Russian trade with Libya in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Libya
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Libya was $73,742,397, down 59.78% ($109,608,602) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Libya in 2016 were $73,742,365, down 59.77% ($109,573,528) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Libya in 2016 were $32, down 99.91% ($35,074) from 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with Libya in 2016 was $73,742,333, a 59.77% decrease ($109,538,454) over 2015.
Libya was Russia’s 117th largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 97th in 2015), accounting for 0.0158% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0348% in 2015).
Libya was Russia’s 99th largest export market in 2016 (down from 86th in 2015), accounting for 0.0258% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0534% in 2015).
Libya was Russia’s 230th largest supplier in 2016 (down from 177th in 2015), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Libya
The major share of Russian exports to Libya in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 78.83% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (72.08% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 10.39% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (0.01% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 8.12% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (24.80% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.60% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (1.69% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.78% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (1.32% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $7,627,264;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $454,310;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $350,988.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $74,485,126;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $39,470,786;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $1,917,346;
- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - a decrease of $1,154,869;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,041,499.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 10,230 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 52,079 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 57,479,521 | 77.95 | 131,964,647 | -56.44 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 5,760 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 24,310 | 0.03 | 11,339 | 114.39 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 477,060 | 0.65 | 22,750 | 1,996.97 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 91,882 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 2,300 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 60,000 | 0.08 | 60,000 | 0.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,177,374 | 1.60 | 3,094,720 | -61.96 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 17,612 | 0.02 | 2,386 | 638.14 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 155,000 | -100.00 |
| 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 0 | 0.00 | 24,070 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,351 | 0.00 | 15,521 | -84.85 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 142,829 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 40,319 | 0.05 | 7 | 575,885.71 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 38,108 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 11,578 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 7,627,264 | 10.34 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 5,984,006 | 8.11 | 45,454,792 | -86.84 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,947 | 0.00 | 5,620 | -65.36 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 68 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,275 | 0.00 | 1,044,774 | -99.69 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 33,439 | 0.05 | 1,188,308 | -97.19 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 541,000 | 0.73 | 190,012 | 184.72 |
Russia’s Imports from Libya
The major share of Russian imports from Libya in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 100.00% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (0.00% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (100.00% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - an increase of $32.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $35,106.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 35,106 | -100.00 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 32 | 100.00 | 0 | ∞ |