The fastest, cheapest & most efficient gateway to the region’s largest market.
Participants in manufacturing businesses across the world often face financial and logistical hurdles, but manufacturers operating in Bahrain can avoid most of those challenges. Bahrain offers lower operating costs, a strategic location, a highly skilled workforce and world-class infrastructure, making it the ideal regional base for product manufacturing companies.
Your manufacturing investment goes further in Bahrain thanks to our business-friendly environment.
No corporate income tax or personal income tax.
Cost of setting up and operating businesses is up to 33% lower than in other GCC countries.
Investment grants are offered by Bahrain’s labour fund (Tamkeen).
Bahrain offers low industrial land lease rates with no additional fees or service charges.
People who relocate to Bahrain can look forward to a lower overall cost of living than in most other countries in the GCC.
Subsidized interest rates on financing facilities offered by Bahrain’s labour fund (Tamkeen).
As an established regional hub, Bahrain offers the fastest access to Saudi Arabia, with 75% of the Gulf’s largest market within a few hours drive and the rest of the GCC within an hour’s flight or less. Proximity to key locations, like Saudi Arabia, creates links necessary to thrive in the manufacturing industry.
Production companies small and large can run and expand their business operations without the challenges common to the manufacturing business sector in other countries.
Bahrain is the only country in the region that offers 100% foreign ownership in industrial manufacturing and distribution, without free-zone restrictions.
Industrial manufacturing, raw materials imports, plant machinery equipment, and spare parts are exempt from customs duty.
Bahrain offers duty-free access to the key economies of the GCC, USA, Singapore, all 14 Arab countries, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, and Liechtenstein.
Run your manufacturing business using a local talent pool trained to excel in industry jobs of all kinds. The Bahraini workforce is the most educated in the GCC with a 95% literacy rate.
Availability of skilled, well-educated, and bilingual local workforce in Bahrain at all levels.
Access to government financial and training support for local employment.
Authorized use of 100% non-Bahraini workforce if necessary, unlike elsewhere in the region.
Manufacturing business opportunities can be pursued with great success in Bahrain as equipment, materials, goods and products move faster than anywhere else in the GCC.
Connected
The shortest transit time between seaport, airport and industrial zones in the Gulf.
Efficient
Khalifa Bin Salman Port is the most efficient port in the region, with a sub-3 hour turnaround.
Fast
Khalifa Bin Salman Port offers the fastest customs clearance of any country in the GCC.
Prime
High-standard industrial zones designed to meet the needs of tomorrow's businesses.
Is Bahrain the right home for your manufacturing business? There are a wide range of opportunities on offer within our key industry sectors, including:
Bahrain offers companies a number of world-class industrial zones, such as the Bahrain International Investment Park (BIIP). The BIIP is a world-class, cost-effective industrial park for value-added manufacturing and international services projects offering:
These companies are among the participants within Bahrain’s manufacturing sector:
Whether you are a small manufacturer just starting out or an international manufacturing business looking to establish a regional hub, Bahrain offers the infrastructure, resources, and expertise to support your operations. Enhance your understanding of the future of industrial manufacturing in Bahrain with these manufacturing sector resources.
Learn why Bahrain is the most cost-effective option for manufacturing businesses.
Explore the exceptional opportunities Bahrain offers to international and global manufacturing businesses with this overview and factsheet of the manufacturing sector.
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