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Imports continue slide as trade deficit reaches five-year low
(The Daily Star On line)
September 20, 1999
Aly Harakeh
Daily Star staff
LEBANON - Exports continued to rise significantly with imports spiraling downward, driving the trade deficit to a five-year low of $3.67 billion during the first eight months of 1999. The deficit was 13.7 percent lower than the $4.26 billion recorded in the same period of last year. Despite the fall in imports, Customs duties ...... Read more on The Daily Star On line
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