Full trade & compliance profile
Bahamas — Trade & Compliance
Bahamas's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.
Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.
3
trade agreements
4
cargo treaties
31.54%
MFN applied tariff
Memberships & standing
Income groupHigh income
DatabookThe Record of Consolidated Knowledge
Bahamas beyond logistics?
Trade Flow
Top export markets
- 1USA42.8%
- 2Zimbabwe31.0%
- 3Thailand7.2%
- 4Poland4.3%
- 5Saudi Arabia2.9%
Leading export goods (HS2)
- 1Mineral fuels & oils67.4%
- 2Ships & boats12.7%
- 3Printed books, newspapers4.0%
- 4Salt, sulphur, stone, cement2.6%
- 5Plastics2.5%
Leading import goods (HS2)
- 1Mineral fuels & oils40.4%
- 2Ships & boats17.4%
- 3Machinery & mechanical appliances5.3%
- 4Electrical machinery3.9%
- 5Vehicles3.4%
Fastest-rising export markets
- 1Zimbabwe+31.04pp
- 2Saudi Arabia+2.90pp
- 3Dominican Rep.+2.37pp
Fastest-rising export goods
- 1Printed books, newspapers+4.04pp
- 2Pearls, precious stones & metals+1.68pp
- 3Mineral fuels & oils+1.31pp
Declining export goods
- 1Ships & boats−4.70pp
- 2Plastics−2.09pp
- 3Fish & seafood−2.00pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
United Kingdom - CARIFORUM States2021
EU - CARIFORUM States2008
Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)1973
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. New York, 28 July 1994
- ✓Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. New York, 19 June 2023
- ✓Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. New York, 4 August 1995
Fiscal & Tariffs
Currency
BSD
Bahamian Dollar
MFN applied tariff
31.54%
simple average (2022)
Key commodities
Top agricultural output
Sugar cane
63.8K t
Top mineral output
salt
701.2K tonnes (metric)
Energy production
Primary energy production
Top item per category of 49 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA
All Sources
Referencelogibook trade-bloc referencelogibook trade-bloc reference
Compiled (public facts)
commoditythe U.S. Energy Information Administrationthe U.S. Energy Information Administration
Public domain (US gov)↗
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
Public (official lists)↗