Lebanon - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Lebanon was 44.51 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 67.29 in 1973 and a minimum value of 44.51 in 2020.

Definition: Manufactures comprise the commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (nonferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1967 54.97
1968 57.81
1969 60.73
1970 59.58
1971 61.70
1972 65.24
1973 67.29
1977 58.02
1997 62.68
1998 63.73
1999 61.67
2000 55.97
2001 58.15
2002 60.59
2003 60.16
2004 56.30
2005 55.07
2006 54.91
2007 55.80
2008 53.69
2009 59.46
2010 56.37
2011 50.81
2012 48.33
2013 53.77
2014 53.24
2015 55.97
2016 55.27
2017 63.25
2018 56.17
2019 45.49
2020 44.51

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports