G/MA/QR/N/BHR/1/Rev.1  
 
10 March 2021  
(21-1994) Page: 1/22 
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN  
Revision  
The following communication, dated 25 February 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Kingdom of Bahrain . 
 
A. Notifying Member:  Kingdom of Bahrain  
B. Date of notification:  24 September  2019 
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ):  
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitati ve restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in (doc symbol) which are of the following 
nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in S ection 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restrictions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the following biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2018-2020 and r elates to restrictions in force as of 30 September  
2018 
F. This notification contains information* relating to:  
 Section 1:  List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section 2:  Cross -reference to other WTO notifications wi th information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
 
 
 
* In English  only.  
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- 2 - Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
QR 
No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Ban on the Export of 
Live Horses  P,P-X 01 01 21 10  - - - Of Arab breed  GATT Art. XX( f): 
Protection of 
National Treasures 
of Artistic, Historic, 
or Archaeological 
Value  Decree (23) of the 
year 2019.   Horse Welfare 
Authority  
   01 01 21 90  - - - Other    
   01 01 29 10  - - Other    
   01 01 29 10  - - - Horses for sport    
2 Ban on the import, 
sale, purchase or 
handling of live 
Swine  P 01 03  00 00 Live swine  GATT Art XX(a): 
religious reasons  Public Notice by the 
Ruler of Bahrain: 
Notice No 25 for the 
year 1958 Ban on the 
import, sale, 
purchase or handling 
of live Swine  Ministry of Work, 
Municipalities Affairs & 
Urban Planning   01 03  10 00 
 - Pure-bred breeding 
animals  
 01 03 91 00  - - Weighing less than 50 
kg  
 01 03 92 00   - - Weighing 50 kg or 
more  
3 Ban on the Export of 
Camels  P,P-X 01 06 13 10  - - - Pure-bred breeding  GATT Art. XX( f): 
Protection of 
National Treasures 
of Artistic, Historic, 
or Archaeological 
Value   Ministry of Work, 
Municipalities Affairs & 
Urban Planning  
    01 06 13 20  - - - For domestic 
competitions and racing  
   01 06 13 90  - - - Other    
4 Ban on the import of 
ivory; ivory powder 
and waste  
 P 05 07 10 00  - Ivory; ivory powder 
and waste  GATT Art. XX(b): 
Protection of 
Human, Animal or 
plant life or health  
 
GATT Art. XX (g) 
"conservation of 
exhaustible natural 
resources if such 
measures are made Customs Affairs 
Administrative Order 
(26/10/1989) based 
on Cabinet Decision  
 
Ministry of Commerce 
& Agriculture Circular 
dated 07/10/1989 o n 
prohibition of trade in 
ivory Ministry of Health  
Customs Affairs, 
Ministry of Interior  
 
 
Supreme Council of 
Environment     96 01 10 00  - Worked ivory and 
articles of ivory   
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
effective in 
conjunction with 
restrictions on 
domestic production 
or consumption".   
 
Convention on 
international trade 
in endangered 
species of wild 
fauna and flora 
CITES  Law (27) of the year 
2012 regarding joining 
the Convention on 
International Trade in 
Endangered Species of 
Wild Fauna and  
5 Ban on the import 
and restrictions on 
the export of waste  P, P-X 
 
 05 11 99 40    - - - Animal blood, 
other dead animals and 
inedible meat, offal and 
limbs  GATT Art. XX(b): 
Protection of 
Human, Animal or 
plant life or health  
 
