Lebanon | Imports and Exports | World | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, “dental waxes” and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023
The value of exports of commodity group 34 "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" from Lebanon totalled $ 24 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 34 from Lebanon went up by 13.1% compared to 2022: exports of commodity group 34 "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" went up by $ 2.88 million (cumulative exports of commodity group 34 from Lebanon amounted $21 million in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 34 "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" amounted to 0.543% of total exports from Lebanon (cumulative merchandise exports from Lebanon totalled $ 4.56 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 34 in total exports from Lebanon decreased by 0.023 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.566% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Lebanon were equal to $ 3.86 billion).
Where does Lebanon export Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster?
Top export destinations of "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" from Lebanon in 2023:
- Qatar with a share of 40% (9.99 million US$)
- Iraq with a share of 9.04% (2.24 million US$)
- Syrian Arab Republic with a share of 7.06% (1.75 million US$)
- United Arab Emirates with a share of 6.09% (1.51 million US$)
- Jordan with a share of 4.97% (1.23 million US$)
- Oman with a share of 3.67% (911 thousand US$)
- Kuwait with a share of 3.51% (870 thousand US$)
- Côte d`Ivoire with a share of 2.96% (733 thousand US$)
- Liberia with a share of 2.3% (570 thousand US$)
- Tunisia with a share of 1.61% (401 thousand US$)
Exports structure of 34 - Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster - from Lebanon in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 67% (16.6 million US$): 3402 - Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 34.01. (Cleaning Products)
- 29% (7.21 million US$): 3401 - Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent
- 1.78% (442 thousand US$): 3403 - Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70 % or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
- 0.946% (234 thousand US$): 3405 - Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 34.04
- 0.766% (189 thousand US$): 3404 - Artificial waxes and prepared waxes
- 0.141% (35 thousand US$): 3406 - Candles, tapers and the like
- 0.018% (4.63 thousand US$): 3407 - Modelling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement; preparations known as dental wax or as dental impression compounds, put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms; other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate).
The value of imports of commodity group 34 "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" to Lebanon totalled $ 97 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 34 to Lebanon went up by 17.7% compared to 2022: imports of commodity group 34 "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" went up by $ 14.6 million (the value of imports of commodity group 34 to Lebanon was equal to $82 million in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 34 "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster" accounted for 0.536% of total import flow to Lebanon (in 2023, total imports to Lebanon amounted to $ 18.1 billion). The share of commodity group 34 in total imports to Lebanon increased by 0.112 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.423% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Lebanon were equal to $ 19.5 billion).
Where does Lebanon import Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster from?
Top trading partners (import of "Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster") of Lebanon in 2023:
- Egypt with a share of 18.4% (17.9 million US$)
- Syrian Arab Republic with a share of 9.48% (9.21 million US$)
- Germany with a share of 8.53% (8.29 million US$)
- Spain with a share of 8.2% (7.97 million US$)
- China with a share of 7.23% (7.02 million US$)
- Turkey with a share of 6.22% (6.05 million US$)
- Saudi Arabia with a share of 5.82% (5.65 million US$)
- France with a share of 4.94% (4.8 million US$)
- Italy with a share of 4.21% (4.09 million US$)
- United Arab Emirates with a share of 3.91% (3.8 million US$)
Imports structure of 34 - Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster - to Lebanon in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 62% (60 million US$): 3402 - Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 34.01. (Cleaning Products)
- 15.8% (15.3 million US$): 3403 - Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70 % or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
- 14.3% (13.9 million US$): 3401 - Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent
- 2.68% (2.6 million US$): 3407 - Modelling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement; preparations known as dental wax or as dental impression compounds, put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms; other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate).
- 2.05% (1.99 million US$): 3406 - Candles, tapers and the like
- 1.65% (1.6 million US$): 3405 - Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 34.04
- 1.26% (1.23 million US$): 3404 - Artificial waxes and prepared waxes
