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Bahrain origin goods export tops $342m

MANAMA, November 16, 2016

The value of national origin products exported from Bahrain was BD130 million ($342 million) last month, 88 per cent of them going to the top 10 ranked countries and 12 per cent to other countries, a report said.

Imports value reached BD360 million during October, added the Foreign Trade Report for Non-Oil Products released by Information & eGovernment Authority (IGA).

Bahrain’s non-oil trade deficit, or the difference between value of imports and exports, was BD204 million during the month.

China has been ranked as the first country that exports to Bahrain with BD50 million, United Arab Emirates (UAE) ranked as the second with BD32 million, while the USA has been ranked as the third with BD30 million.

Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates emerged as the top product imported to Bahrain with BD22 million, while the four-wheel drive cars as the second with BD20 million. Aluminium Oxide were the third products with BD17 million.

The US has been ranked as the first country importing from Bahrain with BD27 million, Saudi Arabia ranked as the second with BD23 million and Qatar comes third place with BD23 million.

Agglomerated iron ores and concentrates emerged as the top product exported from Bahrain with BD37 million, Aluminium wire as the second products with BD16 million, where rectangular alloyed aluminium plates took third products exported with BD14 million during October.

The value of re-exports reached BD26 million during October.

Top ten countries account for 90 per cent of the re-exported value and 10 per cent for the other countries.

Saudi Arabia has been ranked as the first country to re-export from Bahrain with BD13 million, UAE ranked as the second with BD5 million, and Singapore as the third with BD1.3 million.

Four-wheel drive cars emerged as the top product re-exported from Bahrain with BD1.8 million, railway or tramway passenger and other coaches came as second products with BD1.6 million, and parts for drilling wells came as the third with BD1.5 million. – TradeArabia News Service




Tags: Bahrain | Exports | eGovernment | Non-oil trade |

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