Temporary 50 percent reduction of customs duty on foreign wheat varieties

Type

Decision

Number

2216

Date of the text

19/11/1928

Official Gazette

published in 1928

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This decree temporarily cuts the customs duty on foreign wheat imported from mandate states and Turkey from about 11 percent to 5.5 percent, effective 1 December 1928, while earlier-declared shipments stay under the old rate and the normal duty will be restored when conditions allow.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1928. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.