Export dynamics

2015 has been a tumultuous year for Lebanon’s food industrialists. The Ministry of Public Health’s food safety campaign greatly impacted Lebanese consumables in foreign markets, while the closure of traditional land routes raised the cost of exports. Despite these changes, however, the sub-sector has seen an uptick in investment and potential new markets and trade shows promise an important opportunity to locate new buyers for Lebanon’s food products. Executive sat down with Mounir Bissat – president of the Syndicate of Food Industrialists – to find out more. E   Obviously the economy in 2015 has not been very good to industry as a whole because of external factors like the Syrian war and the closure of land transit routes, but how has the food manufacturing sector faired? This year has been [difficult] on the industry as a whole and in particular on the food industry. While it was a good