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Lebanon Trade Summary

2012

Lebanon exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LEBANON 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for Lebanon 2012

Exports and imports of Lebanon in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 4,446 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 21,147 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,865 products were exported to 174 countries and 3,969 products were imported from 200 countries.

Lebanon top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which Lebanon exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lebanon exports to South Africa worth US$ 865 million, with a partner share of 19.45 percent.
  2. Lebanon exports to Switzerland worth US$ 548 million, with a partner share of 12.31 percent.
  3. Lebanon exports to Saudi Arabia worth US$ 351 million, with a partner share of 7.89 percent.
  4. Lebanon exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 347 million, with a partner share of 7.81 percent.
  5. Lebanon exports to Syrian Arab Republic worth US$ 294 million, with a partner share of 6.61 percent.

Top five countries from which Lebanon imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lebanon imports from United States worth US$ 2,370 million, with a partner share of 11.21 percent.
  2. Lebanon imports from Italy worth US$ 1,812 million, with a partner share of 8.57 percent.
  3. Lebanon imports from China worth US$ 1,737 million, with a partner share of 8.21 percent.
  4. Lebanon imports from France worth US$ 1,534 million, with a partner share of 7.25 percent.
  5. Lebanon imports from Germany worth US$ 1,187 million, with a partner share of 5.61 percent.

Lebanon Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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 1,396,057.41 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon exported Waste and scrap, copper or copper alloy , worth 157,245.91 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 127,472.04 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon exported Waste and scrap, cast iron , worth 117,997.84 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 105,230.59 (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 5,517,481.91 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 1,186,398.55 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 717,444.42 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 677,355.89 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 333,036.47 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by Lebanon in 2012 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 2012

Key Development Indicators of Lebanon in 2012 are below

  • Lebanon GDP in current US dollar was 44,017 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 8,080.00 .
  • Lebanon Trade balance: as % of GDP was -30.93.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -13,613.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 88.55 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 60.49 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for Lebanon in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 4.51.
  • World Growth in percentage was 0.17 and Lebanon Country Growth was -1.15 .