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Lebanon Trade Summary

1998

Lebanon exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LEBANON 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for Lebanon 1998

Exports and imports of Lebanon in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 661 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 7,054 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,616 products were exported to 149 countries and 4,300 products were imported from 186 countries.

Lebanon top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which Lebanon exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lebanon exports to Saudi Arabia worth US$ 87 million, with a partner share of 13.09 percent.
  2. Lebanon exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 60 million, with a partner share of 9.11 percent.
  3. Lebanon exports to France worth US$ 46 million, with a partner share of 7.03 percent.
  4. Lebanon exports to Syrian Arab Republic worth US$ 46 million, with a partner share of 7.01 percent.
  5. Lebanon exports to United States worth US$ 45 million, with a partner share of 6.84 percent.

Top five countries from which Lebanon imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lebanon imports from Italy worth US$ 813 million, with a partner share of 11.52 percent.
  2. Lebanon imports from France worth US$ 688 million, with a partner share of 9.75 percent.
  3. Lebanon imports from United States worth US$ 657 million, with a partner share of 9.32 percent.
  4. Lebanon imports from Germany worth US$ 613 million, with a partner share of 8.70 percent.
  5. Lebanon imports from Switzerland worth US$ 445 million, with a partner share of 6.32 percent.

Lebanon Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Lebanon along with trade value are:

  1. Lebanon exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 46,691.09 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon exported Superphosphates , worth 35,259.79 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon exported Bars, rods and other profiles, aluminium alloye , worth 29,943.86 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon exported Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped , worth 21,030.77 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 18,257.32 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Lebanon along with trade value are

  1. Lebanon imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 409,889.73 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 402,330.53 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 319,197.82 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon imported Cigarettes containing tobacco , worth 240,460.29 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 193,730.56 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1998

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1998 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1998

Tariffs imposed by Lebanon in 1998 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 1998

Key Development Indicators of Lebanon in 1998 are below

  • Lebanon GDP in current US dollar was 17,247 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,750.00 .
  • Lebanon Trade balance: as % of GDP was -27.19.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -4,690.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 54.72 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was not available .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for Lebanon in 1998 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.61.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.47 and Lebanon Country Growth was 2.29 .