Russian trade with Libya in 2019
February 14, 2020
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 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Libya
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Libya was $156,343,734, down 31.16% ($70,762,859) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Libya in 2019 were $156,337,541, down 31.16% ($70,753,717) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Libya in 2019 were $6,193, down 59.62% ($9,142) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Libya in 2019 was $156,331,348, a 31.15% decrease ($70,744,575) over 2018.
Libya was Russia’s 105th largest trading partner in 2019 (down from 97th in 2018), accounting for 0.0235% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0330% in 2018).
Libya was Russia’s 92nd largest export market in 2019 (down from 88th in 2018), accounting for 0.0370% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0505% in 2018).
Libya was Russia’s 201st largest supplier in 2019 (down from 188th in 2018), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Libya
The major share of Russian exports to Libya in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 63.64% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (43.56% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 13.41% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (37.97% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 8.57% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (3.41% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.12% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (2.84% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.14% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (10.57% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.02% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (0.77% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2019 over 2018 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 $6,237,504;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $5,654,453;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $518,131.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $65,430,435;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $16,073,541;
- 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) - a decrease of $1,920,600;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $545,835.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 12,861 | 0.01 | 20,234 | -36.44 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 49,080 | 0.03 | 71,701 | -31.55 |
| 10 | Cereals | 95,775,857 | 61.26 | 95,257,726 | 0.54 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 5,652 | 0.00 | 15,860 | -64.36 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,952,354 | 1.89 | 2,495,781 | 18.29 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 111,209 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 246,002 | 0.16 | 121,855 | 101.88 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,640 | 0.00 | 52,258 | -94.95 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 7,062 | 0.00 | 5,673 | 24.48 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 323,000 | 0.21 | 868,835 | -62.82 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 13,401,389 | 8.57 | 7,746,936 | 72.99 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 7,252 | 0.00 | 57,688 | -87.43 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 7,511,733 | 4.80 | 23,585,274 | -68.15 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 48,531 | 0.03 | 9,650 | 402.91 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 430 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 39,883 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 130,073 | 0.08 | 281,083 | -53.72 |
| 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 | 6,592 | 0.00 | 19,493 | -66.18 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 86,358 | 0.06 | 47,677 | 81.13 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 11,840 | 0.01 | 507 | 2,235.31 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 199,925 | 0.13 | 1,486 | 13,353.90 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 5,360 | 0.00 | 13,246 | -59.53 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 125,640 | 0.08 | 99,678 | 26.05 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 12,567,586 | 8.04 | 6,330,082 | 98.54 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 35,478 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 104,083 | 0.07 | 70,835 | 46.94 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 1,920,600 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 20,775,119 | 13.29 | 86,205,554 | -75.90 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 59,079 | 0.04 | 14,420 | 309.70 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,448 | 0.00 | 34 | 4,158.82 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 7,672 | 0.00 | 106 | 7,137.74 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 316 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 460 | 0.00 | 1,171 | -60.72 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 123,363 | 0.08 | 100 | 123,263.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 13,287 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 450,876 | 0.29 | 707,565 | -36.28 |
| 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 | 387,226 | 0.25 | 628,181 | -38.36 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 396,497 | 0.25 | 367,820 | 7.80 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 250,000 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 107,876 | 0.07 | 34,170 | 215.70 |
| 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 | 2,425 | 0.00 | 3,736 | -35.09 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 7,314 | 0.00 | 20,956 | -65.10 |
Russia’s Imports from Libya
The major share of Russian imports from Libya in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 99.84% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (0.00% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (4.93% in 2018).
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (95.07% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $6,183.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $14,579;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $756.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 14,579 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 6,183 | 99.84 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 756 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 10 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |