Russian trade with Libya in 2021
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Libya
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Libya totaled $331,969,290, up 173.79% ($210,719,418) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Libya in 2021 totaled $331,968,763, up 173.79% ($210,718,933) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Libya in 2021 totaled $527, up 1,154.76% ($485) from 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Libya in 2021 was $331,968,236, a 173.79% increase ($210,718,448) over 2020.
Libya was Russia’s 92nd largest trading partner in 2021 (up from 115th in 2020), accounting for 0.0423% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0214% in 2020).
Libya was Russia’s 81st largest export market in 2021 (up from 99th in 2020), accounting for 0.0675% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0360% in 2020).
Libya was Russia’s 225th largest supplier in 2021 (up from 230th in 2020), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Libya
The major share of Russian exports to Libya in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 82.77% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (80.17% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 14.45% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (10.08% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.32% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (4.26% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.79% of Russia’s total exports to Libya (3.61% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $158,027,997;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $35,746,485;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $12,446,500;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $5,907,500.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Libya in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2,554,171;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $1,252,182.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 11,822 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 38,483 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 249,855,084 | 75.26 | 91,827,087 | 172.09 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 83,952 | 0.03 | 31 | 270,712.90 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 5,907,500 | 1.78 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 41,833 | 0.01 | 65,422 | -36.06 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 3,383,625 | 1.02 | 3,052,395 | 10.85 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 152,381 | 0.05 | 81,781 | 86.33 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 380,616 | 0.11 | 252,497 | 50.74 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 629,127 | 0.19 | 47,560 | 1,222.81 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 78,121 | 0.02 | 83,030 | -5.91 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 5,850 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 14,226,022 | 4.29 | 1,779,522 | 699.43 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 47,969,242 | 14.45 | 12,222,757 | 292.46 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 37,439 | 0.01 | 49,707 | -24.68 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 178,259 | 0.05 | 89,849 | 98.40 |
31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 489 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,714 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 959,376 | 0.29 | 168,134 | 470.60 |
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 | 5,663 | 0.00 | 19,514 | -70.98 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 67,813 | 0.02 | 83,507 | -18.79 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 339,696 | 0.10 | 141,848 | 139.48 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,753 | 0.00 | 259,358 | -97.40 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 1,418 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 354,335 | 0.11 | 56,618 | 525.83 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 264,704 | 0.08 | 107,144 | 147.05 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3,751,552 | 1.13 | 5,003,734 | -25.02 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 2,411 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 62 | -100.00 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 53,500 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 36 | 0.00 | 334 | -89.22 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 199 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 71,897 | 0.02 | 19 | 378,305.26 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 631 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,397 | 0.00 | 7,042 | -65.96 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 393 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 12,070 | 0.00 | 5,245 | 130.12 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 92 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 32,311 | 0.01 | 40,412 | -20.05 |
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 | 640,300 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 394 | 0.00 | 433,159 | -99.91 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 145,602 | 0.04 | 110,298 | 32.01 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 205 | -100.00 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 11,990 | 0.00 | 31,798 | -62.29 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 750 | 0.00 | 1,069 | -29.84 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 202 | 0.00 | 123 | 64.23 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 333,880 | 0.10 | 136,963 | 143.77 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 93 | 0.00 | 1,758 | -94.71 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,314,283 | 0.40 | 1,191,227 | 10.33 |
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 | 1,123,769 | 0.34 | 566,918 | 98.22 |
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 | 5,812 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,554,171 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 187,667 | 0.06 | 54,275 | 245.77 |
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 | 12,140 | 0.00 | 6,082 | 99.61 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 142 | 0.00 | 106 | 33.96 |
Russia’s Imports from Libya
The major share of Russian imports from Libya in 2021 (and in 2020) 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 (100.00% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $485.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Libya in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 527 | 100.00 | 42 | 1,154.76 |