Russian trade with Libya in 2020
February 14, 2021
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 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Libya
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Libya was $121,249,872, down 22.45% ($35,093,862) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Libya in 2020 were $121,249,830, down 22.44% ($35,087,711) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Libya in 2020 were $42, down 99.32% ($6,151) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Libya in 2020 was $121,249,788, a 22.44% decrease ($35,081,560) over 2019.
Libya was Russia’s 115th largest trading partner in 2020 (down from 105th in 2019), accounting for 0.0214% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0235% in 2019).
Libya was Russia’s 99th largest export market in 2020 (down from 92nd in 2019), accounting for 0.0360% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0370% in 2019).
Libya was Russia’s 230th largest supplier in 2020 (down from 201st in 2019), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Libya
The major share of Russian exports to Libya in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 80.17% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (63.64% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 10.08% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (8.57% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.26% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (8.12% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.61% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (1.02% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.67% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (5.14% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.59% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (13.41% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $2,157,674;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $1,456,522;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $740,351;
- 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 $640,300.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $20,341,960;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $7,563,852;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $7,511,733;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $3,948,770;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $1,178,632.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 11,822 | 0.01 | 12,861 | -8.08 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 49,080 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 91,827,087 | 75.73 | 95,775,857 | -4.12 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 31 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 65,422 | 0.05 | 5,652 | 1,057.50 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 3,052,395 | 2.52 | 2,952,354 | 3.39 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 81,781 | 0.07 | 111,209 | -26.46 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 252,497 | 0.21 | 246,002 | 2.64 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 47,560 | 0.04 | 2,640 | 1,701.52 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 83,030 | 0.07 | 7,062 | 1,075.73 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,779,522 | 1.47 | 323,000 | 450.94 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 12,222,757 | 10.08 | 13,401,389 | -8.79 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 49,707 | 0.04 | 7,252 | 585.42 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 7,511,733 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 89,849 | 0.07 | 48,531 | 85.14 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 489 | 0.00 | 430 | 13.72 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 39,883 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 168,134 | 0.14 | 130,073 | 29.26 |
| 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 | 19,514 | 0.02 | 6,592 | 196.03 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 83,507 | 0.07 | 86,358 | -3.30 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 141,848 | 0.12 | 11,840 | 1,098.04 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 259,358 | 0.21 | 199,925 | 29.73 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,418 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 56,618 | 0.05 | 5,360 | 956.31 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 107,144 | 0.09 | 125,640 | -14.72 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5,003,734 | 4.13 | 12,567,586 | -60.19 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 2,411 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 62 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 53,500 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 334 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 199 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 19 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 631 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 7,042 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 393 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 5,245 | 0.00 | 35,478 | -85.22 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 92 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 40,412 | 0.03 | 104,083 | -61.17 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 640,300 | 0.53 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 433,159 | 0.36 | 20,775,119 | -97.92 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 110,298 | 0.09 | 59,079 | 86.70 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 205 | 0.00 | 1,448 | -85.84 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 31,798 | 0.03 | 7,672 | 314.47 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,069 | 0.00 | 316 | 238.29 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 123 | 0.00 | 460 | -73.26 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 136,963 | 0.11 | 123,363 | 11.02 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,758 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,191,227 | 0.98 | 450,876 | 164.20 |
| 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 | 566,918 | 0.47 | 387,226 | 46.40 |
| 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 | 5,812 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,554,171 | 2.11 | 396,497 | 544.18 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 250,000 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 54,275 | 0.04 | 107,876 | -49.69 |
| 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 | 6,082 | 0.01 | 2,425 | 150.80 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 106 | 0.00 | 7,314 | -98.55 |
Russia’s Imports from Libya
The major share of Russian imports from Libya in 2020 (and in 2019) 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 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Libya (99.84% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $42.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $6,183;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $10.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 6,183 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 42 | 100.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |