Trade in goods with USA SITC (Standard International Trade Classification)
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Lebanon trade flows with USA by SITC*) product sections during 2024/10 - 2025/2

*) Standard International Trade Classification (classification system is maintained by the United Nations)


Share of USA's2024/10
%		2024/11
%		2024/12
%		2025/1
%		2025/2
%
Export0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Import0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Trade in Goods0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

USA's foreign trade with Lebanon, exports to Lebanon and imports from Lebanon in February 2025


The text of the following analysis is produced by a computer program.

In February Lebanon was USA's 107. most important foreign trade partner. Improvement from the previous month was 8 places. Most of the the value of trade consists of USA's exports to Lebanon. Amounting trade to worth of $58 million was 8.7 per cent bigger than in February of the previous year. During the month, the balance of trade with Lebanon was $31 million of surplus.

The value of imports from Lebanon decreased by 12.1 per cent compared to in February of the previous year, thus amounting to $13 million in February 2025. Major product categories of imports from Lebanon were Sitc897 (jewellery, goldsmiths' and silversmiths' wares, and other articles of precious or semiprecious materials, n.e.s.), representing 29.1 percent of imports, Sitc421 (fixed vegetable fats and oils, *soft*, crude, refined or fractionated) 15.5 % and Sitc874 (measuring, checking, analysing and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s.) 9.1 % of the imports.

The value of exports to Lebanon were 17.0 percent higher than in February of the previous year, thus amounting to $45 million. The largest product groups of exports were: Sitc781 (motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver), including station-wagons and racing cars), which represented a share of 29.1 per cent of total exports, Sitc695 (tools for use in the hand or in machines) 17.5 % and Sitc057 (fruit and nuts (not including oil nuts), fresh or dried) 9.6 % of the exports.

Development during January-February 2025

The trade in goods between January and February of 2025 was of lesser value than in the corresponding period of the previous year. The value of the trade was $106 million, down 14.2 %. During January-February the value of imports was $28 million. The export value was $79 million. Compared to the corresponding period January - February in 2024, the value of imports during this period decreased by 39.2 %. The largest product group in terms of imports has been Sitc897 (jewellery, goldsmiths' and silversmiths' wares, and other articles of precious or semiprecious materials, n.e.s.), worth $5.5 million. In export the largest value had Sitc781 (motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver), including station-wagons and racing cars), worth being $23 million. The value of exports during this period increased by 0.1 %. The trade balance between USA and Lebanonin between January and February was in surplus for USA. The timing surplus was $51 million.


Table: USA's export to Lebanon (LB) during 2024/10 - 2025/2

2024 / 102024 / 112024 / 122025 / 12025 / 2
million $%million $%million $%million $%million $%
0. Food and live animals 2.6 4.9 3.0 8.8 3.3 5.1 6.6 19.6 5.9 13.3
05. Vegetables and fruit 1.4 2.6 1.9 5.7 2.0 3.2 5.2 15.3 4.5 10.0
09. Miscellaneous edible products and preparations 0.7 1.4 0.4 1.3 0.7 1.1 0.9 2.6 0.8 1.8
1. Beverages and tobacco 1.7 3.1 0.8 2.4 2.2 3.5 0.6 1.7 0.8 1.8
12. Tobacco and tobacco manufactures 1.6 3.0 0.6 1.6 2.0 3.2 0.6 1.6 0.6 1.4
2. Crude materials,inedible,except fuels 16.0 30.2 2.1 6.3 25.4 40.0 2.4 6.9 2.3 5.1
22. Oil seeds,oleaginous fruits 14.4 27.1 00 23.1 36.4 00 0.0 0.1
25. Pulp and waste paper 1.0 1.8 1.2 3.6 0.6 0.9 0.6 1.8 0.4 0.8
26. Textile fibres and their wastes 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.6 1.2 1.9 1.0 2.9 1.2 2.7
5. Chemicals and related products,n.e.s. 6.8 12.8 11.7 34.3 12.6 19.8 4.9 14.3 3.1 7.0
54. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products 3.8 7.1 9.5 27.8 10.0 15.8 1.1 3.3 0.8 1.7
55. Perfume,cleaning etc.preparations 0.4 0.8 0.4 1.0 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.8
57. Plastics in primary forms 2.1 3.9 1.4 4.0 1.3 2.0 2.7 8.0 1.4 3.1
6. Basic manufactures 0.6 1.1 0.4 1.3 4.9 7.8 0.6 1.8 8.7 19.5
69. Manufactures of metals,n.e.s. 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.1 4.3 6.8 0.0 0.1 8.1 18.1
7. Machinery,transport equipment 11.6 21.9 6.6 19.3 8.4 13.3 13.7 40.4 17.1 38.3
71. Power generating machinery and equipment 0.7 1.3 1.9 5.4 1.8 2.9 0.8 2.4 0.2 0.5
74. General industrial machinery n.e.s. 0.3 0.6 0.5 1.6 0.3 0.5 0.5 1.3 0.2 0.5
75. Office machines and adp machines 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.7 2.1 0.4 0.9
76. Telecommunications and sound recording equipment 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.8 1.1 2.4
78. Road vehicles 9.5 18.0 3.3 9.7 4.5 7.1 10.4 30.5 13.9 31.1
79. Other transport equipment 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.7 1.6
8. Miscellaneous manufactured articles 10.3 19.4 5.5 16.0 2.2 3.4 2.7 8.0 2.2 5.0
82. Furniture and parts thereof 0.8 1.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1
84. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.7 2.2 0.4 1.0
87. Instruments and apparates n.e.s. 3.2 5.9 0.5 1.3 0.7 1.2 1.2 3.4 0.8 1.7
89. Miscellaneous manufactured articles,n.e.s. 6.2 11.7 4.7 13.9 1.1 1.7 0.6 1.7 0.7 1.7
9. Goods not classified elsewhere 3.4 6.5 3.9 11.4 4.2 6.6 2.4 7.0 4.3 9.5
93. Special transactions and commodities not classified 2.5 4.6 3.3 9.8 3.1 4.9 1.7 5.0 1.0 2.3
97. Gold,non-monetary 00 00 00 00 2.4 5.3
99. (USA Sitc) Estimate of non-canadian low value shipments; compiled low value shipments to canada; and various export shipments not identified by kind 1.0 1.8 0.5 1.6 1.1 1.7 0.7 2.0 0.9 1.9
0-9. All groups combined 53.0 100.0 34.1 100.0 63.5 100.0 33.9 100.0 44.7 100.0

