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