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The Ba­hamas gov­ern­ment Wednes­day warned that the im­ple­men­ta­tion of a 10 per cent tar­iff by the Unit­ed States on goods and ser­vices ex­port­ed from the Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty (CARI­COM) coun­try “could po­ten­tial­ly in­flu­ence both trade flows and vis­i­tor ar­rivals.”

“The Unit­ed States re­mains The Ba­hamas’ prin­ci­pal trad­ing part­ner, ac­count­ing for ap­prox­i­mate­ly 83.3 per cent of our to­tal im­ports in 2024, val­ued at an es­ti­mat­ed five bil­lion US dol­lars.

“This long­stand­ing eco­nom­ic part­ner­ship is al­so re­flect­ed in our tourism sec­tor, where, in 2024, 84 per cent of our stopover vis­i­tors orig­i­nat­ed from the Unit­ed States,” Prime Min­is­ter Phillip Davis said as he pre­sent­ed the US$3.89 bil­lion bud­get to Par­lia­ment.