Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Lebanese Republic
Lebanese Republic
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2017-2019) Trade (% GDP, 2017-2019)
19 126 6 166 -14.3 3 705 47.3
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
116 92 70 44
Imports
89 65 70 48
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 4 085 11 355 2020 0.02
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 -2 -5
2019 26 -4
2020 -15 -42 2020 0.06
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 12
Fuels and mining products: 4
Agricultural products: 16
Fuels and mining products: 20.9
Manufactures: 31
Other: 53
Manufactures: 46.5
Other: 16.5
By main destination, % (2020)
Switzerland: 27.8 European Union: 10.3 United States of America: 4.2
By main origin, % (2020)
United Arab Emirates: 14.5 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of: 5.8 Other: 37.4
European Union: 37.7 Turkey: 7.4 United Arab Emirates: 5.6
United States of America: 8.2 China: 6.6 Other: 34.5
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2008 HS1806 HS2103 HS2401 HS2005
2018 . 37 36 31 29 29
Plants' parts otherwise preserved Chocolate and other cocoa food Sauces and preparations therefor Unmanufactured tobacco Other vegetables not frozen
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS0102 HS0406 HS1001 HS1905 HS2106
2018
Live bovine animals Cheese and curd Wheat and meslin Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares Other food preparations
383 181 131 120 119
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
5%
Imports 10%
0%
HS2008
HS0102
HS1806
HS0406
HS2103
HS1001
HS2401
HS1905
HS2005
HS2106
5%
10%
15%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2018 651 3 344
Annual percentage change
2010-2018 3 2
2017 1 4
2018 -7 3
Non-Agricultural Products Top exported products (Million US$) HS7108 HS7102 HS7113 HS8703 HS7204
Gold Diamonds, whether or not worked Articles and parts of jewellery Motor cars for transport of persons Ferrous waste and scrap
Value 2020 1 091 248 126 108 87
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2710 HS3004 HS7108 HS3002 HS7102
2020
Petroleum oils, other than crude Medicaments in measured doses Gold Human and animal blood Diamonds, whether or not worked
3 093 711 587 459 272
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Million US$ Exports Imports
206
Value
2018 2 297 16 623
Annual percentage change
2010-2018 -6 1
2017 -6 5
2018 7 2
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Lebanese Republic TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
2019
2020
-11 -8
-13 -6
-63 -57
4 985 5 734 2020 0.10
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2020 0.12
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2019)
By main services item, % (2019)
Transport: 5.4 Other commercial services: 30.6
Travel: 63.3 Goods-related services: 0.7
Transport: 14 Other commercial services: 35.9
By main destination
Travel: 50 Goods-related services: 0.1
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Lebanese Republic
300
World
200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
2019 735 1 863
Exports By sea (2019) By air (2019) By other (2019)
Value 172 128 427
2010-2019 1 0
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2018 -12 -5
Imports By sea (2019) By air (2019) By other (2019)
23.5 17.4 58.1
2019 -36 -5
Value
Share (%)
1 264 365 228
67.9 19.6 12.2
Travel Lebanese Republic
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2019 8 593 6 669
2010-2019 1 4
Annual percentage change 2018 10 12
2019 2 7
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2019)
39.4
16.8 17.9
2019
2010-2019
Other commercial services Exports 4 159 Imports 4 787
Other business services Financial services
25.8
Value
Personal & cultural Other
-6 -4
2019
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Annual percentage change
2010-2019
94 18
-4 -9
2018
2019
0 -2
-32 -21
2018
2019
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2015 Residents
110
Non-residents
194
Trademark applications, 2015 Total
304
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
930
Non-residents
182
Industrial design applications, 2013 Total
1 112
Residents
na
Non-residents
na
Total
108
207