If you're a Bahamian or permanent resident coming home to live after at least 24 months away, you can bring used household effects and a vehicle in duty-free, within set limits. We connect you with one vetted partner who handles the move and the concession. It's free to ask.
✅ The quick answer — Tell us about your move home and we connect you with one vetted partner. Free.
🏠 Effects — Used household effects in free of duty, up to 10,000 dollars.
🚚 Vehicle — One vehicle in free of duty, up to 30,000 dollars.
📋 You'll need — 24 months abroad, an inventory, and Ministry of Finance approval.
🔄 Once every — The concession can be used once every five years.
The Bahamas welcomes its people home with a customs concession for returning residents. If you're a Bahamian citizen or permanent resident who has lived abroad for at least 24 months and you're coming back to live, you can bring your used household and personal effects in free of customs duty up to a value of 10,000 dollars, plus one vehicle up to a value of 30,000 dollars. Approval comes from the Ministry of Finance, and the concession can be used once every five years.
It covers the things that make a home, furniture, appliances, kitchenware, clothing and personal belongings you've owned and used abroad, not goods bought new to sell. We connect you with one vetted partner who knows the process inside out.
The concession is applied for, not automatic. You'll submit an application to Customs and the Ministry of Finance, with your passport, proof that you've lived abroad for at least 24 months, and a detailed inventory of what you're shipping. The bill of lading for your container and a customs declaration in Click2Clear complete the picture. Your vetted partner and a local broker prepare and lodge it, so the duty-free entry is approved before your goods are released.
Most home moves go in a shared or full container.
Bring one vehicle in under the concession.
A full door-to-door move, survey to delivery.
Every island and service for the Bahamas.
The concession covers used effects within the limits. Anything above the 10,000 dollar threshold, or a vehicle over 30,000 dollars, may attract duty on the excess, plus VAT at 10%, a 1% processing fee and the environmental levy on the landed value. New goods, or items clearly bought to sell, aren't covered. There are also conditions on the vehicle's year. Your partner and the broker tell you clearly what qualifies and what, if anything, is due, before you ship.
Coming home usually means moving money too. The Bahamian dollar is held on par with the US dollar. For years we've connected customers with trusted partners who handle any currency, so the money side is simple. It's offered through our partners, with no hidden fees.
The concession rewards getting the paperwork right. We connect you with one partner who handles it, working hand in hand with established overseas removal companies and international movers. For a full home, partners hold FIDI FAIM accreditation, the global benchmark, with BAR Overseas the UK marker, and a broker lodges the concession at Nassau or Freeport.
International Removals Companies isn't a shipper itself; we pass your enquiry to one vetted partner who does the work, free since November 2010, with more than 850,000 enquiries connected since. DATACONTEXT (UK) LTD, company 07425576, ICO ZB022743, Norman House, Saint Saviours Estate, Abbey Street, London, SE1 3DH. Working Member of AGM Group since 2010.
Tell us what you're bringing and which island, and one vetted partner comes back with a price and the steps for the concession. No cost, no obligation.
Get my free quoteYour partner confirms every price, transit time, insurance and customs point before you book.
International Removals Companies is the official enquiry service for three FIDI FAIM and BAR Overseas certified international moving companies in AGM Group, members of IAM, EUROMOVERS and FEDEMAC. It works hand in hand with established overseas removal companies and international movers, and it's a free route-matching service that connects you with them, not a removal company itself, a man with a van or a house clearance service.
Use this page to send your Bahamas removal enquiry, then speak directly with the partner mover we connect you with before booking.