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Bahrain Trade Summary

2008

Bahrain exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BAHRAIN 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Bahrain 2008

Exports and imports of Bahrain in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 13,083 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 18,415 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,600 products were exported to 100 countries and 4,271 products were imported from 137 countries.

Bahrain top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Bahrain exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Bahrain exports to Unspecified worth US$ 8,629 million, with a partner share of 65.96 percent.
  2. Bahrain exports to Saudi Arabia worth US$ 1,439 million, with a partner share of 11.00 percent.
  3. Bahrain exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 416 million, with a partner share of 3.18 percent.
  4. Bahrain exports to United States worth US$ 310 million, with a partner share of 2.37 percent.
  5. Bahrain exports to Qatar worth US$ 290 million, with a partner share of 2.22 percent.

Top five countries from which Bahrain imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Bahrain imports from Unspecified worth US$ 7,852 million, with a partner share of 42.64 percent.
  2. Bahrain imports from China worth US$ 1,110 million, with a partner share of 6.03 percent.
  3. Bahrain imports from Japan worth US$ 1,016 million, with a partner share of 5.52 percent.
  4. Bahrain imports from Australia worth US$ 853 million, with a partner share of 4.63 percent.
  5. Bahrain imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 780 million, with a partner share of 4.24 percent.

Bahrain Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Bahrain along with trade value are:

  1. Bahrain exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 8,636,229.39 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Bahrain exported Bars, rods and other profiles, aluminium alloye , worth 641,767.45 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Bahrain exported Agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 624,548.13 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Bahrain exported Plate,sheet or strip,aluminium,not alloyed,rect , worth 305,627.37 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Bahrain exported Urea , worth 300,419.99 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Bahrain along with trade value are

  1. Bahrain imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 7,850,697.95 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Bahrain imported Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum , worth 660,319.06 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Bahrain imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 527,424.20 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Bahrain imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 515,175.15 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Bahrain imported Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 400,479.23 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Bahrain in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 743.23 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 4.12 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.23 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,226,669.30 and duty free tariff line items share was 27.99 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Bahrain in 2008 are below

  • Bahrain GDP in current US dollar was 25,711 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 20,940.00 .
  • Bahrain Trade balance: as % of GDP was 19.27.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 4,955.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 145.88 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 23.13 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Bahrain in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.31.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Bahrain Country Growth was -38.85 .