What does the United States import from Bahamas?

America imported $2.6B in goods from Bahamas in 2025. The largest categories: U.s. goods returned, and reimports, Petroleum products, other, Fish and shellfish, Stone, sand, cement, etc..

What tariffs does the U.S. have on Bahamas?

The most recent U.S. tariff action toward Bahamas (2026-04-06): Section 232 metals coverage expanded.

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Bahamas

What Bahamas means for your money, the prices you pay, the tariffs in motion, and where U.S. policy could change both.

$2.6B

U.S. imports, 2025

+45.9%

change in one year

$6.0B

U.S. exports, 2025

In your house

What you buy that Bahamas makes

America bought $2.6B in goods from Bahamas in 2025, up 45.9% in a single year. Of every $100 of it, here's where the money went.

U.s. goods returned, and reimports

$1.9B71.1%

Petroleum products, other

gasoline and petroleum products

$570M21.8%

Fish and shellfish

fish, shrimp, shellfish

$91M3.5%

Stone, sand, cement, etc.

cement, stone, sand

$32M1.2%

Plastic materials

plastics for packaging and goods

$24M0.9%

Nonagricultural foods, etc.

$16M0.6%

Minimum value shipments

$4M0.2%

Fuel oil

fuel oil

$4M0.1%

Copper

copper for wiring

$4M0.1%

Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.

$2M0.1%

2026 so far (through August): $1.2B in imports. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Trade in Goods (customs basis).

The other direction

What America sells to Bahamas

$6.0B in 2025, a trade rupture cuts both ways, for American producers as well as American prices.

Petroleum products, other

$2.4B

Fuel oil

$611M

Minimum value shipments

$592M

Civilian aircraft, engines, equipment, and parts

$220M

Finished metal shapes

$131M

Meat, poultry, etc.

$109M

Other foods

$98M

Shingles, molding, wallboard

$80M

Jewelry, etc.

$75M

jewelry

Where you stand

U.S. tariff posture toward Bahamas

No U.S. tariff action singles this country out. Its goods face the universal 10% temporary import surcharge under Section 122 of the Trade Act (which replaced the IEEPA reciprocal baseline in February 2026) plus the sectoral Section 232 duties — steel and aluminum at 50% — that apply to all countries. The Section 122 surcharge is statutorily temporary — scheduled to lapse on or about July 23, 2026 (a 150-day cap) unless extended or replaced.

Reciprocal tariff (universal baseline)

10%

The universal 10% floor, a Section 122 import surcharge since February 2026, previously the EO 14257 reciprocal baseline, applies to nearly all U.S. imports. This country has no higher assigned rate of its own.

Policy in motion

Tariff status: a moving target

No U.S. tariff action names Bahamas. These are the universal measures, applied to every country without a country-specific arrangement, that set its treatment.

2026-04-06
Section 232 metals coverage expanded
In effect
The April 2026 proclamation strengthening Section 232 actions on aluminum, steel, and copper expanded derivative-product coverage for all countries, keeping the general metals rate at 50%.
91 FR 18201 →
2026-02-24
IEEPA reciprocal tariffs terminated — replaced by 10% Section 122 surcharge
In effect
Executive Order 14389 (Ending Certain Tariff Actions) terminated the IEEPA tariff duties — including the EO 14257 reciprocal baseline — effective February 24, 2026. A flat 10% Section 122 temporary import surcharge (Proclamation 11012 of February 20, 2026) replaced them, leaving the universal rate unchanged at 10% on a different statutory basis. Section 122 caps such surcharges at 150 days, so this 10% surcharge is scheduled to lapse on or about July 23, 2026 absent further action (the administration has signaled it could raise the rate toward the 15% statutory maximum).
91 FR 9437 →
2025-11-13
Agricultural products exempted from reciprocal tariffs
In effect
Executive Order 14360 of November 14, 2025 removed reciprocal duties from certain agricultural products listed in its annexes (coffee, cocoa, bananas, and other goods the U.S. does not produce in sufficient quantity), retroactive to November 13, 2025 — for all countries subject to the reciprocal tariff.
90 FR 54091 →
2025-06-04
Section 232 steel and aluminum duties doubled to 50%
In effect
The June 3, 2025 proclamation raised Section 232 duties on steel and aluminum articles and derivatives from 25% to 50% for all countries, effective June 4, 2025.
90 FR 24199 →
2025-04-05
Universal 10% reciprocal baseline takes effect
In effect
Executive Order 14257 (signed April 2, 2025) imposed a 10% ad valorem reciprocal duty on imports from all trading partners, effective April 5, 2025. Countries without a higher Annex I rate remain at this baseline.
Federal Register · 2025-06063 →
2025-03-12
Section 232 steel and aluminum duties set at 25% for all countries
In effect
Proclamations of February 10, 2025 terminated all country exemptions and quota arrangements and applied 25% Section 232 duties to steel and aluminum imports from every country, effective March 12, 2025.
90 FR 9817 →