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Customs Information
Bahamas
- CUSTOMER'S PRESENCE AT CUSTOMS EXAMINATION IS RECOMMENDED
- All items dutiable, except used personal effects (clothing and toilet articles)
- Antiques with a certificate of authenticity from an authorized dealer or expert
- Duty may become payable on an assessed value at the Customs Officers discretion
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Transportation
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Bahamas
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Highways:
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Total: 2,693 km
Paved: 1,546 km
Unpaved: 1,147 km (1999 est.)
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Ports and Harbors:
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Freeport, Matthew Town, Nassau
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Merchant Marine:
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total: 1,119
by type: barge carrier 2, bulk carrier 183, cargo 259, chemical tanker 54, combination ore/oil 17, container 74, liquefied gas 28, livestock carrier 2, passenger 116, passenger/cargo 40, petroleum tanker 168, refrigerated cargo 130, roll on/roll off 20, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 24
foreign_owned: 968 (Angola 4, Australia 4, Belgium 17, Canada 9, China 3, Croatia 1, Cuba 1, Cyprus 13, Denmark 18, Estonia 1, Finland 7, France 28, Germany 15, Greece 194, Hong Kong 11, Indonesia 2, Ireland 1, Israel 1, Italy 7, Japan 49, Jordan 2, Kenya 1, Latvia 1, Malaysia 12, Monaco 15, Netherlands 24, New Zealand 1, Nigeria 2, Norway 229, Poland 13, Reunion 1, Russia 2, Saudi Arabia 12, Serbia & Montenegro 2, Singapore 11, Slovenia 1, South Korea 1, Spain 6, Sweden 9, Switzerland 4, Thailand 1, Trinidad & Tobago 2, Turkey 7, UAE 12, United Kingdom 55, United States 154, Uruguay 2)
registered in other countries: 35 (2005)
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Airports:
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63 (2004 est.)
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Airports -
with paved runways:
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Total: 29
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
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Airports -
with unpaved runways:
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Total: 34
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 21 (2004 est.)
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Heliports
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1 (2004 est.)
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Geography
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Bahamas
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Location:
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Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba.
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Geographic Coordinates:
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24 15 N, 76 00 W
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Map References:
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Central America and the Caribbean
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Area:
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Total: 13,940 sq km
Land: 10,070 sq km
Water: 3,890 sq km
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Area Comparative:
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Slightly smaller than Connecticut
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Land Boundaries:
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0 km |
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Coastline:
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3,542 km
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Maritime Claims:
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Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone: 200 nm
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Climate:
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Tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream
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Terrain:
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long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills.
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Elevation Extremes:
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Iowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Highest point: Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m
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Natural Resources:
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Salt, aragonite, timber, arable land
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Land Use:
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Arable land: 0.8%
Permanent crops: 0.4%
Other: 98.8% (2001)
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Irrigated land:
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N/A
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Natural Hazards:
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Hurricanes and other tropical storms cause extensive flood and wind damage
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Environment - current issues:
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Coral reef decay; solid waste disposal
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Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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Geography - Note: |
Strategic location adjacent to US and Cuba; extensive island chain of which 30 are inhabited
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