# Lebanon exports to Iran: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Lebanon reported $11.0M in goods exports to Iran. 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 | $11.0M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 24.8% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 2 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 26.6% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 850213 | Electric generating sets: with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 375kVA | $53.4M | 0% | Watch |
| 2 | 180500 | Cocoa: powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $71.2M | 48.9% | High attention |
| 3 | 840890 | Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for other than marine propulsion or the vehicles of chapter 87 | $38.5M | 46.2% | Stable |
| 4 | 120991 | Seed: vegetable seed, of a kind used for sowing | $109.5M | 94.7% | High attention |
| 5 | 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 | $10.2M | 0% | Watch |
| 6 | 281820 | Aluminium oxide: other than artificial corundum | $63.0M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 271019 | Not reported | $209.5M | 44.5% | Watch |
| 8 | 901920 | Therapeutic respiration apparatus: ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy apparatus: artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus | $11.1M | 18.9% | Stable |
| 9 | 842240 | Machinery: for packing or wrapping | $37.6M | 85.5% | Watch |
| 10 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $31.6M | 0% | Watch |

## 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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