Russian trade with Libya in 2014
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Libya
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Libya was $222,489,849, down 42.43% ($163,968,570) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Libya in 2014 were $221,621,771, down 42.65% ($164,836,648) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Libya in 2014 totaled $868,078, up ∞% ($868,078) from 2013.
Russia’s trade surplus with Libya in 2014 was $220,753,693, a 42.88% decrease ($165,704,726) over 2013.
Libya was Russia’s 100th largest trading partner in 2014 (down from 86th in 2013), accounting for 0.0284% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0459% in 2013).
Libya was Russia’s 87th largest export market in 2014 (down from 73rd in 2013), accounting for 0.0446% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0733% in 2013).
Libya was Russia’s 155th largest supplier in 2014 (there were no Russia’s imports from Libya in 2013), accounting for 0.0003% of Russia’s total imports.
Russia’s Exports to Libya
The major share of Russian exports to Libya in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 59.82% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (45.44% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 23.50% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (33.15% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 15.60% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (6.98% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.71% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (10.10% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $5,772,041;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1,848,614.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $76,047,162;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $43,016,468;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $32,500,237;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $3,846,120;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $798,576.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 92,093 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 132,486,520 | 59.78 | 175,502,988 | -24.51 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 565 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 99,675 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 52,071,896 | 23.50 | 128,119,058 | -59.36 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 52,437 | 0.02 | 46,937 | 11.72 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 126,000 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,748 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 551,175 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 8,311 | -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 | 6,330 | 0.00 | 2,592 | 144.21 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 58,309 | 0.03 | 41,384 | 40.90 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,760 | 0.00 | 2,002 | 237.66 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 11,416 | 0.01 | 675 | 1,591.26 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 354,231 | 0.16 | 187,353 | 89.07 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 188,093 | 0.08 | 168,838 | 11.40 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 32,268 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 28 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 1,352 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 32,561,908 | 14.69 | 26,789,867 | 21.55 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,995,341 | 0.90 | 146,727 | 1,259.90 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,592 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 6,919 | 0.00 | 26,006 | -73.39 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 460,162 | 0.21 | 394,386 | 16.68 |
| 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 | 1,095,025 | 0.49 | 1,463,322 | -25.17 |
| 86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 0 | 0.00 | 24,777 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 266 | 0.00 | 32,500,503 | -100.00 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 798,576 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 12,439 | 0.01 | 3,858,559 | -99.68 |
| 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 | 17 | 0.00 | 18,870 | -99.91 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 15 702 894 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Libya
The major share of Russian imports from Libya in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 96.92% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (0.00% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.08% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (0.00% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $836,884;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $26,745;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $4,449.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 836,884 | 96.41 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,449 | 0.51 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 26,745 | 3.08 | 0 | ∞ |