International Merchandise Trade
Latest Highlights May 2026
Year-on-Year Change
Total trade for May 2026 was BND2,690.8 million, comprising exports of BND1,574.0 million and imports of BND1,116.8 million. This reflected a year-on-year increase of 49.0 per cent from BND1,805.7 million in May 2025.
The trade balance also increased by 79.6 per cent to BND457.2 million (May 2026) from BND254.5 million in May 2025.
Month-on-Month Change
On a month-on-month basis, total trade declined by 10.1 per cent, decreasing from BND2,993.8 million in April 2026 to BND,2690.8 million in May 2026.
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Monthly Summary Data
| Month | Year | BND Million | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports (X) | Imports (M) | Total Trade (X+M) | Trade Balance (X-M) | ||
| January | 2026 | 1,146.0 | 678.1 | 1,824.1 | 467.9 |
| February | 2026 | 975.6 | 467.7 | 1,443.3 | 507.9 |
| March | 2026 | 1,659.8 | 1,062.8 | 2,722.6 | 597.0 |
| April | 2026 | 2,056.2 | 937.6 | 2,993.8 | 1,118.6 |
| May | 2026 | 1,574.0 | 1,116.8 | 2,690.8 | 457.2 |
| January | 2025 | 1,229.5 | 712.6 | 1942.1 | 516.9 |
| February | 2025 | 1,130.0 | 664.2 | 1,794.2 | 465.8 |
| March | 2025 | 1,255.0 | 760.0 | 2,015.0 | 495.0 |
| April | 2025 | 1,167.1 | 771.2 | 1,938.3 | 395.6 |
| May | 2025 | 1,027.9 | 775.6 | 1,803.5 | 252.3 |
| June | 2025 | 967.3 | 581.4 | 1,548.0 | 385.9 |
| July | 2025 | 1,235.9 | 625.0 | 1,860.9 | 610.9 |
| August | 2025 | 1,111.7 | 591.7 | 1,708.8 | 514.6 |
| September | 2025 | 1,025.0 | 670.7 | 1,695.7 | 354.3 |
| October | 2025 | 1,147.5 | 600.2 | 1,747.7 | 547.3 |
| November | 2025 | 1.038.7 | 648.7 | 1,687.4 | 390.0 |
| December | 2025 | 1,142.0 | 1,005.1 | 2,147.1 | 136.9 |
| January | 2024 | 1,315.6 | 855.4 | 2,171.0 | 460.2 |
| February | 2024 | 1,547.3 | 858.2 | 2,405.5 | 689.1 |
| March | 2024 | 1,402.4 | 855.8 | 2,258.2 | 546.6 |
| April | 2024 | 1,413.3 | 991.0 | 2,404.3 | 422.3 |
| May | 2024 | 1,382.1 | 1,011.5 | 2,393.6 | 370.6 |
| June | 2024 | 1,007.5 | 660.3 | 1,667.8 | 347.2 |
| July | 2024 | 1,174.9 | 794.2 | 1,969.1 | 380.7 |
| August | 2024 | 1,260.4 | 765.4 | 2,025.8 | 495.0 |
| September | 2024 | 1,165.5 | 823.7 | 1,989.2 | 341.8 |
| October | 2024 | 1,063.2 | 618.9 | 1,682.1 | 444.3 |
| November | 2024 | 1,153.3 | 724.1 | 1,877.4 | 429.2 |
| December | 2024 | 1,155.4 | 786.6 | 1,942.0 | 368.8 |
| January | 2023 | 1,586.6 | 882.4 | 2,469.0 | 704.2 |
| February | 2023 | 1,265.8 | 891.6 | 2,157.4 | 374.2 |
| March | 2023 | 1,004.2 | 478.0 | 1,482.2 | 526.2 |
| April | 2023 | 761.7 | 639.8 | 1,401.5 | 121.9 |
| May | 2023 | 1,078.5 | 667.3 | 1,745.8 | 411.2 |
| June | 2023 | 899.0 | 916.6 | 1,815.6 | -17.6 |
| July | 2023 | 1,177.1 | 733.3 | 1,910.4 | 443.8 |
| August | 2023 | 1,366.1 | 1,033.9 | 2,400.0 | 332.2 |
| September | 2023 | 1,467.2 | 836.7 | 2,303.9 | 630.5 |
| October | 2023 | 1,584.7 | 1,422.5 | 3,007.2 | 162.2 |
