# Lebanon exports to China: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Lebanon to China, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/LBN-CHN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Lebanon reported $70.6M in goods exports to China. The overall review level is Watch.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $70.6M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 20.2% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 2 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 7.5% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $15.6B | 1.2% | Stable |
| 2 | 251010 | Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk: unground | $104.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 740321 | Copper: copper-zinc base alloys (brass) unwrought | $825.4M | 0% | Stable |
| 4 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $2.7B | 31.4% | Watch |
| 5 | 180690 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: n.e.c. in chapter 18 | $303.2M | 39.7% | Watch |
| 6 | 870431 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. not exceeding 5 tonnes), nes in item no 8704.1 | $137.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 903040 | Instruments and apparatus: specially designed for telecommunications (e.g. cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers) | $556.8M | 21.7% | Stable |
| 8 | 740313 | Copper: refined, unwrought, billets | $146.6M | 38.7% | Stable |
| 9 | 790200 | Zinc: waste and scrap | $15.2M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 180620 | Chocolate & other food preparations containing cocoa: in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, content exceeding 2kg | $104.1M | 0% | Stable |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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