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Lebanon Trade Summary

2020

Lebanon exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LEBANON 2020

Overall Exports and Imports for Lebanon 2020

Exports and imports of Lebanon in 2020 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 3,807 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 11,355 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,686 products were exported to 167 countries and 3,721 products were imported from 180 countries.

Lebanon top 5 Export and Import partners 2020

Top five countries to which Lebanon exported in 2020 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Lebanon exports to Switzerland worth US$ 1,059 million, with a partner share of 27.80 percent.
  2. Lebanon exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 553 million, with a partner share of 14.52 percent.
  3. Lebanon exports to Saudi Arabia worth US$ 219 million, with a partner share of 5.75 percent.
  4. Lebanon exports to United States worth US$ 161 million, with a partner share of 4.24 percent.
  5. Lebanon exports to Qatar worth US$ 151 million, with a partner share of 3.95 percent.

Top five countries from which Lebanon imported goods in 2020 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Lebanon imports from United States worth US$ 934 million, with a partner share of 8.23 percent.
  2. Lebanon imports from Greece worth US$ 863 million, with a partner share of 7.60 percent.
  3. Lebanon imports from Turkey worth US$ 835 million, with a partner share of 7.36 percent.
  4. Lebanon imports from China worth US$ 748 million, with a partner share of 6.59 percent.
  5. Lebanon imports from Italy worth US$ 653 million, with a partner share of 5.75 percent.

Lebanon Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2020

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 1,090,632.74 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 200,622.52 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 124,834.35 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 85,981.40 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon exported Waste and scrap, cast iron , worth 84,040.39 (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 3,092,587.15 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Lebanon imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 598,745.13 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Lebanon imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 586,868.61 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Lebanon imported Human and animal blood; microbial cultures; tox , worth 401,318.97 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Lebanon imported Live bovine animals, other than pure-bred breed , worth 282,732.13 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2020

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2020 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2020

Tariffs imposed by Lebanon in 2020 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 283.93 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 5.08 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.83 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,884,653.11 and duty free tariff line items share was 58.85 percent.

Development Indicators 2020

Key Development Indicators of Lebanon in 2020 are below

  • Lebanon GDP in current US dollar was 31,712 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,400.00 .
  • Lebanon Trade balance: as % of GDP was -17.38.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -5,513.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 50.13 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 30.77 .

Trade Indicators 2020

Trade Indicators for Lebanon in 2020 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.11.
  • Index of export market penetration was 4.55.
  • World Growth in percentage was -3.77 and Lebanon Country Growth was -6.61 .