Bahrain - United States Free Trade Agreement

The Bahrain - United States Free Trade Agreement provides for the elimination of tariffs for the following goods, among others:

• Electric generation equipment 
• Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances, and other advanced machinery
• Electric motors, transformers, batteries, and capacitors
• Motor vehicles
• Mineral ore and processed products including manganese, copper, aluminum, and nickel
• Various products manufactured using above minerals and metals such as sheets, powders, bars, and plates
• Photovoltaic cells (import into Bahrain only)

The Agreement also includes rules of origin notably, requiring goods to be wholly produced/manufactured in each country, imported directly from one into the other, and that production/processing costs represent the equivalent of at least 35% of the value of the good. 

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