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Lebanon — Trade & Compliance

Lebanon's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.

Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.

6
cargo treaties
6.11%
MFN applied tariff

Memberships & standing

Income groupLower middle income
DatabookThe Record of Consolidated Knowledge
Lebanon beyond logistics?
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Trade Flow

Top export markets
  1. 1USA12.9%
  2. 2Egypt11.7%
  3. 3Switzerland7.1%
  4. 4Kuwait6.3%
  5. 5France5.0%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Top import sources
  1. 1China15.6%
  2. 2Greece9.8%
  3. 3Türkiye8.2%
  4. 4Switzerland7.4%
  5. 5Italy6.5%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading export goods (HS2)
  1. 1Pearls, precious stones & metals14.0%
  2. 2Electrical machinery7.8%
  3. 3Iron & steel7.4%
  4. 4Copper5.7%
  5. 5Vegetable/fruit preparations5.4%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading import goods (HS2)
  1. 1Mineral fuels & oils19.6%
  2. 2Pearls, precious stones & metals7.1%
  3. 3Vehicles6.7%
  4. 4Machinery & mechanical appliances5.4%
  5. 5Electrical machinery4.8%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export markets
  1. 1USA+6.54pp
  2. 2Egypt+4.63pp
  3. 3France+2.65pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export markets
  1. 1United Arab Emirates−31.01pp
  2. 2Jordan−3.40pp
  3. 3Oman−1.13pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export goods
  1. 1Electrical machinery+3.81pp
  2. 2Animal/vegetable fats & oils+2.80pp
  3. 3Fertilizers+2.44pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export goods
  1. 1Pearls, precious stones & metals−22.46pp
  2. 2Fruits & nuts−1.23pp
  3. 3Vegetables−0.38pp
CEPII BACI · 2024

Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is inCEPII BACI · 2024

International Cargo Treaties

  • Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
    Party · 1966176 ratifications
  • United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Vienna, 11 April 1980
    Party · 200899 ratifications
  • Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring. New York, 4 June 1954
    Party · 197187 ratifications
  • Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material. New York, 4 June 1954
    Party · 197180 ratifications
  • Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention). Geneva, 14 November 1975
    Party · 199779 ratifications
  • Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. Geneva, 2 December 1972
    Party · 201342 ratifications
UN Treaty Collection · 6 ratified

Fiscal & Tariffs

Currency
LBP
Lebanese Pound
ISO numeric 4222 minor units
ISO 4217
MFN applied tariff
6.11%
simple average (2020)
World Bank WDI

Sanctions & restrictive measures

On the UN list
1
UN Security Council Consolidated List
On the EU list
7
EU Consolidated Sanctions List
Listed entities includeASBAT AL-ANSARIzz Hasan AL-DINHassan HASSAN EL HAJJ

8 entities on UN/EU restrictive-measures listsfull lists: UN Security Council Consolidated List · 2026-04 · EU Consolidated Sanctions List

Key commodities

Top agricultural output
Potatoes
610.7K t
FAOSTAT · 2024
Top mineral output
lead, refined
27K tonnes (metric)
BGS · 2023
Energy production
Primary energy production
U.S. EIA

Top item per category of 107 commodities trackedfull lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA

All Sources

TradeCountry Trade Facts (CEPII BACI)
etalab-2.0
Sanctions & complianceUN Treaty Collection — Multilateral Treaties Deposited (MTDSG)
open
fiscalWorld Bank – World Development Indicators (WDI)
cc-by-4.0
fiscalISO 4217 Currency Codes
open
commoditythe British Geological Surveythe British Geological Survey
OGL
Referencelogibook trade-bloc referencelogibook trade-bloc reference
Compiled (public facts)
commoditythe U.S. Energy Information Administrationthe U.S. Energy Information Administration
Public domain (US gov)
commodityFAOSTATFAOSTAT
CC BY 4.0 IGO
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
Public (official lists)
Sanctions & compliancethe UN Security Council Consolidated Listthe UN Security Council Consolidated List
UN — open
Sanctions & compliancethe EU Consolidated Sanctions Listthe EU Consolidated Sanctions List
© EU — free reuse
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