| November | 2023 | 1,349.6 | 942.7 | 2,292.3 | 406.9 |
| December | 2023 | 1,523.2 | 607.5 | 2,130.7 | 915.7 |
| Jan | 2022 | 1,487.7 | 1,120.1 | 2,607.8 | 367.6 |
| February | 2022 | 1,447.0 | 804.1 | 2,251.1 | 642.9 |
| March | 2022 | 1,688.1 | 813.7 | 2,501.8 | 874.4 |
| April | 2022 | 1,726.0 | 1,316.6 | 3,042.6 | 409.4 |
| May | 2022 | 1,749.4 | 1,096.9 | 2,846.3 | 652.5 |
| June | 2022 | 1,775.1 | 1,469.0 | 3,244.1 | 306.1 |
| July | 2022 | 1,888.4 | 1,116.4 | 3,004.8 | 772.0 |
| August | 2022 | 1,687.0 | 1,084.3 | 2,771.3 | 602.7 |
| Sepetember | 2022 | 1,612.2 | 960.6 | 2,572.8 | 651.6 |
| October | 2022 | 1,302.9 | 1,174.6 | 2,477.5 | 128.3 |
| November | 2022 | 1,689.6 | 1,167.2 | 2,856.8 | 522.4 |
| December | 2022 | 1,564.0 | 904.6 | 2468.6 | 959.4 |
| January | 2021 | 649.9 | 702.7 | 1,352.6 | -52.8 |
| February | 2021 | 949.3 | 846.8 | 1,796.1 | 102.5 |
| Mac | 2021 | 1,162.3 | 523.3 | 1,685.6 | 639.0 |
| April | 2021 | 1,138.6 | 1,054.5 | 2,193.1 | 84.1 |
| May | 2021 | 1,127.7 | 723.2 | 1,850.9 | 404.5 |
| Jun | 2021 | 1,320.7 | 1,834.2 | 3,154.9 | -513.5 |
| July | 2021 | 1,433.6 | 1,072.5 | 2,506.1 | 361.1 |
| August | 2021 | 1,463.5 | 763.5 | 2,227.4 | 699.6 |
| September | 2021 | 1,356.8 | 989.3 | 2,346.1 | 367.5 |
| October | 2021 | 1,397.5 | 870.9 | 2,268.4 | 526.6 |
| November | 2021 | 1,331.4 | 1,020.3 | 2,351.7 | 311.1 |
| December | 2021 | 1,523.5 | 1,117.1 | 2,640.6 | 406.4 |
| January | 2020 | 1,196.8 | 608.8 | 1,805.6 | 588.0 |
| February | 2020 | 1,121.2 | 389.5 | 1,510.7 | 731.7 |
| March | 2020 | 1,063.1 | 353.3 | 1,416.4 | 709.8 |
| April | 2020 | 727.3 | 416.4 | 1,143.7 | 310.9 |
| May | 2020 | 865.2 | 437.6 | 1,302.8 | 427.6 |
| June | 2020 | 537.4 | 595.2 | 1,132.6 | -57.8 |
| July | 2020 | 508.5 | 822.2 | 1,330.7 | -313.7 |
| August | 2020 | 620.8 | 763.8 | 1,384.6 | -143.0 |
| September | 2020 | 597.4 | 585.7 | 1,183.1 | 11.7 |
| October | 2020 | 537.9 | 932.1 | 1,470.0 | -394.2 |
| November | 2020 | 545.7 | 717.7 | 1,263.4 | -172.0 |
| December | 2020 | 800.6 | 716.2 | 1,516.8 | 84.4 |
| January | 2019 | 952.6 | 484.1 | 1,436.7 | 468.5 |
| February | 2019 | 701.9 | 337.0 | 1,038.9 | 364.9 |
| March | 2019 | 880.2 | 410.0 | 1,290.2 | 470.2 |
| April | 2019 | 748.5 | 421.5 | 1,170.0 | 327.0 |
| May | 2019 | 718.1 | 572.6 | 1,290.7 | 145.5 |
| June | 2019 | 634.4 | 595.4 | 1,270.6 | 39.0 |
| July | 2019 | 670.8 | 419.0 | 1,089.8 | 251.8 |
| August | 2019 | 686.7 | 405.3 | 1,092.0 | 281.4 |
| September | 2019 | 618.8 | 433.0 | 1,051.8 | 185.8 |
| October | 2019 | 769.6 | 725.4 | 1,495.0 | 44.2 |
| November | 2019 | 1,113.9 | 973.2 | 2,087.1 | 140.7 |
| December | 2019 | 1,390.8 | 1,180.5 | 2,571.3 | 210.3 |
| January | 2018 | 749.8 | 328.2 | 1,078.0 | 421.6 |
| February | 2018 | 649.4 | 323.2 | 972.6 | 326.2 |
| March | 2018 | 754.5 | 390.4 | 1,144.9 | 364.1 |
| April | 2018 | 603.7 | 413.2 | 1,016.9 | 190.5 |
