy |
8516.6010 |
Other ovens; cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters — Household stoves not exceeding 30 inches in width | Free |
8516.6090 |
Electric cooking appliances (air fryers, toasters, coffee makers) verified | 35% |
8516.7100 |
Other electro-thermic appliances — Coffee or tea makers | 35% |
8516.7200 |
Other electro-thermic appliances — Toasters | 35% |
8516.7900 |
Other electro-thermic appliances — Other | 35% |
8516.8000 |
Electric heating resistors | 35% |
8516.9000 |
Parts | 35% |
Part of Electronics & Electrical Equipment (chapter 85) — 353 lines in total. Search the whole schedule →
Schedule version 2026-2027 · 17 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.