Useful contacts
Below you have access to useful contacts that may be of help to you in growing your business abroad. They include Ministries & Chambers, Embassies & consulates, associations and quasi government agencies.
Government Ministries
The Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources
Telephone: 1 (242) 397-7400 Email Contact: minagriculturemarine@bahamas.gov.bs Website: www.bahamas.gov.bs/agriculture
The Ministry of Financial Services
Telephone: 1 (242) 328-5071/6 Email Contact: financialservices@bahamas.gov.bs Website: www.bahamasministryoffinancialservices.com
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration
Telephone: 1 (242) 356-5960 Email Contact: mofa@bahamas.gov.bs Website: www.mofa.gov.bs
The Ministry of Tourism and Aviation
Telephone: 1 (242) 302-2000 or Toll Free: 1 (242) 1-800-BAHAMAS Email Contact: tourism@bahamas.com Website: www.bahamas.com
Government Departments
Customs Department
Telephone: 1 (242) 326-4402 Email Contact: customshelpdesk@bahamas.gov.bs Website: www.bahamas.gov.bs/customs
Department of Immigration
Telephone: 1 (242) 322-8504 Email Contact: immigration@bahamas.gov.bs Website: www.bahamas.gov.bs/immigration
Port Department
Telephone: 1 (242) 326-5677 (New Providence Office); (242) 326-5677 (Dock Master’s Office); (242) 352-9163 (Grand Bahama Office); (242) 367-0038 (Abaco Office) Email Contact: portdepartment@bahamas.gov.bs Website: www.bahamas.gov.bs/port
Department of Statistics
Telephone: 1 (242) 604-4000 (Nassau Office); (242) 352-7196 (Freeport Office) Email Contact: dpsdp@bahamas.gov.bs Website: www.bahamas.gov.bs/statistics
Chambers
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation
Telephone: 1 (242) 322-2145 Email Contact: info@thebahamaschamber.com Website: https://www.thebahamaschamber.com/
Government Corporations and Statutory Agencies
Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC)
Telephone: 1 (242) 396-3725 Email Contact: publicrelations@baic.gov.bs Website: www.baic.gov.bs
Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality
Telephone: 1 (242) 362-1756 Email Contact: rfbufford@gmail.com Website: http://www.bbsq.bs
Bahamas Development Bank
Telephone: 1 (242) 327-5780 Email Contact: bahamasdevelopmentbank.com Website: www.bahamasdevelopmentbank.com, www.bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasdevelopmentbank/
Bahamas Investment Authority (BIA)
Telephone: 1 (242) 327-5826/7 Email Contact: bia@bahamas.gov.bs Website: www.bahamas.gov.bs/bia
Bahamas Maritime Authority
Telephone: 1 (242) 335-6203/7 Website: www.bahamasmaritime.com
Central Bank of The Bahamas
Telephone: 1 (242) 302-2600 Website: www.centralbankbahamas.com
Small Business Development Centre
Telephone: 1 (242) 604-1051 Website: www.accessaccelerator.org
The University of The Bahamas
Telephone: 1 (242) 302-4300 Website: www.ub.edu.bs/
Embassies & Consulates
Canada
Name: Ms. Eileen French Telephone: 1 (242) 393-2123 P. O. Box SS-6371 Email Contact: info@cdnbahamas.com
China
Name: Ambassador HUANG Qinguo Telephone: 1 (242) 393-1960 P. O. Box SS-6389 Website: http://bs.china-embassy.org/eng/
Costa Rica
Name: Mr. Robert Jagger Telephone: 1 (242) 502-3440 P. O. Box CB-11297 Email Contact: jagger@coralwave.com jaggerrobert@gmail.com
Cuba
Name: Ambassador Alejandro García del Toro Telephone: 1 (242) 356-3473 P. O. Box EE-15679 Email Contact:
ambassadorbahamas@coralwave.com
Dominican Republic
Name: Mr. Paul McWeeney Telephone: 1 (242) 397-3000 P. O. Box N-7771 Email Contact: paul.mcweeney61@gmail.com
France
Name: Mr. Dominique Lefevre Telephone: 1 (242) 302-5000 P. O. Box N-7785 Email Contact: honconsulfrance@ymail.com
Haiti
Telephone: 1 (242) 326-0325 P. O. Box N-3046 Email Contact: embhaitibahamas@gmail.com
Jamaica
Name: Mr. Patrick Hanlan Telephone: 1 (242) 394-8538 P. O. Box N-3451 Email Contact: patharry@coralwave.com consulatejamaica@batelnet.bs
Japan
Name: Robert (Sandy) Sands Telephone: 1 (242) 677-9026 P. O. Box CB-13950 Email Contact: rdlsands@bahamar.com sandssands54@gmail.com
Korea (South)
Name: Mr. Maxwell Gibson Telephone: 1 (242) 326-4745 P. O. Box N-623 Email Contact: mgibson@luxuryretaillimited.com
Mexico
Name: Mr. Juan Bacardi Telephone: 1 (242) 601-9300/9325 P. O. Box 131 Email Contact: juan@jab.bs
United Kingdom
Name: British High Commissioner Sarah Dickson Telephone: 1 (242) 698-004
United States
Name: Charge d’Affaires Stephanie Bower Telephone: 1 (242) 322-1181 P. O. Box N-8197 Website: https://bs.usembassy.gov/
Associations
Medical Association of The Bahamas
Telephone: 1(242) 328-1858 Email Contact: medassocbah@gmail.com Website: https://mabbahamas.com/
The Bahamas Medical Council
Telephone: 1 (242) 323-0342 Email Contact: info@bahamasmedicalcouncil.org Website: http://bahamasmedicalcouncil.org/
Association of International Banks and Trust Companies (ABIT)
Telephone: 1 (242) 393-5500 Email Contact: info@aibt-bahamas.com Website: https://aibt-bahamas.com/
The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB)
Telephone: 1 (242) 393-7001 Email Contact: info@bfsb-bahamas.com Website: https://bfsb-bahamas.com/
The National Congress of Trade Unions of The Bahamas
Telephone: 1 (242) 356-7459 Email Contact: tucbahamas@hotmail.com
The Bahamas Trade Commission
Telephone: 1 (242) 327-0689/1(242) 327-327-0696 Email Contact: tradecommission@bahamas.gov.bs Website: https://bit.ly/2Nmqif9
The Bahamas Light Industries Development Council
Telephone: 1 (242) 394-1684 Email Contact: simmonsmanufacturing@hotmail.com Website: http://blidc.org/