| May | 2018 | 722.2 | 481.6 | 1,203.8 | 240.6 |
| June | 2018 | 697.4 | 542.3 | 1,239.7 | 155.1 |
| July | 2018 | 841.0 | 474.3 | 1,315.3 | 366.7 |
| August | 2018 | 762.2 | 479.1 | 1,241.3 | 283.1 |
| September | 2018 | 644.1 | 543.0 | 1,187.1 | 101.1 |
| October | 2018 | 855.4 | 551.4 | 1,406.8 | 304.0 |
| November | 2018 | 771.1 | 536.6 | 1,307.7 | 234.5 |
| December | 2018 | 820.9 | 559.1 | 1,380.0 | 261.8 |
| January | 2017 | 694.9 | 325.8 | 1,020.7 | 369.1 |
| February | 2017 | 649.9 | 273.0 | 922.9 | 376.9 |
| March | 2017 | 628.9 | 397.9 | 1,026.8 | 231.0 |
| April | 2017 | 568.8 | 319.3 | 888.1 | 249.5 |
| May | 2017 | 726.8 | 343.7 | 1,070.5 | 383.1 |
| June | 2017 | 554.4 | 391.1 | 945.5 | 163.3 |
| July | 2017 | 593.8 | 286.6 | 880.4 | 307.2 |
| August | 2017 | 536.2 | 431.5 | 967.7 | 104.7 |
| September | 2017 | 634.1 | 429.7 | 1,063.8 | 204.4 |
| October | 2017 | 582.0 | 351.6 | 933.6 | 230.4 |
| November | 2017 | 791.5 | 316.1 | 1,107.6 | 475.4 |
| December | 2017 | 750.2 | 390.5 | 1,140.7 | 359.7 |
| January | 2016 | 718.3 | 384.1 | 1,102.4 | 334.2 |
| February | 2016 | 545.1 | 240.7 | 785.8 | 304.4 |
| March | 2016 | 652.1 | 354.3 | 1,006.4 | 297.8 |
| April | 2016 | 478.7 | 316.4 | 795.1 | 162.3 |
| May | 2016 | 549.5 | 314.2 | 863.7 | 235.3 |
| June | 2016 | 495.1 | 337.3 | 832.4 | 157.8 |
| July | 2016 | 690.9 | 260.1 | 951.0 | 430.8 |
| August | 2016 | 453.4 | 318.0 | 771.4 | 135.4 |
| September | 2016 | 584.9 | 265.3 | 850.2 | 319.6 |
| October | 2016 | 511.1 | 299.3 | 810.4 | 211.8 |
| November | 2016 | 565.0 | 289.6 | 854.6 | 275.4 |
| December | 2016 | 545.9 | 309.6 | 855.5 | 236.3 |
| January | 2015 | 955.2 | 295.2 | 1,250.4 | 660.0 |
| February | 2015 | 795.3 | 263.7 | 1,059.0 | 531.6 |
| March | 2015 | 812.2 | 340.4 | 1,152.6 | 471.8 |
| April | 2015 | 841.9 | 349.9 | 1,191.8 | 492.0 |
| May | 2015 | 698.5 | 407.0 | 1,105.5 | 291.5 |
| June | 2015 | 740.8 | 426.7 | 1,167.5 | 314.1 |
| July | 2015 | 647.4 | 613.3 | 1,260.7 | 34.1 |
| August | 2015 | 585.8 | 299.1 | 884.9 | 286.7 |
| September | 2015 | 698.2 | 444.6 | 1,142.8 | 253.6 |
| October | 2015 | 618.6 | 342.2 | 960.8 | 276.4 |
| November | 2015 | 649.0 | 341.0 | 990.0 | 308.0 |
| December | 2015 | 672.0 | 324.3 | 996.3 | 347.7 |
| January | 2014 | 1,335.8 | 219.0 | 1,554.8 | 1,116.8 |
| February | 2014 | 1,108.2 | 234.2 | 1,342.4 | 874.0 |
| March | 2014 | 1,213.5 | 205.7 | 1,419.2 | 1,007.8 |
| April | 2014 | 1,424.8 | 258.6 | 1,683.4 | 1,166.2 |
| May | 2014 | 1,026.6 | 429.4 | 1,456.0 | 597.2 |
| June | 2014 | 1,117.7 | 485.6 | 1,603.3 | 632.1 |
| July | 2014 | 1,240.7 | 477.2 | 1,717.9 | 763.5 |
| August | 2014 | 932.1 | 451.0 | 1,383.1 | 481.1 |
| September | 2014 | 1,185.9 | 475.4 | 1,661.3 | 710.5 |
| October | 2014 | 911.3 | 349.5 | 1,260.8 | 561.8 |
| November | 2014 | 984.0 | 619.2 | 1,603.2 | 364.8 |
| December | 2014 | 957.5 | 351.5 | 1,309.0 | 606.0 |