News and Events - Lebanon Exports

IDAL is more than an investment and export promotion agency. We work everyday to support Lebanese businesses to grow and scale up through various activities and events. We strive to be the point of reference for everything related to private sector development in the country. We work on lobbying for an enabling environment for businesses, we propose legislation reforms that support the growth of SMEs in Lebanon, we partner with international organizations to increase the capacity of Lebanese businesses and provide them the needed tools to remain competitive regionally and globally.

Discover below all our activities and events that we organize to support the empowerment of the private sector and contribute to a sustainable economic growth in Lebanon.

IDAL at the Agri-food Innovation Days Past

March 28, 2022 ; Category: Conference

IDAL represented by its chairman and General Manager, Dr. Mazen Soueid, participated in the third edition of the Agri-Food Innovation Days (AFID) in Beirut that is organized by Berytech and co-hosted with Horeca Connect.

IDAL meets the Lebanese-Dutch Business Association Past

November 24, 2021 ; Category: Delegations

The Lebanese Dutch Business Association organized a business lunch event where the Chairman of IDAL Dr. Mazen Soueid met with Dutch and Lebanese businessmen and discussed investment and trade opportunities between Lebanon and the Netherlands.

IDAL participates in the Virtual Made in Lebanon Fair Organized by Cedar Oxygen Fund Past

April 28, 2021 ; Category: Conference

IDAL represented by its Chairman, Dr. Mazen Soueid participated in the virtual fair that was organized by the Cedar Oxygen Fund – the first trade financing fund in Lebanon – to promote Lebanese industrial brands to European suppliers and help connect them with potential buyers. During the intervention of Dr. Soueid in the fair, he highlighted the promising role of the agri-food industries in Lebanon and highlighted some success stories of companies that were able to penetrate global markets especially in the EU.

IDAL launches a campaign to support the promotion of Lebanese exports Past

April 23, 2021 ; Category: General

IDAL recently launched a digital campaign to support the promotion of the Lebanese industrial sector and highlight success stories in entering global and competitive markets. This campaign comes at a time when the industrial sector is in dire need to expand to new markets given the acute financial crisis in Lebanon. IDAL as the national investment and export promotion agency is mandated through the Investment promotion Law 360 to support local industries in marketing, branding and business matchmaking.

IDAL participates in the International Trade Council’s the Think Global Conference Past

April 8, 2021 ; Category: Conference

IDAL through its chairman, Dr. Mazen Soueid, participated in the International Trade Council’s Think Global Conference – the world’s largest event focused on helping businesses expand internationally on April 12 2021. Dr. Soueid had an intervention at the conference explaining about Lebanese companies resilience in view of the global COVID-19 crisis and the local financial crisis.

IDAL signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Fair Trade Lebanon Past

April 1, 2021 ; Category: Memorandum of Understanding

The Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL) and Fair Trade Lebanon (FTL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation commitment to help Lebanese SMEs and cooperatives access export markets. This MOU comes as part of the BIEEL project (Business Innovation & Enhance Exports for Lebanon) that was launched by FTL and funded by US MEPI to support Lebanese cooperatives and enterprises in entering new markets.

IDAL participates in the virtual conference “meeting Multinational companies in Saudi Arabia” Past

December 21, 2020 ; Category: Conference

The Lebanese Embassy in Saudi Arabia in partnership with IDAL and other key stakeholders organized a virtual webinar on Wednesday 23 December for Lebanese companies to introduce them to leading multinational companies in the food and beverages industry and understand market entry requirements into the Saudi market.

Lificorp starts exporting apple chips from Lebanon Past

December 17, 2020 ; Category: Success Stories

LifiCorp, an agri-food manufacturer supported by IDAL, has expanded its operations and started exporting its products from Jezzine in the South of Lebanon to many countries abroad under the brand name Mum’s Chips. IDAL has helped the apple chips company throughout the whole set-up process and provided it with a reduction on fees of establishment and exemption from corporate taxes as the company committed to creating jobs for the local population and supporting local farmers.

IDAL organizes a webinar on “Italian Technologies for the Agro-Industry in Lebanon” Past

November 24, 2020 ; Category: Conference

IDAL organized in partnership with the Italian Trade Agency a webinar “Italian Technologies for the Agro-Industry in Lebanon” to support local companies forge industry collaborations with Italian companies. The webinar also included a business matchmaking session where Lebanese companies met with Italian companies and discussed trade opportunities.

IDAL launches a Call for Application for E-commerce and Women-led Businesses in Lebanon Past

November 9, 2020 ; Category: Call for Applications

IDAL launched in November 2020 a call for applications for a new project called “E-commerce and Women-Led SMEs in Lebanon” that was implemented by the World Bank and the International Trade Center (ITC) in coordination with the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL). This project aimed at increasing access to local and international markets and increase sales of women-owned small and medium enterprises (WSMEs) via improved access to e-commerce platforms.

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