Russian trade in goods with Libya in Q1 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Libya
In the 1st quarter of 2017, Russia’s trade with Libya totaled $40,368,896, up 238.53% ($28,444,263) from the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s exports to Libya in the 1st quarter of 2017 totaled $40,368,896, up 238.53% ($28,444,263) from the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s imports from Libya in the 1st quarter of 2017 were $0, unchanged from the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Libya in the 1st quarter of 2017 was $40,368,896, a 238.53% increase ($28,444,263) over the 1st quarter of 2016.
Libya was Russia’s 101st largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2017 (up from 119th in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0314% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0123% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
Libya was Russia’s 86th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2017 (up from 104th in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0484% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0195% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
There were no Russia’s imports from Libya both in the 1st quarter of 2017 and in the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s Exports to Libya
The major share of Russian exports to Libya in the 1st quarter of 2017 (and in the 1st quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 93.32% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (92.62% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 6.46% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (2.73% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.16% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (4.30% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Libya in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $26,439,432;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $2,280,912.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Libya in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 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 $503,401.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2017 over Q1 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 37,484,028 | 92.85 | 11,044,596 | 239.39 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 15,182 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 90,455 | 0.22 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 81,599 | 0.20 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,606,371 | 6.46 | 325,459 | 700.83 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 15,465 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 40,319 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 9,926 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 361 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 855 | 0.00 | 1,559 | -45.16 |
| 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 | 55,222 | 0.14 | 9,041 | 510.80 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 8,599 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 258 | 0.00 | 503,659 | -99.95 |
| 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 | 567 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Libya
There were no Russia’s imports from Libya in the 1st quarter of 2017 as well as in the 1st quarter of 2016.