Exports—partners: Saudi Arabia 14%, UAE 9%, France 7%, Syria 6%,
US 6%, Kuwait 4%, Jordan 4%, Turkey 4%
Imports: $7.5 billion (c.i.f., 1997)
Imports—commodities: foodstuffs 29%, machinery and transport equipment 28%, consumer goods 18%, chemicals 9%, textiles 5%, metals 5%, fuels 3%, agricultural foods 3% (1997)
Imports—partners: Italy 13%, US 9%, France 9%, Germany 8%,
Switzerland 7%, Japan 4%, UK 4%, Syria 4% (1997)
Debt—external: $3 billion (1998 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $3.5 billion (pledges 1997-2001)
Currency: 1 Lebanese pound (LL) = 100 piasters
Exchange rates: Lebanese pounds (LL) per US$1—1,508.0 (January 1999), 1,516.1 (1998), 1,539.5 (1997), 1,571.4 (1996), 1,621.4 (1995), 1,680.1 (1994)
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