Wholesale Toys from China to Beirut

Choose children’s toys for a shop in a Beirut mall, a wholesale business, an online store on a Lebanese marketplace, or for distribution across Lebanon, from the catalogue of Chenghai (Shantou) and Yiwu factories. Each product card shows the price per piece and per carton, the pieces per carton and the manufacturer. Build an order from different items from 2,000 CNY in total; each item in full factory cartons. For a large quantity of one model, send the item number and the order quantity — the seller’s team in China confirms the production run, lead time and price.

The 2,000 CNY minimum applies to the value of the goods. Delivery, customs clearance, taxes and the documents required are calculated separately. The quotation shows what the costs consist of and the total for the agreed scope of supply, line by line, so you can see the landed cost per piece before you commit.

A full technical brief is not needed for the first request.

For a first quote send: a photo, a drawing, a link to the catalogue item or a description; the order quantity; your logo file and where it should go; what you need from the packaging; the changes you need; whether you already have your own mould; and the delivery address in Beirut. Mould data and project files — if you have them.

Indicative quantities start from 1,000 units per model. The minimum order for your product is confirmed after the factory reviews the specifications.

Sample. A paid sample is made within 7 days when the required mould is ready. For a new product or a modified mould, the sample timing is set after the technical review. The production run starts after you approve the sample. Sample production and shipping are quoted separately. Whether a sample qualifies for a customs-duty exemption in Lebanon is checked against the applicable customs requirements before dispatch; it is not automatic. Any applicable clearance charges are confirmed separately.

Timing. Production of a confirmed run — 5–25 days depending on the order quantity. Development of a new model, changes to a model and mould making come before the run and are scheduled after the review.

Documents for a private-label run. Before the run starts we assess how changes to the brand, the packaging, the materials, the construction, the size or the function affect safety, marking and whether the test reports already held still apply. Whether further testing and documents are needed, and how much, follows from that check and is agreed before the order is confirmed.

Scope of this section: ordinary import of children’s toys for the Lebanese domestic market. Lebanon is not a member of the Gulf customs union, so the Gulf common tariff and the Gulf conformity marking do not govern an import here — Lebanon applies its own customs tariff, its own tax law and its own technical regulations. Lebanon also has free zones and customs zones. Naming a zone does not by itself settle the duty or the tax: the status of the zone, the status and licence of the consignee, and the terms on which the goods enter are separate questions, checked separately for a particular delivery, and any relief enters the quotation only once it is confirmed to apply to your case. Temporary admission and re-export follow their own procedures and are quoted separately.

Customs duty. Lebanon applies an integrated customs tariff, and the rate follows the code of the item. Every line of your order is classified at its full code, and the rate for that line is shown against it in the quotation. In the published tariff the line for toys, 9503.00, is at 5%; most lines for games (9504) and festive articles (9505) are also at 5%, and playing cards (9504.40) are at 20%. If your broker has already classified a line, send the code with your list and we quote against it.

What the tax is charged on. For imported goods the rule is set out plainly in the State’s published budget documents: the tax is calculated on the customs value of the goods, plus all applicable customs duties and other taxes, with the value added tax itself excluded from its own base. We quote the goods, the freight and the services separately, so you can see what enters the declaration and what does not.

Value added tax at 11%. The tax applies to goods consumed in Lebanon, whether made locally or imported. It began on 1 February 2002 under Law No. 379 of 14 December 2001 at a rate of 10%, and Law No. 64 of 26 October 2017 amended Article 25 of that law to raise the rate to 11% from the quarter following publication, that is from 1 January 2018. The standard rate has been 11% since. On importation the tax falls due at the same point as the customs duties, so customs collects it at the clearance stage, and the rate applied is the one in force on the day the declaration is registered. Position as at 23 October 2026.

A 1.5% deposit — only for some importers. The 2026 budget law (Law No. 40 of 10 February 2026, article 27) allows the Customs Administration to take a deposit of 1.5% of the value of an import transaction from a taxpayer who has not filed the returns on the results of its activity, or its value added tax returns, for any of the three years before. It is credited against the tax due rather than lost. It follows the tax standing of the importing company and not the goods, so it is not an addition to every order: whether it touches yours is a question for your accountant in Lebanon.