GATT Art. XX (g) 
"conservation of 
exhaustible natural 
resources if such 
measures are made 
effective in 
conjunc tion with 
restrictions on 
domestic production 
or consumption".   
 Law (21) for year 
1996 in respect with 
the environment  Supreme Council of 
Environment  
  15 22 00 10  - - - Degras (fish oil 
treated with nitric acid)  
  15 22 00 20  - - - Residues resulting 
from the treatment of 
fatty substances or 
animal or vegetable  
  25 17 20 00  - Macadam of slag, dross 
or similar industrial 
waste, whether or not 
incorporating the 
materials cited in 
subheading 25 17 10 00  
  25 17 49 00  - - Other     
  25 25 30 00  - Mica waste      
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
  26 18 00 00  Granulated slag (slag 
sand) from the 
manufacture of iron or 
steel.     
  26 19 00 00  Slag, dross (other than 
granulated slag), 
scalings and other waste 
from the manufacture of 
iron or steel.     
  26 20 11 00  - - Hard zinc spelter     
  26 20 19 00  - - Other     
  26 20 21 00  - - Leaded gasoline 
sludges and leaded anti -
knock compound 
sludges     
  26 20 29 00  - - Other     
  26 20 30 00  - Containing mainly 
copper     
  26 20 60 00    - Containing arsenic, 
mercury, thallium or 
their mixtures, of a kind 
used for the extraction 
of arsenic or those 
metals or for the 
manufacture of their 
chemical compounds.     
  26 20 91 00  - - Containing antimony, 
beryllium, cadmium, 
chromium or their 
mixtures     
 26 20 99 00  - - Other     
26 21 10 00   - Ash and residues from 
the incineration of 
municipal waste  
     
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
26 21 90 00  - Other     
  27 10 91 00    - - containing 
polychlorinated 
biphenyls(PCBs), 
polychlorinated 
terphenyls(PCTs)  or 
polybrominated 
biphenyls(PBBs)     
  27 10 99 00   - - Other     
  27 13 11 00  - - Not calcined     
  27 13 12 00  - - Calcined     
  27 13 20 00  - Petroleum bitumen     
  27 13 90 00  - Other residues of 
petroleum oils or of oils 
obtained from 
bituminous minerals     
  28 05 40 00  - Mercury     
  30 06 92 00   - - Waste 
pharmaceuticals     
  38 15 11 00   - - with nickel or nickel 
compounds as the active 
substance     
  38 24 90 30   - - - Ammoniacal gas 
liquors and spent oxide     
  38 25 10 00  - Municipal Waste     
  38 25 20 00  - Sewage slude     
  38 25 30 00  - Clinical waste     
  38 25 41 00  - - Halogenated     
  38 25 49 00  - - Other     
  38 25 61 00  - - Mainly containing 
organic constituents     
  38 25 69 00  - - Other  
     
