Five out of nine custom offices revealed higher volumes of imports in H1, 2015 compared to the same period in 2014 despite the 1.27% y-o-y (year-on-year) decline to 7.53M tons in the overall imports, as ... read more
Lebanon’s economic growth remained positive in 2014 despite the challenging political, security, and external environment. The Lebanese economy went through difficult times in 2014 except for the formation ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit dropped by 18.78% year-on-year (y-o-y) in H1, 2015 to record $7B due to a 16.77% decrease in overall imports outpacing the 6.34% decline in total exports. This was mainly due to ... read more
The Lebanese balance of trade for precious metals (gold, diamonds, articles of jewelry, silver, platinum, pearls and precious stones) has been in the red for the past four years at the exception of 2012. ... read more
According to Lebanese customs, Lebanon’s trade deficit shrunk by a yearly 21% to reach $5.83B by May 2015. The smaller deficit came about as both imports and exports posted yearly declines of 19% and 8% to ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit dropped by 22.29% year-on-year (y-o-y) by April 2015 to record $4.64B due to a 20.22% decrease in overall imports outpacing the 8.71% decline in total exports. This was mainly due ... read more
Despite the 15.3% year-on-year (y-o-y) decline of the overall imports’ tonnage in Q1 2015 to 3.47M tons of goods worth $4.17B, 4 out of 9 custom offices revealed higher volumes of imports compared to Q1 ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit plunged by 30.03% year-on-year (y-o-y) by February 2015 to stand at $2.17B due to a 26.18% decrease in overall imports outpacing the 2.09% decline in total exports. Total imports, ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit shrank by 33.06% year -on-year (y-o-y) in January 2015 to stand at $1.09B due to an increase in overall exports of 2.55% from January 2014 and a decline in imports by 28.42%. Total ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit for 2014 narrowed by 0.64% year-on-year (y-o-y) to stand at $17.19B as imports during the year displayed a 3.48% decrease to offset the 15.95% reduction in exports during the same ... read more
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