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Lebanon Trade Summary

2008

Lebanon exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LEBANON 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Lebanon 2008

Exports and imports of Lebanon in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 3,478 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 16,136 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,969 products were exported to 174 countries and 4,079 products were imported from 200 countries.

Lebanon top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Lebanon exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lebanon exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 346 million, with a partner share of 9.95 percent.
  2. Lebanon exports to Switzerland worth US$ 329 million, with a partner share of 9.46 percent.
  3. Lebanon exports to Iraq worth US$ 269 million, with a partner share of 7.73 percent.
  4. Lebanon exports to Syrian Arab Republic worth US$ 224 million, with a partner share of 6.43 percent.
  5. Lebanon exports to Saudi Arabia worth US$ 209 million, with a partner share of 6.00 percent.

Top five countries from which Lebanon imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lebanon imports from United States worth US$ 1,849 million, with a partner share of 11.46 percent.
  2. Lebanon imports from China worth US$ 1,391 million, with a partner share of 8.62 percent.
  3. Lebanon imports from France worth US$ 1,337 million, with a partner share of 8.28 percent.
  4. Lebanon imports from Italy worth US$ 1,108 million, with a partner share of 6.86 percent.
  5. Lebanon imports from Germany worth US$ 1,027 million, with a partner share of 6.37 percent.

Lebanon Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. Lebanon exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 318,975.40 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon exported Superphosphates , worth 214,468.78 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon exported Waste and scrap, cast iron , worth 180,352.13 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 112,165.93 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon exported Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids , worth 97,817.30 (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 3,807,344.17 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 847,813.91 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 556,857.87 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 512,080.48 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 399,948.15 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Lebanon in 2008 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 2008

Key Development Indicators of Lebanon in 2008 are below

  • Lebanon GDP in current US dollar was 29,119 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 5,910.00 .
  • Lebanon Trade balance: as % of GDP was -29.53.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -8,600.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 106.63 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 106.78 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Lebanon in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 4.60.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Lebanon Country Growth was -52.24 .