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
  38 25 90 00    - Other     
  39 15 10 00   - Of polymers of 
ethylene     
  39 15 20 00   - Of polymers of styrene     
  39 15 30 00   - Of polymers of vinyl 
chloride     
  39 15 90 00   -  Of Other Plastics     
  40 04 00 00  Waste, parings and 
scrap of rubber (other 
than hard rubber) and 
powders and granules 
obtained therefrom.     
  40 17 00 10  - - - Powder, waste and 
scrap     
  41 15 20 00  -  Parings and other 
waste of leather or of 
composition leather, not 
suitable for the 
manufacture of leather 
articles; leather dust, 
powder and flour     
  47 06 00 00  Pulps of fibers derived 
from recovered (waste 
and scrap) paper or 
paperboard or of other 
fibrous cellulosic 
material.      
  47 06 10 00  - Cotton linters pulp     
  47 06 20 00  - Pulps of fibers derived 
from recovered (waste 
and scap) paper or 
paperboard     
  47 06 30 00  - Other, of bamboo     
  47 06 90 00  - Other :      
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
  47 06 91 00  - - Mechanical     
  47 06 92 00  - - Chemical     
  47 06 93 00  - - Obtained by a 
combination of 
mechanical and 
chemical processes     
  47 07 10 00  - Unbleached kraft paper 
or paperboard or 
corrugated paper or 
paperboard     
  47 07 20 00  - Other paper or 
paperboard made 
mainly of bleached 
chemical pulp, not 
coloured in the mass     
  47 07 30 00   - Paper or paperboard 
made mainly of 
mechanical pulp (for 
example, newspapers, 
journals and similar 
printed matter)     
  47 07 90 10  - - - Old news papers     
  47 07 90 90  - - - Other     
  50 06 00 00  Silk yarn and yarn spun 
from silk waste, put up 
for retail sale; silk -worm 
gut.     
  50 07 10 00  - Fabrics of noil Silk     
  50 07 20 00  - Other fabrics, 
containing 85 % or more 
by weight of silk or of 
silk waste other than 
noil silk     
  51 03 10 00   - Noils of wool or of fine 
animal hair      
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
  51 03 20 00   - Other waste of wool or 
of fine animal hair     
  51 03 30 00   - Waste of coarse 
animal hair     
  52 02 10 00  - Yarn waste (including 
thread waste)     
  52 02 91 00  - - Garnetted stock     
  52 02 99 00  - - Other     
  53 01 30 00  - Flax tow and waste     
  53 02 90 00  - Other     
  53 03 00 00  Jute and other textile 
bast fibers (excluding 
flax, true hemp and 
ramie), raw or 
processed but not spun; 
tow and waste of these 
fibers (including yarn 
waste and garnetted 
stock).     
  53 03 90 00  - Other     
  55 05 00 00  Waste (including noils, 
yarn waste and 
garnetted stock) of 
man-made fibres.     
  55 05 10 00  - Of synthetic fibers     
  55 05 20 00  - Of artificial fibers     
  68 06 10 00  - Slag wool, rock wool 
and similar mineral 
wools (including 
intermixtures thereof), 
in bulk, sheets or rolls     
  68 06 20 00  - Exfoliated vermiculite, 
expanded clays, foamed 
Slag and similar     
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
expanded mineral 
materials (including 
intermixtures thereof)  
  68 06 90 00  - Other     
  70 01 00 00  Cullet and other waste 
and scrap of glass; 
glass in the mass.     
  71 12 00 00  Waste and scrap of 
precious metal or of 
metal clad with precious 
metal; other waste and 
scrap containing 
precious metal or 
precious metal 
compounds, of a kind 
used principally for the 
recovery of precious 
metal.  
    
  71 15 10 00   - Catalysts in the form 
of wire cloth or grill, of 
platinum     
  71 15 90 00   - Other     
  72 04 10 00  - Waste and scrap of 
cast iron     
  72 04 21 00  - - Of stainless steel     
  72 04 29 00  - - Other     
  72 04 30 00  - Waste and scrap of 
tinned iron or steel     
  72 04 41 00  - - Turnings, shavings, 
chips, milling waste, 
sawdust, filings, 
trimmings and 
stampings, whether or 
not in bundles      
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
  72 04 49 00  - - Other     
  74 04 00 00  Copper waste and scrap     
  75 03 00 00  Nickel waste and scrap.     
  76 02 00 00  Aluminium waste and 
scrap.     
78 02 00 00  Lead waste and scrap.     
79 02 00 00  Zinc waste and scrap .     
80 02 00 00  Tin waste and scrap.     
 81 01 97 00  - -  Waste and scrap     
 81 02 97 00  - -  Waste and scrap     
 81 03 30 00  - Waste and scrap     
  81 04 20 00  - Waste and scrap     
  81 05 20 00  - Cobalt mattes and 
other intermediate 
products of cobalt 
metallurgy; unwrought 
cobalt ; waste         
  81 05 30 00  - Waste and scrap     
  81 06 00 00  Bismuth and articles 
thereof, including waste 
and scrap.     
  81 07 30 00  - Waste and scrap     
  81 08 30 00  - Waste and scrap     
  81 09 30 00  - Waste and scrap     
  81 10 20 00  - Waste and scrap     
  81 12 13 00  - - Waste and scrap     
  81 12 22 00  - - Waste and scrap     
  81 12 52 00  - - Waste and scrap     
  81 12 92 00  - -  Unwrought; waste 
and scrap; powders      
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
 
