Lebanon’s total imports of carpets amounted to 9,830 tons at USD 30 million during 2017, compared to its exports of 235 tons at USD 1,300,000 during the same period; Al Akhbar daily reported citing customs figures. Turkey, the newspaper said, is the leading supplier of carpets to Lebanon, with imports reaching around 4,000 tons’ worth of USD 9,200,000, followed by Iran (514 tons at USD 2,850,000) and Belgium (503 tons at USD 2,120,000). Lebanon also imports carpets from some 84 other countries, including, China, Russia, Ethiopia, Argentina, Jordan, Spain, Australia, Estonia, South Africa and Afghanistan. (Al Akhbar, December 7, 2018)