The governmental committee headed by Bahraini Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism Zayed Al-Zayani postponed the decision to raise commercial registration fees for 6 months, so that the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) can study the situation of small merchants.

A Bahraini court postponed the lawsuit raised by 4 members of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) asking to cancel the appointment of the chamber’s new CEO, until the June 12, 2017 hearing.

Information reported that the Bahraini government paid about 395 million dinars (more than $1 billion) in 2016 as interests to lending banks.

Five members of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry filed a lawsuit before the Civil Court against the chamber’s president demanding the last meeting’s proceedings to be annulled.

The Executive Director of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Khaled al-Ruwaihi promised that his chamber will convene with business owners whose businesses were affected by the Diraz siege.

Bahraini businessman Nader Allawi, said that the Bahraini police arrested him with another businessman, Kareem Fleij, for charges of illegal assembly outside the headquarters of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the area of Sanabis.

Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) board member, Othman Sharif resigned from the chamber’s board after criticizing its performance in the face of what he called “a series of harsh decisions, and package of successive fees and taxes targeting the commercial market.”

The first minor criminal court convicted the former CEO of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nabeel Al-Mahmood over the charge of insulting member of the board of directors Ahmed Bin Hindi through WhatsApp message on a group that includes members of the board of directors and number of employees.

The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has been informed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretariat General that Saudi Arabia banned the entrance of Iranian goods or pass of these goods (transit) through Saudi Arabia.