 
85 48 10 00  - Waste and scrap of 
primary cells, primary 
batteries and electric 
accumulators; spent 
primary cells, spent 
primary batteries and 
spent electric 
accumulators     
 85 48 90 00  - Other     
CP, CP-X 38 25 50 00    - Wastes of metal 
pickling liguors, 
hydraulic fluids, brake 
fluids and anti - freeze 
fluids     
6 Ban on the Export of 
Palm Tree Seedlings  P-X 06 02 20 10  - - - Palm tree seedling  GATT Art. XX(b): 
Protection of 
Human, Animal or 
plant life or health  Law (21) for the year 
1983 regarding the 
protection of palm 
trees.  
Decision (2) for the 
year (2004) of the 
Ministry of 
Municipalities, & 
Agriculture Affairs 
regarding the export or 
re-export of 
agricultural parcels.  Ministry of Work, 
Municipalities Affairs & 
Urban Planning  
7 Ban on the import  of 
Areca nuts and other 
manufactured P 08 02   90 
 - Areca nuts roasted, 
whether or not salted 
and similar products  
 GATT Art. XX(b): 
Protection of Law No. 8 for the year 
2009 on combating Ministry of Health   
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
tobacco and 
manufactured 
tobacco substitutes; 
"homogenised" or 
"reconstituted" 
tobacco ; tobacco 
extracts and 
essences.  20 08 19 20  
 - Mixed  
 Human, Animal or 
plant life or health  
 smocking and tobacco 
products  
 
Decision No 58 for the 
year 2010  
Ministerial Order No. 
133 fo r the year 2015  24 03 99 20  
 - Chopped or pressed 
tobacco for chewing  
24 03 99 21  
 - Chewable and sniffing 
preparation (Sahmmah, 
Suwaikah) containing 
tobacco  
 09 08 21 00   -neither crushed nor 
ground     
8 Ban on the import  of 
certain types of other 
oil seeds and 
oleaginous fruits, 
whether or not 
broken.  P 12 07 91 00  
 - - Poppy seeds  
 GATT Art. XX(b): 
Protection of 
Human, Animal or 
plant life or health  
 
Single Convention 
on Narcotic Drugs, 
1961 
 
Convention on 
Psychotropic 
Substances of 1971  
 
United Nations 
Convention against 
Illicit Traffic in 
Narcotic Drugs and 
Psychotropic 
Substances, 1988  
 
 Law No. 15 for the 
year 2007 on drugs 
and Psychotropic 
substances  
 
 Customs Affairs -
Ministry of Interior  
 12 07 99 20  
 - - - Hemp seeds  
 
12 11 90 60  
 - - - Cannabis sativa  
 
12 11 90 20  
 - - - Black poppy  
 
12 11 40 00  - Poppy straw   
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
9 Ban on the import  of 
Ethyl alcohol and 
other spirits, 
denatured, of any 
strength  P 22 07 20 19  - - - - Other 
(Undenatured Ethyl )  GATT Art. XX(b): 
Protection of 
Human, Animal or 
plant life or health    The National Health 
Regulatory 
Authority  (NHRA)  
10 Ban on the import 
and export of 
radioactive matters  CP, CP-X 26 05 00 00  Cobalt ores and 
concentrates.  GATT Art. XX(b): 
Protection of 
Human, Animal or 
plant life or health  
 
GATT Art. XX (g) 
"conservation of 
exhaustible natural 
resources if such 
measures a re made 
effective in 
conjunction with 
restrictions on 
domestic production 
or consumption".   
 
