Bahrain recorded a trade deficit of BHD 166 million ($440 million) in April 2025, up from BHD 126 million in the same month last year, according to the Information & eGovernment Authority’s (iGA) monthly foreign trade report.
The value of non-oil national origin exports rose 22% year-on-year to BHD 338 million ($896.6 million) in April 2025, compared to BHD 277 million in April 2024. At the same time, imports increased by 20% to BHD 575 million from BHD 481 million.
Saudi Arabia was Bahrain’s top export destination, receiving BHD 81 million in goods (24% of total national exports), followed by the US at BHD 35 million (10%) and the UAE at BHD 32 million (9%). The leading export product was unwrought aluminium alloys at BHD 105 million (31%), followed by agglomerated iron ores at BHD 54 million (16%) and non-alloyed aluminium wire at BHD 18 million (5%).
On the import side, China led with BHD 64 million (11% of total imports), followed by Australia with BHD 55 million (10%) and the UAE with BHD 49 million (9%). The top imported product was non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates, valued at BHD 67 million (12%), followed by aluminium oxide at BHD 51 million (9%) and gold jewellery at BHD 36 million (6%).
Re-exports fell 9% year-on-year to BHD 71 million in April 2025, from BHD 78 million a year earlier. The UAE was the top re-export destination at BHD 30 million (42%), followed by Saudi Arabia at BHD 18 million (25%) and Luxembourg at BHD 5 million (7%). Turbo-jets were the most re-exported item at BHD 7.2 million (10.1%), followed by four-wheel drives at BHD 7 million (9.9%) and gold ingots at BHD 6 million (8%).
The top 10 countries accounted for 71% of national origin exports and 68% of total imports. In re-exports, the top 10 countries made up 86% of the total value.
