Trade route overview
See the latest reported exports, the products that need a closer look, and the conditions that may make this route harder to plan.
What this page shows
In 2024, Bahrain reported $963.4M in goods exports to South Africa. 5 product types are marked for closer review, covering 99.7% of reported exports. This is not a forecast and does not mean trade will stop. It shows where to look more closely at demand, annual changes, product mix, tariffs, and buyer-market conditions.
How to read this page
This page separates the size of the trade from the conditions worth checking and the product types that make up the route.
This is the reported value of goods exported from Bahrain to South Africa in the latest available year.
$963.4M in 2024It marks product types where one or more conditions deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction, a guaranteed loss, or a warning that trade will stop.
99.7% needs reviewEach row is one HS6 product code. HS6 is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.
11 product typesStart with the products
Compare the products, their buyer-market size, and the conditions that deserve a closer look.
Export history
The latest twelve years of reported exports from Bahrain to South Africa. Bar lengths are relative to the highest year shown.
Why this route needs review
A dollar amount can appear in more than one row. These rows show the conditions linked to the route; they are not separate losses.
How to read the numbers
These measures describe yearly swings, the gap from the route's highest year, and how concentrated the product mix is.
Largest product
Product code HS6 271012 makes up 92.9% of exports from Bahrain to South Africa. The main reason to review it is: Trade has varied substantially across reported years
See product rowsProducts to review
Each row is one six-digit HS6 product code. Compare the buyer market's imports, the product's fall from its highest year, annual variation, and review level.
| Rank | Product and code | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Yearly variation | Review level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Product 271012HS6 271012 - six-digit product code | $11.2B | 32.8% | 1.1 | High attention |
| 2 | Petroleum bitumen: obtained from bituminous mineralsHS6 271320 - six-digit product code | $112.5M | 15.5% | 1.3 | High attention |
| 3 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloysHS6 760120 - six-digit product code | $61.6M | 63.8% | 0.7 | Critical attention |
| 4 | Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoaHS6 190531 - six-digit product code | $44.3M | 1.1% | 0.9 | High attention |
| 5 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, bleached, plain weave, weighing more than 100g/m2 but not more than 200g/m2HS6 520822 - six-digit product code | $11.2M | 0% | 1.2 | High attention |
| 6 | Aluminium: (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mmHS6 760511 - six-digit product code | $66.4M | 73.3% | 0.9 | High attention |
| 7 | Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers: for rubber or plastics, other than mixtures of oligomers of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline (TMQ)HS6 381239 - six-digit product code | $24.3M | 61.6% | 0.5 | Watch |
| 8 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, dyed, plain weave, weighing more than 100g/m2 but not more than 200g/m2HS6 520832 - six-digit product code | $10.1M | 69.8% | 1 | Watch |
| 9 | Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soapHS6 340130 - six-digit product code | $34.5M | 36.3% | 0.6 | Watch |
| 10 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, not for toilet useHS6 340119 - six-digit product code | $14.6M | 81.4% | 0.7 | Watch |
Buyer-market imports are total imports of that product into the buyer market, not only exports from Bahrain. "Below product high" compares current exports with that product's highest reported year. Yearly variation is a calculated measure. Swipe sideways on a small screen to see every column.
Trade route conditions
Distance, tariffs, trade agreements, the buyer economy, and business rules add context to the export total.
Questions about this page
Definitions and limits for the figures above.
High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain.
Bahrain reported $963.4M in goods exports to South Africa in 2024.
99.7% of reported route exports are linked to product types marked for closer review. This points to where to investigate further.
An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.
The page shows yearly export changes, product concentration, tariffs, distance, trade-agreement coverage, buyer-economy context, and business setup time where reported.
No. These are reported or calculated observations, not forecasts or guarantees.
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Data source
OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.