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Who buys Bahrain’s iron ore? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Bahrain exported $1.5 billion of iron ore (9 million tonnes), 0.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United Arab Emirates (25%), Saudi Arabia (24%) and Egypt (13%). Bahrain was the world’s 12th-largest exporter of iron ore.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
9million tonnes
Share of world total
0.9%
World rank
12th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 19 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United Arab Emirates370Tonnes: 1,983,850USD per tonne: $18624.9%Sea
Saudi Arabia355Tonnes: 2,558,425USD per tonne: $13923.9%Sea
Egypt191Tonnes: 1,021,440USD per tonne: $18712.9%Sea
Qatar185Tonnes: 1,201,722USD per tonne: $15412.4%Sea
Algeria173Tonnes: 900,084USD per tonne: $19211.7%Sea
Oman78Tonnes: 436,403USD per tonne: $1795.3%Sea
Libya66.8Tonnes: 321,398USD per tonne: $2084.5%Sea
Malaysia51.4Tonnes: 406,986USD per tonne: $1263.5%Sea
South Korea12.5Tonnes: 161,311USD per tonne: $780.84%Sea
Canada2.3Tonnes: 26,263USD per tonne: $890.16%Sea
China0.31Tonnes: 2,610USD per tonne: $1190.02%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 25USD per tonne: $1410%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 15USD per tonne: $1590%Sea
South Africa< 0.01Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $2110%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $1410%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $1200%Sea
Brazil< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1350%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1210%Sea
Finland< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1130%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United Arab Emirates has been its main destination since 2023

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • United Arab Emirates 370
  • Saudi Arabia 355
  • Egypt 191
  • Qatar 185
  • Algeria 173

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United Arab Emirates0370
Saudi Arabia20.1355
Egypt0191
Qatar0185
Algeria0173

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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