Bahrain, Kingdom of Member profile
Status of notification in the reporting periods
2010-2012
2012-2014
2014-2016
2016-2018
2018-2020
2020-2022
2022-2024
2024-2026
Notification information
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Bahrain, Kingdom of
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19/04/2021
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2020-2022
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Bahrain, Kingdom of
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24/03/2021
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2020-2022
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Bahrain, Kingdom of
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24/09/2019
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2018-2020
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Types of restrictions
All biennial periods and all notifications
Top 10 HS chapters notified
All biennial periods and all notifications
Top 10 WTO justifications notified
All biennial periods and all notifications
Top 10 Non-WTO commitments notified
All biennial periods and all notifications
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Trade policy review
Latest Trade Policy Review (Report by the WTO Secretariat): WT/TPR/S/419/Rev.1
A. Import prohibitions and restrictions and import licensing
3.40.
Under the GCC Common Customs Law, each GCC member State still determines its own list of prohibited or restricted products. GCC member States are developing a common list, but this is a work in progress. Imports that are prohibited in some GCC member States but permitted in others may not transit through the member States in which they are prohibited.
3.41.
Bahrain imposes import prohibitions on certain goods (from all sources) for various reasons, including religious, safety, and health considerations (Table 3.8). Over the review period, new import prohibitions were introduced on the import of waste, parings and scrap of plastic through the Supreme Council for Environment Order No. 2 of 2019. In addition, the import and export of goods from/to Democratic People's Republic of Korea are prohibited, as are imports and exports of military equipment to countries mentioned in United Nations Security Council resolutions. Import prohibitions on goods of Israeli origin or bearing Israeli trademarks or logos were lifted in accordance with the Declaration of Peace, Cooperation and Friendship and Diplomatic Relations that Bahrain and the State of Israel announced on 15 September 2020.
3.42.
Bahrain detailed its procedures for import licensing in December 2019[111], and notified its regime for import licensing and restrictions to the WTO in March 2021 (Table 3.9). Importers (as well as manufacturers, exporters, and re-exporters) of several products[112] must obtain an industrial licence from the MOICT. This licence may be issued only to a firm or an individual resident in Bahrain. It is valid for one year (renewable) and is transferrable between importers.
3.43.
Under the GCC Guide for Control of Imported Foods, all consignments of imported food, plant, and animal products must be accompanied by sanitary and phytosanitary health certificates from the exporting country.[113] Requests for imports of radiation sources or devices must be accompanied by a copy of the Environment Activity Licence provided by the Supreme Council for Environment for both the applicant and the user.[114]
B. Export prohibitions and restrictions
3.60.
Based on Decree-Law No. 18 of 1975 on Setting and Controlling Prices, as amended by Decree-Law No. 11 of 1977, the MOICT has the right to prohibit exports or re-exports of any product.[130] Currently, Bahrain prohibits exports of live horses, camels, palm tree seedlings, radioactive matters, and antiquities. Over the review period, Bahrain also introduced a temporary ban on exports of face masks; this entered into force on 25 February 2020, was extended several times, and expired on 6 April 2021 (Table 3.11). Export restrictions apply to waste (Table 3.12).
WTO's environmental database (EDB)
The EDB contains environment-related measures that may qualify as QRs and therefore should be notified under the QR Decision.