Source: US Census Bureau

Table: Import from Lebanon (LB) to USA during 2024/10 - 2025/2

2024 / 102024 / 112024 / 122025 / 12025 / 2
million $%million $%million $%million $%million $%
0. Food and live animals 2.4 22.8 3.6 18.9 3.3 15.2 4.8 34.2 2.3 17.0
05. Vegetables and fruit 1.5 14.0 1.4 7.5 2.0 9.1 2.5 17.5 0.9 7.1
07. Coffee,tea,cocoa,spices 0.3 2.9 1.2 6.2 0.6 3.0 1.4 9.9 0.7 5.0
09. Miscellaneous edible products and preparations 0.1 1.3 0.6 3.1 0.3 1.4 0.4 2.5 0.2 1.9
1. Beverages and tobacco 0.6 5.4 0.4 2.3 0.4 2.1 0.7 5.1 0.6 4.2
11. Beverages 0.6 5.4 0.4 2.3 0.4 2.1 0.7 5.1 0.6 4.2
4. Animal and vegetable oils and fats 0.9 8.9 0.5 2.6 1.5 7.0 1.9 13.3 2.1 15.5
42. Fixed vegetable fats and oils 0.9 8.9 0.5 2.6 1.5 7.0 1.9 13.3 2.1 15.5
5. Chemicals and related products,n.e.s. 0.4 4.2 0.1 0.5 0.8 3.9 0.7 5.2 0.2 1.7
53. Dyeing,tanning and colouring material 0.2 1.6 00 0.5 2.4 0.3 2.2 0.1 0.4
6. Basic manufactures 0.6 6.0 0.7 3.8 0.8 3.8 0.3 1.8 0.7 5.2
7. Machinery,transport equipment 0.1 0.7 2.8 14.8 1.9 9.0 0.5 3.5 0.4 3.0
71. Power generating machinery and equipment 00 0.0 0.1 0.7 3.2 00 00
74. General industrial machinery n.e.s. 0.0 0.4 2.5 12.9 1.1 5.1 0.3 1.9 0.2 1.4
8. Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3.9 37.4 9.8 51.8 12.1 56.7 4.3 30.7 6.8 51.1
84. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 1.3 12.0 0.8 4.2 0.7 3.5 1.0 6.8 1.1 8.3
87. Instruments and apparates n.e.s. 0.5 5.0 0.6 3.3 1.1 5.0 0.8 5.5 1.2 9.1
89. Miscellaneous manufactured articles,n.e.s. 1.7 16.3 7.9 41.5 9.7 45.3 2.3 16.2 4.3 32.0
9. Goods not classified elsewhere 1.3 12.7 1.0 5.1 0.4 2.1 0.8 5.7 0.3 2.1
93. Special transactions and commodities not classified 0.8 8.0 0.8 4.4 0.2 1.1 0.6 4.6 0.1 0.9
0-9. All groups combined 10.5 100.0 19.0 100.0 21.4 100.0 14.1 100.0 13.4 100.0

Source: US Census Bureau

Year level (Sitc)

Data of last published Quartal (Sitc)

The amount realized in the beginning of 2025 (Sitc)


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