The Chief Statistics Bureau of the State of Bahrain reported that the value of Bahraini car imports increased to 83.6 million ($222 million) Bahraini Dinars in 2001, reported Al-Watan. This figure implies a 26 percent growth compared with 2000 and is the highest increase in Bahraini car imports in the past five years. The last significant increase in the value of car imports was in 1997 with a 34 percent rise. — (menareport.com)
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