# Bahamas exports to the United States: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Bahamas to the United States, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/BHS-USA/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Bahamas reported $1.7B in goods exports to the United States. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $1.7B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 84.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 16 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 26.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 999999 | Commodities not specified according to kind | $6.1B | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 271012 | Not reported | $25.7B | 50.7% | High attention |
| 3 | 271019 | Not reported | $33.7B | 69.5% | Watch |
| 4 | 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value: stamp-impressed paper: cheque forms: banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | $375.6M | 26.7% | High attention |
| 5 | 030611 | Crustaceans: frozen, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $290.0M | 0% | Stable |
| 6 | 890399 | Yachts and other vessels: for pleasure or sports, rowing boats and canoes, n.e.s. in heading no. 8903, other than inflatable | $1.3B | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 390311 | Styrene polymers: expansible polystyrene, in primary forms | $362.2M | 66.3% | High attention |
| 8 | 711620 | Stones: precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) articles of | $735.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 250100 | Salt (including table salt and denatured salt): pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution: sea water | $481.0M | 27.4% | Stable |
| 10 | 251710 | Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone: of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated | $280.4M | 19.1% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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