Bahrain screening applications to import electric vehicles

TDT | Manama

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The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism has announced the screening of applications for the import of electric vehicles through the customs ports of the Kingdom of Bahrain for commercial purposes.

Shaikh Hamad bin Salman Al Khalifa, Assistant Undersecretary for Domestic and Foreign Trade, said that the Ministry is about to issue a ministerial decision to regulate the import, sale and circulation of electric cars and their chargers in the local markets of the Kingdom in the first half of 2021, in light of the industrial boom in the field of car and vehicle manufacturing powered by electricity.

The Assistant Undersecretary also explained that the Inspection and Metrology Department strives to preserve energy and environmental health through the use of clean energy.