Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Lebanon trade statistics

I have received this from the Ministry of Finances. For more trade stats, check out the customs site, very useful.

Trade and customs revenues data for February 2008 have been published by the Ministry of Finance, Customs Directorate

Table 1: Trade activity by value

(US$ millions)

2007

2008

2007

2008

% Change

% Change

February

February

Jan - Feb

Jan - Feb

Feb 07 – Feb 08

Jan-Feb 07 - Jan-Feb 08

Imports

830

1,212

1,718

2,318

45.90%

35.00%

Exports

219

311

408

573

41.80%

40.40%

Trade Balance

-611

-901

-1,310

-1,746

47.40%

33.30%

Table 2: Trade activity by volume

(Thousand tons)

2007

2008

2007

2008

% Change

% Change

February

February

Jan - Feb

Jan - Feb

Feb 07 – Feb 08

Jan-Feb 07 - Jan-Feb 08

Imports

904

1,075

1,931

2,178

18.90%

12.80%

Exports

273

303

582

531

11.00%

-8.70%

Trade Balance

-632

-772

-1,350

-1,648

22.30%

22.10%

Source: Directorate General of Customs, Ministry of Finance

Kindly find a summary of data attached. The document can also be accessed at the Ministry of Finance's website at www.finance.gov.lb with the full data set available at www.customs.gov.lb.

For more information, kindly contact:

Office of the Minister

Ministry of Finance

Tel: 961-1-981057/8

Fax: 961-1-981059

E-mail: infocenter@finance.gov.lb

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