Summary
- China → Lebanon
- $2billion
- Lebanon → China
- $56million
- China’s balance
- $1.9billion
Balance
China’s trade balance with Lebanon
Trade between China and Lebanon grew 14.4-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 2
- Imports 0.1
- Balance +1.9
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $141 million | $487 thousand | $141 million |
| 1996 | $103 million | $62 thousand | $103 million |
| 1997 | $246 million | $484 thousand | $245 million |
| 1998 | $271 million | $654 thousand | $271 million |
| 1999 | $272 million | $407 thousand | $271 million |
| 2000 | $293 million | $2 million | $291 million |
| 2001 | $420 million | $3 million | $417 million |
| 2002 | $446 million | $5 million | $441 million |
| 2003 | $548 million | $8 million | $540 million |
| 2004 | $740 million | $13 million | $727 million |
| 2005 | $754 million | $28 million | $726 million |
| 2006 | $769 million | $33 million | $736 million |
| 2007 | $1 billion | $44 million | $1 billion |
| 2008 | $1.4 billion | $39 million | $1.4 billion |
| 2009 | $1.5 billion | $34 million | $1.5 billion |
| 2010 | $1.7 billion | $44 million | $1.7 billion |
| 2011 | $1.7 billion | $38 million | $1.7 billion |
| 2012 | $1.8 billion | $27 million | $1.8 billion |
| 2013 | $2.4 billion | $38 million | $2.4 billion |
| 2014 | $2.6 billion | $17 million | $2.6 billion |
| 2015 | $2.2 billion | $18 million | $2.2 billion |
| 2016 | $2.2 billion | $17 million | $2.2 billion |
| 2017 | $1.9 billion | $451 million | $1.5 billion |
| 2018 | $2.1 billion | $129 million | $2 billion |
| 2019 | $1.7 billion | $29 million | $1.7 billion |
| 2020 | $805 million | $33 million | $772 million |
| 2021 | $1.4 billion | $32 million | $1.4 billion |
| 2022 | $2.8 billion | $49 million | $2.8 billion |
| 2023 | $2.1 billion | $49 million | $2 billion |
| 2024 | $2 billion | $56 million | $1.9 billion |
What they sell each other
What China sells to Lebanon
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Lebanon sells to China
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Beirut is 15,148 nautical miles (28,055 km) long: ≈ 35–45 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Gibraltar (15,148 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Suez Canal (7,562 nautical miles).
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Lebanon was China’s 123rd largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was Lebanon’s largest (9%).
- Lebanon in China’s trade
- 0%
- Lebanon’s rank among China’s partners
- 123rd
- China in Lebanon’s trade
- 9.1%
- China’s rank among Lebanon’s partners
- 1st
Compare with
Other partners of China
Other partners of Lebanon
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.