 Law (21) for year 
1996 in respect with 
the environment  Supreme Council of 
Environment  
   26 12 10 00  - Uranium ores and 
concentrates    
   26 12 20 00  - Thorium ores and 
concentrates    
   28 44 10 10  - - - For medical 
purposes    
   28 44 10 90  - - - Other    
   28 44 20 10  - - - For medical 
purposes    
   28 44 20 90  - - - Other    
   28 44 30 10 - - - For medical 
purposes    
   28 44 30 90  - - - Other    
   28 44 40 10  - - - For medical 
purposes    
   28 44 40 90  - - - Other     
   28 44 50 00  - Spent (irradiated) fuel 
elements (cartridges) of 
nuclear reactors      
   28 45 10 00  - Heavy water 
(deuterium oxide)     
   28 45 90 00  - Other  
     
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
   30 06 30 00  - Opacifying 
preparations for X -ray 
examinations: 
cliagnostic reagents 
designed to be 
administered to the 
patient     
   84 01 10 00   - Nuclear reactors     
   84 01 20 00   - Machinery and 
apparatus for isotopic 
separation, and parts 
thereof     
   84 01 30 00   - Fuel elements 
(cartridges), non -
irradiated     
   84 01 40 00   - Parts of nuclear 
reactors     
   84 30 41 00   - - Self-propelled     
   84 30 49 00   - - Other     
   84 30 50 00   - Other machinery, 
self-propelled     
   84 31 43 10    - - - Boring drills for  
wells     
   85 40 60 00  - Other cathode -ray 
tubes     
   85 43 10 00  - Particle accelerators     
   90 22 12 00  - - Computed 
tomography apparatus     
   90 22 13 00  - - Other, for dental 
uses    
   90 22 14 00  - - Other, for medical, 
surgical or veterinary 
uses    
   90 22 19 10    - - - For inspection of 
baggage and luggage      
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
   90 22 19 90  - - - Other     
   90 22 21 00  - - For medical, 
surgical, dental or 
veterinary uses     
   90 22 29 00  - - For other uses    
   90 22 30 00  - X-ray tubes     
   90 25 80 10  - - - Hydrometers     
   90 25 80 20  - - - Hygrometers     
   90 25 80 90  - - - Other     
   90 26 10 00  - For measuring or 
checking the flow or 
level of liquids     
   90 30 10 00  - Instruments and 
apparatus for 
measuring or detecting 
ionising radiations     
11 Ban on the import  of  
certain types of 
fireworks, signalling 
flares, rain rockets, 
fog signals and Other 
pyrotechnic articles.  P 36 04 10 10  - - - For children  GATT Art. XX(b): 
Protection of 
Human, Animal or 
plant life or health  Law No. 10 for the 
year 1976 identifying 
fire crackers and 
ministerial decision 23 
for the year 1985  Ministry of Interior  
12 Ban on the import  of 
Waste, parings and 
scrap, of plastics.  P 39 15 10 00  
 - Of polymers of 
ethylene  GATT Art. XX(b): 
Protection of 
Human, Animal or 
plant life or health  Supreme Council of 
Environment Order No 
(2) for the year 2019  Supreme Council of 
Environment  
39 15 20 00  
 - Of polymers of styrene  
39 15 30 00  
 - Of polymers of vinyl 
chloride  
39 15 90 00  -  Of Other Plastics   
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No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
13 Ban on the import  of 
certain types of Used 
Tires P 40 12 11 00  
 
 
 - - Of kind used on 
motor cars (including 
station wagons and 
racing cars)  GATT Art. XX(b): 
Protection of 
Human, Animal or 
plant life or health  Ministry of Industry 
and Commerce 
Ministerial Order No 6 
for 1995  Ministry of Industry, 
Commerce and Tourism  
40 12 12 00  
 - - Of a kind used on 
buses or lorries  
40 12 13 00  
 - - Of a kind used on 
buses aircraft  
40 12 20 00  - Used pneumatic tyres  
14 Ban on the import  of 
articles Containing 
asbestos  P 68 11 40 00  - Containing asbestos  GATT Art XX(b): 
Protection of 
Human, Animal or 
plant life or health  Ministry Of Industry 
and Commerce 
Ministerial Order No.3 
for 1996  Ministry of Industry, 
Commerce  and Tourism  68 12 80 00  - Of crocidolite  
68 12 93 00  - - Compressed 
asbestos fibre jointing, 
in sheets or rolls  
15 Ban on the import  of 
Cultured Pearls  P 71 01 21 00  
 - Cultured pearls :  
- - Unworked  GATT Art. XX (f): 
imposed for the 
protection of 
national treasures of 
artistic, historic or 
archaeological 
value.  
 
