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BAHRAIN, exports


Bahrain exports to European countries:

Year

Country

1980

1985 

1990 

1992 

1994 

 1995

1997

1998 

 1999

2000 

2001 

2002 

Austria

 

 

 17 

35 

36 

 

41 

 

 24

 

1

65

Belgium 

 

22 

34 

1,150 

978 

 4,596

5,594 

 5,855

 3,008

3,871

 2,215

 2,865

Cyprus

 

14 

382 

11 

 236

96 

 160

 66

 

 4

 15

Denmark

 1 

 

25 

14 

101 

 421

56 

505 

 927

 492

 5

47

Finland 

 

 

647 

 

23 

 157

379 

282 

 108

 14

 

 14

France

 57 

99 

2,420 

1,174 

1,483 

 2,579

2,803 

1,230 

 2,128

 4,430

2,358

 1,810

Germany 

 3 

2,345 

918 

1,893 

2,503 

 1,849

2,612 

5,490 

 3,884

 4,961

4,010

 1,569

Greece

 

32 

17 

107 

 

 56

110 

718 

 757

 1,162

 1,323

 1,455

Ireland      

 7

   

 166

 

 53

 164

 182

 3

Italy

 30 

17 

2,277 

6,250 

3,139 

 6,228

6,885 

14,429 

 17,139

14,167

21,523

19,250

Luxembourg 

 

 

 

32 

47 

 

69 

51 

 

 

 

 

Malta    

 276

 561

 

 47

 35

 

103 

 313

 80

 14

Netherlands

 43 

617 

9,745 

13,305 

12,508 

 17,163

9,235 

17,710 

 17,446

16,173

13,870

13,887

Norway 

 

0'7 

234 

432 

818 

 2,093

1,313 

2,216 

 2,544

4,233

4,421

 1,988

Portugal

 

634 

244 

36 

14 

 795

158 

351 

 907

 43

 25

 998

Spain

 3 

4,182 

430 

803 

 2,717

4,529 

2,237 

994

 820

 1,908

 1,255

Sweden 

 

1,279 

2,877 

1,165 

 139

151 

1,087 

 42

 2,152

161

 163

United Kingdom

 692 

1,127 

6,442 

6,507 

3,454 

 7,623

6,677 

7,195 

 6,808

3,335

 2,272

 3,765

Total
(West Europe countries)

 830 

5,185 

29,140 

35,134 

27,286 

 46,915

41,905 

59,911 

57,214 

58,450 

56,436 

51,316 

Total Exports

 87,176

117,729 

295,552

297,835 

477,758 

 582,376

592,979 

556,886 

559,979 

614,786 

685,050 

660,000 

The Total West European countries includes the EU member states, Iceland, Liechteustein, Monaco, San Marino and Switzerland.

 

Bahrain exports to Arab countries :

Year 

Country

 1980

1985 

1990 

1995 

2000 

2001 

2002 

Algeria 

 

 

218

140

9,375

9,506

9,769

Egypt 

4,225

11,064

2,055

97

2,772

2,805

 1,375

Irak

 8,259

 1,343

 26,102

 0

 189

 4,223

 1,959

Jordan 

531

1,207

5,584

13,354

 2,243

3,947

1,448

Kuwait

3,295

3,240

5,550

17,140

 13,587

14,822

13,167

Libya

 

 

100 

 349

2,784

2,756

10,824

Morocco

 

 

782

 181

1,021

1,974

 3,205

Oman 

339

1,218

1,503

 3,123

 7,252

6,945

4,957

Qatar 

2,269

954

24,930

 10,140

 12,234

24,653

 21,084

Saudi Arabia

13,898

19,602

38,760

 86,252

 86,561

106,471

 112,835

Syria 

7

 

824

 369

 1,800

2,827

 4,257

Tunisia

 

2

2,311

 2,529

2,193

2,828

2,735

UAE

21,872

11,300

7,463

 16,462

 20,144

24,125

 28,453

Yemen

 2

 0

 2

 364

 1,787

 2,065

 1,404

Total Arab Countries  58,564  51,658  136,893  28,291  165,458  211,799  218,555

Total Exports 

87,177

117,729 

295,552

582,376 

614,786

685,050

660,000 

Total Arab countries includes Djibouti, Lebanon, Somalia and Sudan.

Bahrain trade with Yemen until its reunification (1990) was mainly with the Arab Republic of Yemen (North).

Bahrain exports:

Year 

Countries

 1980

1985 

1990 

1995 

2000 

2001 

2002 

Arab countries

 58,564

51,658

 136,893

179,428

165,458

211,799

218,555

West Europe Countries 

 830

5,185

 29,140

46,915

58,450

 56,436

51,316

Asian countries

 22,927

41,862

 97,813

 250,934

 220,620

 221,507

 185,447

North American countries 

 1,629

7,744

 26,332

 56,054

 142,644

 170,321

 180,230

Total exports

 87,176

 117,729

 295,552

 477,758

 614,786

 685,050

 660,000

Asian countries: figures only refer to non-socialist countries. Trade with Asian socialist countries started to develop in the late 1980s, it increased steadely and in 2002 it amounted for 12,867 US M$

* Figures * 1,000 US $
* Source: Bahrain government

 (November 2003)

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