Summary
- Lebanon → United Arab Emirates
- $1billion
- United Arab Emirates → Lebanon
- $954million
- Lebanon’s balance
- $80million
Balance
Lebanon’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates
Trade between Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates grew 19.9-fold since 1997
USD billions (current). Lebanon’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1
- Imports 1
- Balance +0.1
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1997 | $58 million | $42 million | $16 million |
| 1998 | $60 million | $74 million | -$13 million |
| 1999 | $54 million | $56 million | -$2 million |
| 2000 | $75 million | $48 million | $27 million |
| 2001 | $73 million | $59 million | $14 million |
| 2002 | $95 million | $57 million | $38 million |
| 2003 | $104 million | $96 million | $8 million |
| 2004 | $135 million | $151 million | -$16 million |
| 2005 | $214 million | $180 million | $34 million |
| 2006 | $176 million | $132 million | $44 million |
| 2007 | $300 million | $266 million | $35 million |
| 2008 | $382 million | $367 million | $15 million |
| 2009 | $333 million | $260 million | $73 million |
| 2010 | $418 million | $369 million | $49 million |
| 2011 | $322 million | $593 million | -$271 million |
| 2012 | $589 million | $602 million | -$12 million |
| 2013 | $476 million | $473 million | $3 million |
| 2014 | $409 million | $501 million | -$92 million |
| 2015 | $397 million | $506 million | -$109 million |
| 2016 | $341 million | $502 million | -$161 million |
| 2017 | $606 million | $1 billion | -$433 million |
| 2018 | $660 million | $1.2 billion | -$580 million |
| 2019 | $606 million | $793 million | -$187 million |
| 2020 | $619 million | $887 million | -$268 million |
| 2021 | $765 million | $883 million | -$118 million |
| 2022 | $890 million | $1.4 billion | -$494 million |
| 2023 | $1.3 billion | $712 million | $595 million |
| 2024 | $1 billion | $954 million | $80 million |
What they sell each other
What Lebanon sells to the United Arab Emirates
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United Arab Emirates sells to Lebanon
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Beirut and Jebel Ali is 12,337 nautical miles (22,848 km) long: ≈ 28.5–36.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Gibraltar, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Hormuz (12,337 nautical miles); and 15% via the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz (3,227 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
The United Arab Emirates was Lebanon’s 2nd largest trading partner (9% of its trade), and Lebanon was the United Arab Emirates’ 37th (0.3%).
- The United Arab Emirates in Lebanon’s trade
- 8.9%
- The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Lebanon’s partners
- 2nd
- Lebanon in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
- 0.3%
- Lebanon’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
- 37th
Compare with
Other partners of Lebanon
Other partners of the United Arab Emirates
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.