The currency the figures sit in. Lebanon’s official exchange rate has been 89,500 lira to the dollar since 2024, and the State’s own budget figures are converted at it. Your quotation and your invoice are in US dollars; the rate actually applied to your customs declaration is confirmed at clearance.

Documents attached to the declaration. The published trade guidance for Lebanon describes the import set as a declaration on the single administrative document, the bill of lading, the packing list, the original commercial invoice, the delivery order proving ownership of the goods, and a certificate of origin. We treat that as the usual set rather than as an exhaustive legal list: the documents actually required for your shipment are confirmed with your customs broker before dispatch, and we prepare the shipping documents to match. We do not promise a document whose availability has not been established.

Toy safety in Lebanon: the institution, the standards and the check. Three different things, and keeping them apart is what makes the subject usable. There is no Gulf conformity marking here.

Who sets what. Lebanese standards are issued by the Lebanese Standards Institution, LIBNOR, which also authorises the Lebanese conformity mark “NL”. Technical regulations are issued by the individual ministries, as ministerial decisions and decrees. Consumer protection, including what has to appear on the label, sits with the Ministry of Economy and Trade under the Consumer Protection Law.

The toy standards that exist in Lebanon. LIBNOR has adopted the European EN 71 toy-safety series as Lebanese standards. In its catalogue we opened the records for part 2 on flammability, which bars certain categories of flammable material from all toys and sets requirements for toys exposed to a small source of ignition; part 3 on the migration of certain elements; part 4 on experimental sets for chemistry; part 5 on chemical toys other than experimental sets; part 7 on finger paints, which also carries requirements for markings, labelling and containers; and part 8 on activity toys for domestic use, written for children under 14. Those records carry 2014 editions under the toy technical committee. Two things follow, and both matter for your order. First, these are not presented here as the current editions: a newer edition or a replacing document may exist, and the edition that applies to your item is checked when we check the item. Second, a Lebanese standard is voluntary in principle — it becomes mandatory only for reasons of public safety, public health or national interest, on the recommendation of LIBNOR’s board and by a decree of the Council of Ministers. One requirement is listed by Lebanese Customs itself: for toys for ages 4 to 14 that run on replaceable or rechargeable batteries or on mains power, a certificate of conformity from the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) under Decree No. 12365 of 23 April 2003. The “NL” mark is a conformity mark granted on application; it is not an import permit, and we do not promise it. Which parts bear on your item follows from what the item is: its age grading, its materials, its construction, and whether it is a chemical, electrical or activity toy.

What we check for the toy you select. Four things, and all four before the order is confirmed. Safety requirements: which parts of the series bear on the item, given its age grading and construction. Materials: migration of certain elements and chemical content, where parts 3, 4 and 5 are the usual reference points. Marking: the information the law requires on the label or the packaging, the warnings and the age marking, and what has to change on the pack. Documents: which test reports the factory already holds, whether their scope actually covers this model and this manufacturer, and what obtaining anything missing would take. If a document your order depends on cannot be obtained, we say so before the order is confirmed, not after. The inspection before dispatch then confirms that the agreed set is in place — it is not the moment at which we first find out whether the goods can be supplied. Goods presented for clearance may still be inspected by customs; having the documents in order does not remove that.

The language and the content of the label. The Consumer Protection Law — Law No. 659 of 4 February 2005, as amended by Laws No. 79 of 2010, No. 224 of 2012 and No. 265 of 2014 — adopts Arabic in principle for the information that has to appear on the label of the goods or on the packaging, and generally in any act offering the goods or the service; that is Article 9. The same article leaves the cases in which English or French may be used instead of Arabic to be set by a decision of the Minister of Economy and Trade. We treat Arabic as the working assumption for a retail pack sold in Lebanon and apply the exception only where such a basis is established for the item in question. What has to appear is determined by the competent administration according to the nature of each product, its characteristics and the applicable specifications; the list given in Article 7 is expressly by way of example and covers the nature and type of the goods and their components or composition, the net weight or volume or count, the shelf life, the country of origin, the name and address of the manufacturer or the trader, and the risks and precautions arising from use. That is a statutory example and not a fixed checklist for every toy — the exact wording, the warnings and the age marking for your items are agreed before the order is confirmed.