To maintain the 
reputation of the 
natural pearls 
Bahrain is known 
for. Law No. 10 for 1990  Ministry of Industry, 
Commerce and Tourism  
   71 01 22 00  
 - - Worked  
 
   71 16 10 10  - - - Articles of personal 
ornamentation   
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- 17 - QR 
No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
16 Ban on the import  of 
Gambling slot 
machines  
 P 84 76 89 00  
 
 - - Other  GATT Art XX(a): 
religious reasons  
GATT Art. XX(b): 
Protection of 
Human, Animal or 
plant life or health  Bahrain Penal Code 
Law applies (Law No 
15 of 1976/article 
308: Gambling)  Ministry of Interior  
17 Ban on the import  of 
automatic goods -
vending machines for 
cigarettes  P 84 76 89 00  
 
 - - Other  GATT Art XX(a): 
religious reasons  
 
GATT Art. XX(b): 
Protection of 
Human, Animal or 
plant life or health  Law No.8 for 2009 on 
Combating smoking 
and tobacco with all 
its types.  Ministry of Health  
18 Ban on the import  of 
Electronic cigarettes  P 85 43 70 31  - - - - Electronic 
cigarettes  GATT Art. XX(b): 
Protection of 
Human, Animal or 
plant life or health  Ministry of Industry 
and Commerce 
Ministerial Order 
No.38 for 2013  Ministry of Industry, 
Commerce and Tourism  
19 Ban on the import  of 
certain types of 
Swords, cutlasses, 
bayonets, lances and 
similar arms and 
parts thereof and 
scabbards and 
sheaths therefor.  P 93 07 00 10  
 - - - For military 
purposes  
 GATT XXI:(b)(ii) 
essential security 
interests relating to 
the traffic in arms, 
ammunition and 
implements of war  Law No. 8 for the year 
2006 amending 
articles of law by 
decree No.16 for the 
year 1976 on 
explosives weapons 
and ammunition.  Ministry of Interior  
   93 07 00 90  - - - Other  
 
     
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- 18 - QR 
No. General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line code (s) 
affected, based on 
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previou sly notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
20 Ban on the import  of 
tools, machines and 
devices dedicated to 
gambling of all kinds  P 95 04 90 00  - Other  GATT Art XX(a): 
religious reasons   Article (308) of the 
Penal Code Law of 
1976 regarding 
Gambling  Ministry of Interior  
21 Ban on the Export of 
Antiquities  P-X 97.06  Antiques of an age 
exceeding one hundred 
years  GATT Art. XX( f): 
Protection of 
National Treasures 
of Artistic, Historic, 
or Archaeological 
Value  Law (11) of the Year 
1995, regarding the 
protection of Antiques.  Bahrain Authority for 
Culture and Antiquities  
 
   
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- 19 - Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
This section shall be filled by Members in case a notification made pursuant to another notification requirement (e.g. set in  the Agreemen t on Agriculture, 
Agreement on Balance of Payments, Agreement on Safeguards, and the Agreement on Import Licensing  Procedures, etc.) contains information on a 
quantitative restriction in force and which is not listed in Section 1.   
 
