According to the Lebanese Ministry of Industry, the value of total industrial exports in the first 2 months of 2019 contracted by 1.43% year-on-year (y-o-y), to settle at $384.8M by February 2019. As for ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit for the first month of 2019 stood at $1.17B, narrowing from the $1.42B registered in the same month last year. Total imports declined by 17.63% year-on-year (y-o-y) to $1.40B and ... read more
The Lebanese economy continues to suffer from the high trade deficit that is the main cause behind the current account deficit. In fact, Lebanon’s trade deficit registered an increase of 1.73% year-on-year ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit in the first 10 months of the year 2018 stood at $14.41B, up by 3.98% from last year’s deficit. In details, the total value of imports gained an annual 4.02% to stand at $16.87B. ... read more
According to the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS), Lebanon’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth witnessed a slowdown in 2017. Lebanon’s real GDP growth decelerated to 0.6% in 2017 to ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit widened by 3.93% year-on-year (y-o-y) to reach $12.96B by September 2018. In fact, total imports increased by a yearly 4.86% to $15.16B by September 2018 and exports recorded a ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit widened by 4.83% year-on-year (y-o-y) to reach $11.73B by August 2018. In fact, total imports increased by a yearly 4.76% to $13.72B by August 2018 while exports recorded a yearly ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit widened by 3.93% year-on-year (y-o-y) to $10.14B by July 2018 as a result of a 4.29% y-o-y increase in imports to $11.90B, which was outweighed by the 6.40% annual rise in exports ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit for the first three months of 2018 (“Q1” hereafter) stood at $3.9B, narrowing from $4.2B in Q1 2017, on the back of total imports that retreated by an annual 2.9% to $4.8B, while ... read more
2017 was a politically charged year for Turkey. On one hand, the tumult on the Turkish political scene started back in July 2016 after a failed coup attempt to topple the government of President Erdogan; ... read more
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