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PROCEDURES - LEBANON - Customs regime threatens trade, leaves drivers stranded
BEIRUT,LEBANON -IRIN/Reuters AlertNet: London,UK -26 July 2005: -- Stringent new Syrian customs procedures have left hundreds of truck drivers in Lebanon waiting at the border with dwindling resources since the start of the month. The move is seen as a growing threat to Lebanon's agricultural exports... Painstaking inspection procedures by the Syrians are only allowing a few trucks through each day, forcing drivers to wait in harsh conditions, given the hot sun and dwindling food and money, while they wait with their cargo, much of it perishable...
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