Russian trade with Libya in 2018
February 10, 2019
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Libya in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Libya
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Libya totaled $227,106,593, up 68.00% ($91,923,385) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Libya in 2018 totaled $227,091,258, up 67.99% ($91,908,231) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Libya in 2018 totaled $15,335, up 8,372.38% ($15,154) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Libya in 2018 was $227,075,923, a 67.98% increase ($91,893,077) over 2017.
Libya was Russia’s 97th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 107th in 2017), accounting for 0.0330% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0231% in 2017).
Libya was Russia’s 88th largest export market in 2018 (up from 91st in 2017), accounting for 0.0505% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0379% in 2017).
Libya was Russia’s 188th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 224th in 2017), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Libya
The major share of Russian exports to Libya in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 43.56% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (85.67% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 37.97% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (2.77% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 10.57% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (0.17% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.41% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (2.98% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.84% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (7.84% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $82,469,936;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $23,585,274;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $3,756,556;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $1,280,900;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $817,151;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $706,095.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $18,331,352;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $4,264,132.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 20,234 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 71,701 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 95,257,726 | 41.95 | 113,589,078 | -16.14 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 15,860 | 0.01 | 33,732 | -52.98 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,495,781 | 1.10 | 1,936,248 | 28.90 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 121,855 | 0.05 | 201,724 | -39.59 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 52,258 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 5,673 | 0.00 | 4,976 | 14.01 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 868,835 | 0.38 | 51,684 | 1,581.05 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 34,340 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 7,746,936 | 3.41 | 3,990,380 | 94.14 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 57,688 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 23,585,274 | 10.39 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 9,650 | 0.00 | 71,604 | -86.52 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 8,370 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 26,428 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 281,083 | 0.12 | 42,861 | 555.80 |
| 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 | 19,493 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 37 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 47,677 | 0.02 | 80,261 | -40.60 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 507 | 0.00 | 212 | 139.15 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,486 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 13,246 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 99,678 | 0.04 | 9,926 | 904.21 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6,330,082 | 2.79 | 10,594,214 | -40.25 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 3,952 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 70,835 | 0.03 | 361 | 19,521.88 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,920,600 | 0.85 | 639,700 | 200.23 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 86,205,554 | 37.96 | 3,735,618 | 2,207.67 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 14,420 | 0.01 | 8,410 | 71.46 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 34 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 106 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 1,171 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 100 | 0.00 | 4,831 | -97.93 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 13,287 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 707,565 | 0.31 | 1,470 | 48,033.67 |
| 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 | 628,181 | 0.28 | 72,442 | 767.15 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 367,820 | 0.16 | 8,599 | 4,177.47 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 34,170 | 0.02 | 26,869 | 27.17 |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 3,736 | 0.00 | 2,367 | 57.84 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 20,956 | 0.01 | 2,333 | 798.24 |
Russia’s Imports from Libya
The major share of Russian imports from Libya in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 95.07% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (0.00% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.93% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (0.00% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (100.00% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $14,579;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $756.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $181.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 14,579 | 95.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 756 | 4.93 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 181 | -100.00 |