Free Trade Agreement between Lebanon and the States of the European Free Trade Association

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The free trade agreement between Israel and the European Free Trade Association States ("EFTA"), involving Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland was entered into force on 1 Jul 2007.

It covers most industrial products across HS sectors 25 through 97 including most energy products and its constituents including but not limited to: 

  • Electric motors, turbines and generators; 
  • Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances, and other advanced machinery; 
  • Electric accumulators, transformers, capacitors, batteries; 
  • Motor vehicles; 
  • Mineral ore, slag and ash; 
  • Mineral fuels, oils and other products; 
  • Metals and their articles e.g. iron and steel; 
  • Semiconductors devices and photovoltaic cells; 


Rule of origins apply to qualify for the preferential tariff treatment, conditions to confer originating status include but not limited to the following: 

  • For mineral ores, fuels as well as iron and steel, it includes manufacturing from materials of any heading, except that of the product
  • For petroleum oils and gases, it could qualify i. manufacturing of any material except that of the product,  ii. refining of non-originating materials or iii. other operations provided that materials same as the product heading is not more than 50% of the ex-works price of the product 
  • For most of the remaining products listed above, it includes i. manufacturing from non-originating materials except the product itself or ii. value of all the manufacturing materials used does not exceed 10-50 % of the ex-works price of the product

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