Bahamas customs
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Get import & export customs regulations, restricted items and food restrictions before travelling to Bahamas. Prohibited items is Clothing and yarn made wholly or partially of goat hair, with some exceptions. Some of restricted items are All pets are subject to importation requirements, and some may be prohibited.
Import Regulations
Free to import items into Bahamas
Prohibited items into Bahamas
- Clothing and yarn made wholly or partially of goat hair, with some exceptions.
- Counterfeit currency.
- Pirated or counterfeit goods.
- Dredges capable of being used for sponging.
- Indecent or obscene images, articles, and other media.
- Infected animals or animal products.
- Meat and food products which are unfit for human consumption.
- Butter substitutes which are labelled as butter.
- Sodium fluoraceate (1080).
- Lysergic acid diethylamide and any related compounds.
- Underwater guns other than Hawaiian Slings.
- Goods manufactured in Kuwait or Iraq after 2 August 1990.
Restricted items into Bahamas
- All pets are subject to importation requirements, and some may be prohibited. For further information, please contact theDepartment of Agriculture.
- Firecrackers, other than those the Comptroller has deemed 'not dangerous'.
- Spirits and wine unless imported as cargo and duly reported in aircraft or ships.
- Trailers for living quarters or offices may only be imported with special authorisation by the Minister.
- Mechanical coin-operated games require a valid licence under the Lotteries and Gaming Act.
- Goods imported for the purpose of any business or money-making require a business license issued under the Business Licence Act.
- Certain chemicals are restricted for entry.
Bahamas travel details
Export Regulations
Free to export items from Bahamas
No rules presentProhibited items from Bahamas
- Goods to Kuwait and Iraq.
- Certain chemicals, found at the Ministry of Finance Customs DepartmentProhibited and Restricted Imports and Exports.
Restricted items from Bahamas
No rules presentBahamas visa advice
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