What the seller does. For each selected item, the quotation states which conformity documents exist, which can be obtained and what obtaining them takes. Any additional testing, marking or registration, their cost and lead times are agreed before the order is confirmed. Where testing is needed, it can be arranged close to the factory; the required tests follow the regulation that applies.

Documents that travel with the goods. You receive a commercial invoice for the amount you actually paid, a packing list with weights and carton dimensions, the bill of lading or the air waybill, and the conformity documents provided for by the agreed supply scheme. Before the order is confirmed we agree, for each selected item, which documents are needed and whether they can be provided. We do not issue an invoice for a value other than the amount paid: an understated invoice is a risk carried by the importer, because the authority can revalue the shipment and act against the company that declared it.

What the importer does. Your company in Lebanon is the importer and places the goods on the market. The declaration is filed with the required documents attached to it, and the duty and the tax are paid at the clearance stage before the goods are released. Unless your quotation says otherwise, the duty, the value added tax, any certification or document fees and any port storage are on the importer’s account, and the delivery term is named in the quotation and in the contract.

Radio-controlled toys and toys with batteries. A toy with a radio transmitter — a remote control, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi — may need a separate telecom approval in addition to the toy rules, and toys with lithium cells may meet battery requirements and air-freight restrictions. For every such item the quotation states what applies and who arranges it.

Sources: Consumer Protection Law No. 659 of 2005 as amended, text published by the Ministry of Economy and Trade · Ministry of Economy and Trade — questions and answers on the law, question 15 on the language of the label · Ministry of Economy and Trade — consumer protection legislation · LIBNOR — NL EN 71-2, flammability of toys · LIBNOR — NL EN 71-3, migration of certain elements · Ministry of Finance — the 2025 budget explained, the tax base for imported goods · ISO — LIBNOR, the Lebanese Standards Institution · Lebanon — standards for trade, country commercial guide · Lebanon — import requirements and documentation · Ministry of Economy and Trade — consumer protection · Consumer Protection Law No. 659 of 2005, as amended · Ministry of Finance — the 2026 budget explained, including the 1.5% advance on imports · Banque du Liban — the official exchange rate · Port of Beirut — infrastructure and container terminal.

Who is who. OPTTOYSCHINA is the online storefront of Yifeng Group (艺丰集团) and Chinese toy factories. The seller’s team in China confirms product specifications, prepares the quotation and agrees the supply terms with you; the contract and the invoice carry its full legal details. The logistics partner YT carries out the agreed shipment from Guangzhou. Claims and refunds are handled by the seller.

Payment in two stages. A 30–50% advance after the order is confirmed; the balance before dispatch from the warehouse named in your quotation, which for most orders is the Guangzhou warehouse, once you have received the photo and video report on your cargo. Payment is made in USD directly to the seller, Yifeng Group, in China. Prices shown in a local currency on the site are for reference only, and the display can be switched to yuan, dollars or euros; payment to the seller is in US dollars. The seller’s full details are given in the invoice and the contract, together with the governing law and the procedure for disputes; the contract is provided before you pay the advance.

Inspection before dispatch. Each order is inspected before it is shipped: quantity, item numbers, packaging, appearance and random functional checks; you get the photos and video before dispatch. The balance is paid only after you confirm the report. If the report shows a discrepancy for an item and you do not accept it, the item is replaced or the advance for that item is refunded. The place of inspection and consolidation depends on the factories in your order and is confirmed in the quotation.

Claims after receipt. Photograph or film the goods and the packaging and send the claim through the contacts on this page within 2 days of receipt. The seller replies within 3 business days. The acceptable defect rate is 2% of the batch — counted against the whole batch, not against each item number separately — and defects above it are compensated as agreed by both parties: replacement, refund or a discount on the next order. Refunds are paid within 14 days of the claim decision. Replacement shipping is at the seller’s expense. The three business days are working days in China, where the seller’s office is closed for Chinese New Year and for 1–7 October. Safety of the goods is a separate matter: it is covered by the conformity documents, not by this tolerance.