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KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

National Bureau for Revenue

List of Zero-rated Basic Food Items

Specifying food items subject to value added tax at a rate of zero per cent

Tax Authority: Decision No. 65 of 2021 - 8 April 2021

Based on the Value Added Tax Law issued by Royal Decree No. 121/2020, and Decision No. 2/2021 specifying food items subject to value added tax at a rate of zero per cent, and in accordance with the public interest.

It is decided

Article 1

The food items specified in the annex attached to this decision shall be subject to value added tax at a rate of zero per cent.

Article 2

Decision No. 2/2021 referred to above is hereby repealed, as are all provisions that contravene or conflict with this decision.

Article 3

This decision shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall come into effect on 16 April 2021.

Issued on: 25/8/1442 AH

Corresponding to: 8/4/2021 AD

Saud bin Nasser Al-Shukaili

Head of the Tax Authority

Published in the Official Gazette No. (1387) issued on 11/4/2021.

Appendix of foodstuffs subject to value added tax at a rate of zero per cent