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Lebanon Trade Summary

2017

Lebanon exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LEBANON 2017

Overall Exports and Imports for Lebanon 2017

Exports and imports of Lebanon in 2017 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,844 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 19,587 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,716 products were exported to 170 countries and 4,037 products were imported from 206 countries.

Lebanon top 5 Export and Import partners 2017

Top five countries to which Lebanon exported in 2017 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lebanon exports to South Africa worth US$ 315 million, with a partner share of 11.08 percent.
  2. Lebanon exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 266 million, with a partner share of 9.34 percent.
  3. Lebanon exports to Syrian Arab Republic worth US$ 246 million, with a partner share of 8.66 percent.
  4. Lebanon exports to Saudi Arabia worth US$ 243 million, with a partner share of 8.55 percent.
  5. Lebanon exports to Iraq worth US$ 172 million, with a partner share of 6.05 percent.

Top five countries from which Lebanon imported goods in 2017 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lebanon imports from China worth US$ 1,880 million, with a partner share of 9.60 percent.
  2. Lebanon imports from Italy worth US$ 1,771 million, with a partner share of 9.04 percent.
  3. Lebanon imports from United States worth US$ 1,443 million, with a partner share of 7.37 percent.
  4. Lebanon imports from Greece worth US$ 1,373 million, with a partner share of 7.01 percent.
  5. Lebanon imports from Germany worth US$ 1,229 million, with a partner share of 6.28 percent.

Lebanon Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2017

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 429,882.69 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon exported Waste and scrap, cast iron , worth 95,735.24 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon exported Waste and scrap, copper or copper alloy , worth 80,665.97 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 67,561.31 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon exported Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar , worth 67,492.80 (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 3,971,089.83 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 895,384.30 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 696,944.39 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 646,505.56 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 494,172.95 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2017

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2017 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2017

Tariffs imposed by Lebanon in 2017 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 271.70 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.46 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.76 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 6,597,318.42 and duty free tariff line items share was 68.56 percent.

Development Indicators 2017

Key Development Indicators of Lebanon in 2017 are below

  • Lebanon GDP in current US dollar was 53,028 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 8,330.00 .
  • Lebanon Trade balance: as % of GDP was -24.60.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -13,046.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 68.46 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 54.77 .

Trade Indicators 2017

Trade Indicators for Lebanon in 2017 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.06.
  • Index of export market penetration was 4.94.
  • World Growth in percentage was 5.17 and Lebanon Country Growth was 6.16 .