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Lebanon Trade Summary

2019

Lebanon exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LEBANON 2019

Overall Exports and Imports for Lebanon 2019

Exports and imports of Lebanon in 2019 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 3,731 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 19,239 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,752 products were exported to 168 countries and 3,942 products were imported from 203 countries.

Lebanon top 5 Export and Import partners 2019

Top five countries to which Lebanon exported in 2019 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lebanon exports to Switzerland worth US$ 1,062 million, with a partner share of 28.46 percent.
  2. Lebanon exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 439 million, with a partner share of 11.75 percent.
  3. Lebanon exports to Saudi Arabia worth US$ 246 million, with a partner share of 6.59 percent.
  4. Lebanon exports to Syrian Arab Republic worth US$ 190 million, with a partner share of 5.09 percent.
  5. Lebanon exports to Iraq worth US$ 146 million, with a partner share of 3.92 percent.

Top five countries from which Lebanon imported goods in 2019 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lebanon imports from United States worth US$ 1,705 million, with a partner share of 8.86 percent.
  2. Lebanon imports from China worth US$ 1,627 million, with a partner share of 8.45 percent.
  3. Lebanon imports from Greece worth US$ 1,401 million, with a partner share of 7.28 percent.
  4. Lebanon imports from Russian Federation worth US$ 1,344 million, with a partner share of 6.99 percent.
  5. Lebanon imports from Italy worth US$ 1,326 million, with a partner share of 6.89 percent.

Lebanon Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2019

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 1,134,972.93 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 167,505.58 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 67,482.24 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon exported Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar , worth 67,370.77 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 65,501.29 (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 6,338,767.81 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 674,356.65 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 483,917.99 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 381,468.48 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon imported Human and animal blood; microbial cultures; tox , worth 367,974.15 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2019

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2019 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2019

Tariffs imposed by Lebanon in 2019 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 261.08 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 4.97 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.33 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 8,601,555.71 and duty free tariff line items share was 58.25 percent.

Development Indicators 2019

Key Development Indicators of Lebanon in 2019 are below

  • Lebanon GDP in current US dollar was 51,606 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 8,650.00 .
  • Lebanon Trade balance: as % of GDP was -21.59.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -11,139.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 62.98 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 51.99 .

Trade Indicators 2019

Trade Indicators for Lebanon in 2019 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.10.
  • Index of export market penetration was 4.70.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.34 and Lebanon Country Growth was 13.63 .