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Lebanon Trade Summary

2015

Lebanon exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LEBANON 2015

Overall Exports and Imports for Lebanon 2015

Exports and imports of Lebanon in 2015 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,953 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 18,600 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,850 products were exported to 173 countries and 4,022 products were imported from 199 countries.

Lebanon top 5 Export and Import partners 2015

Top five countries to which Lebanon exported in 2015 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lebanon exports to Saudi Arabia worth US$ 357 million, with a partner share of 12.08 percent.
  2. Lebanon exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 313 million, with a partner share of 10.59 percent.
  3. Lebanon exports to Iraq worth US$ 225 million, with a partner share of 7.61 percent.
  4. Lebanon exports to Syrian Arab Republic worth US$ 210 million, with a partner share of 7.10 percent.
  5. Lebanon exports to South Africa worth US$ 195 million, with a partner share of 6.59 percent.

Top five countries from which Lebanon imported goods in 2015 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lebanon imports from China worth US$ 2,075 million, with a partner share of 11.16 percent.
  2. Lebanon imports from United States worth US$ 1,290 million, with a partner share of 6.93 percent.
  3. Lebanon imports from Italy worth US$ 1,283 million, with a partner share of 6.90 percent.
  4. Lebanon imports from Germany worth US$ 1,223 million, with a partner share of 6.57 percent.
  5. Lebanon imports from France worth US$ 1,091 million, with a partner share of 5.86 percent.

Lebanon Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2015

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 236,935.32 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon exported Waste and scrap, copper or copper alloy , worth 99,179.45 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 97,925.31 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon exported Superphosphates , worth 80,013.70 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon exported Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar , worth 69,626.97 (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 3,642,460.90 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 811,628.61 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 679,977.90 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 496,380.70 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 436,745.14 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2015

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2015 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2015

Tariffs imposed by Lebanon in 2015 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 251.05 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 5.86 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.39 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 6,520,573.76 and duty free tariff line items share was 30.02 percent.

Development Indicators 2015

Key Development Indicators of Lebanon in 2015 are below

  • Lebanon GDP in current US dollar was 49,929 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 7,440.00 .
  • Lebanon Trade balance: as % of GDP was -25.56.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -12,762.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 71.84 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 59.28 .

Trade Indicators 2015

Trade Indicators for Lebanon in 2015 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 4.76.
  • World Growth in percentage was -6.31 and Lebanon Country Growth was -2.63 .