Russian trade with Libya in 2015
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Libya
In 2015, Russia’s trade with Libya was $183,350,999, down 17.59% ($39,138,850) from 2014.
Russia’s exports to Libya in 2015 were $183,315,893, down 17.28% ($38,305,878) from 2014.
Russia’s imports from Libya in 2015 were $35,106, down 95.96% ($832,972) from 2014.
Russia’s trade surplus with Libya in 2015 was $183,280,787, a 16.97% decrease ($37,472,906) over 2014.
Libya was Russia’s 97th largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 100th in 2014), accounting for 0.0348% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0284% in 2014).
Libya was Russia’s 86th largest export market in 2015 (up from 87th in 2014), accounting for 0.0534% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0446% in 2014).
Libya was Russia’s 177th largest supplier in 2015 (down from 155th in 2014), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0003% in 2014).
Russia’s Exports to Libya
The major share of Russian exports to Libya in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 72.08% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (59.82% in 2014);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 24.80% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (15.60% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.69% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (23.50% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.32% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (0.71% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $12,892,884;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $584,612.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2015 over 2014 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 $48,977,176;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,989,721.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 10,230 | 0.01 | 92,093 | -88.89 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 52,079 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 131,964,647 | 71.99 | 132,486,520 | -0.39 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 5,760 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 11,339 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 22,750 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,300 | 0.00 | 565 | 307.08 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 60,000 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,094,720 | 1.69 | 52,071,896 | -94.06 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 52,437 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 126,000 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,386 | 0.00 | 2,748 | -13.17 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 155,000 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 24,070 | 0.01 | 6,330 | 280.25 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 15,521 | 0.01 | 58,309 | -73.38 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 6,760 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7 | 0.00 | 11,416 | -99.94 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 354,231 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 11,578 | 0.01 | 188,093 | -93.84 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 32,268 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 28 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 45,454,792 | 24.80 | 32,561,908 | 39.59 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,620 | 0.00 | 1,995,341 | -99.72 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 6,919 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,044,774 | 0.57 | 460,162 | 127.04 |
| 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 | 1,188,308 | 0.65 | 1,095,025 | 8.52 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 266 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 190,012 | 0.10 | 12,439 | 1,427.55 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Libya
The major share of Russian imports from Libya in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 100.00% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (0.00% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (3.08% in 2014).
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (96.92% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $35,106.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease 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) - a decrease of $26,745;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $4,449.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 836,884 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 4,449 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 26,745 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 35,106 | 100.00 | 0 | ∞ |