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  • Lebanon's land exports to Gulf markets have been choked off

    LEBANON, 2015/05/09 Lebanon's land exports to Gulf markets have been choked off, leaving millions of dollars in goods stranded next the closure of a vital crossing on the Syrian-Jordanian border last month. The Nasib border point was the last remaining gateway for Lebanese truck drivers transporting agricultural and industrial products to Iraq and Gulf nations. Next Syrian rebels seized Nasib on April 1, these exports came to an abrupt halt.

  • Souk el-Tayeb, Beirut's first fair trade market

    LEBANON, 2013/10/15  Lebanese entrepreneur and self-styled culinary activist Kamal Mouzawak is a cultural pathfinder in his home country, spreading the gospel of unity through food. He was in Rome on Monday to tell Italy's Lower Home about his Rebirth Project, a story of ''resilience and rebirth'' in which the key players chose to react to adversity by becoming role models. The idea, he says, is social improvment''through food, a vehicle of traditions and values that can be shared by all: Sunnis and Shiites, the Druze and the Maronites, Greek Orthodox and Jews''. In Beirut in 2004, Mouzawak founded Lebanon's initial equitable trade market, the weekly Souk el-Tayeb (Good Market in Arabic), where small, organic, and quality local farmers and producers sell at reasonable prices. ''We wanted to put producers and consumers in direct contact, so farmers from all over Lebanon could gain equitable economic returns while consumers could get to know what they are buying and bringing to their table'', Mouzawak explained.

  • Shrinking Markets For Exporters

    LEBANON, 2013/03/31 In the completed, the biggest problems faced by Lebanese manufacturers and agricultural producers were related to high production costs. Presently, their very survival could hinge on securing export routes, keeping transportation costs down, and ensuring they do not lose existing foreign markets.
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