1.  Agreement on Agriculture  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notificati on: 
 
2.  Agreement on Balance of Payments  
 
A.  Was a notification made with  information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notificati on: 
 
3. Agreement on Safeguards  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No    
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification : 
 
4.  Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (non -automatic licences)  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification : 
 
Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(2007)  Detailed 
Product 
Description  WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and  entry 
into force   
 Administration; 
modification of 
prev. notified 
measures; and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
G/LIC/N/3/BHR/2  Restrictions 
imposed on 
some imports 
for health, NAL 01.01.10.10  Of Arab Breed    No objection 
certificate from  
Equestrian and 
Horse Racing   
  G/MA/QR/N/BHR/1/Rev.1  
 
- 20 - Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(2007)  Detailed 
Product 
Description  WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and  entry 
into force   
 Administration; 
modification of 
prev. notified 
measures; and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
security and 
religious 
reasons  Club; and valid 
certificate from  
Veterinary 
Authority  
G/LIC/N/3/BHR/2  Restrictions 
imposed on 
some imports 
for health, 
security and 
religious 
reasons  NAL 01.06.19.90  Other 
(Predatory 
animals and 
circus animals)    No objection 
certificate from  
Ministry of Interior, 
and valid  
certificate from 
Veterinary  
Authority  
G/LIC/N/3/BHR/2  Restrictions 
imposed on 
some imports 
for health, 
security and 
religious 
reasons  NAL 05.11.91.20  Dead animals 
of Chapter (3)    Valid Certificate 
from 
Veterinary 
Authority  
G/LIC/N/3/BHR/2  Restrictions 
imposed on 
some imports 
for health, 
security and 
religious 
reasons  NAL 28.44.40.10  Radioactive 
elements and 
isotopes and  
compounds    Permission  
G/LIC/N/3/BHR/2  Restrictions 
imposed on 
some imports 
for health, 
security and NAL 31 Animal or 
vegetable 
fertilisers 
whether or not  
mixed 
together or   No objection 
certificate   
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- 21 - Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(2007)  Detailed 
Product 
Description  WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and  entry 
into force   
 Administration; 
modification of 
prev. notified 
measures; and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
religious 
reasons  chemically 
treated  
G/LIC/N/3/BHR/2  Restrictions 
imposed on 
some imports 
for health, 
security and 
religious 
reasons  NAL 38.08  Insecticides, 
rodenticides, 
fungicides,  
herbicides, 
anti-sprouting 
products    No objection 
certificate  
G/LIC/N/3/BHR/2  Restrictions 
imposed on 
some imports 
for health, 
security and 
religious 
reasons  NAL 73.26.90.99  Other articles 
of iron or steel 
(Handcuffs)    No objection 
certificate  
G/LIC/N/3/BHR/2  Restrictions 
imposed on 
some imports 
for health, 
security and 
religious 
reasons  NAL 87.01.10.00  Pedestrian 
controlled 
tractors    No objection 
certificate  
G/LIC/N/3/BHR/2  Restrictions 
imposed on 
some imports 
for health, 
security and 
religious 
reasons  NAL 93 Military 
weapons, 
firearms and 
bombs,  
swords, 
cutlasses, 
bayonets, 
lances and 
similar    No objection 
certificate   
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- 22 - Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(2007)  Detailed 
Product 
Description  WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and  entry 
into force   
 Administration; 
modification of 
prev. notified 
measures; and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
arms and parts 
thereof and 
scabbards and  
sheaths 
therefor  
G/LIC/N/3/BHR/2  Restrictions 
imposed on 
the 
importation of 
Radio remote 
control model 
aeroplane  P 95.03.00.90  - - - Other : 
Models of 
aircraft that 
work by 
remote control  
Rifles and 
pistols for 
children using 
air pressure or 
explosive 
packets  GATT XXI:(b)(ii) 
essential security 
interests relating to the 
traffic in arms, 
ammunition and 
implements of war  Administrative 
Order (Ministry of 
Interior)  Ministry of Interior  
G/LIC/N/3/BHR/2  Restrictions 
imposed on 
some imports 
for health, 
security and 
religious 
reasons  NAL 95.08.10.00  Travelling 
circuses and 
travelling 
menageries    No objection 
certificate from  
Ministry of Interior, 
and valid  
certificate from 
Veterinary  
Author ity 
 
5. Other notifications  
 
A. Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction  in other notifications ?   Yes     No    
B. If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notificati on: 
 
 
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