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Lebanon Trade Summary

2016

Lebanon exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LEBANON 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for Lebanon 2016

Exports and imports of Lebanon in 2016 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,977 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 18,703 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,748 products were exported to 168 countries and 4,050 products were imported from 197 countries.

Lebanon top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

Top five countries to which Lebanon exported in 2016 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lebanon exports to South Africa worth US$ 628 million, with a partner share of 21.11 percent.
  2. Lebanon exports to Saudi Arabia worth US$ 267 million, with a partner share of 8.96 percent.
  3. Lebanon exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 239 million, with a partner share of 8.02 percent.
  4. Lebanon exports to Syrian Arab Republic worth US$ 199 million, with a partner share of 6.68 percent.
  5. Lebanon exports to Iraq worth US$ 162 million, with a partner share of 5.43 percent.

Top five countries from which Lebanon imported goods in 2016 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lebanon imports from China worth US$ 2,094 million, with a partner share of 11.20 percent.
  2. Lebanon imports from Italy worth US$ 1,409 million, with a partner share of 7.53 percent.
  3. Lebanon imports from United States worth US$ 1,184 million, with a partner share of 6.33 percent.
  4. Lebanon imports from Germany worth US$ 1,161 million, with a partner share of 6.21 percent.
  5. Lebanon imports from Greece worth US$ 1,074 million, with a partner share of 5.74 percent.

Lebanon Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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 702,008.66 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon exported Waste and scrap, copper or copper alloy , worth 67,097.16 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon exported Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar , worth 60,916.57 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon exported Cane or beet sugar, in solid form, nes , worth 59,184.05 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 51,960.82 (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 3,502,148.95 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 995,223.05 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 852,650.45 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 662,400.37 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 490,674.00 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2016

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2016 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2016

Tariffs imposed by Lebanon in 2016 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 258.10 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 5.30 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.99 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 6,619,816.48 and duty free tariff line items share was 30.01 percent.

Development Indicators 2016

Key Development Indicators of Lebanon in 2016 are below

  • Lebanon GDP in current US dollar was 51,147 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 7,750.00 .
  • Lebanon Trade balance: as % of GDP was -24.27.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -12,414.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 67.72 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 55.67 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for Lebanon in 2016 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 4.84.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.35 and Lebanon Country Growth was -7.94 .