Libya | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2018

Exports structure from Libya in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 95% (28 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 2.7% (811 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 0.609% (183 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 0.33% (99 million US$): 74 - Copper and articles thereof
• 0.231% (69 million US$): 31 - Fertilizers
• 0.145% (43 million US$): 76 - Aluminum and articles thereof
• 0.124% (37 million US$): 03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
• 0.118% (35 million US$): 28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
• 0.079% (23 million US$): 99 - Commodities not specified according to kind
• 0.061% (18.4 million US$): 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

What did Libya export in 2018?

Libya's Top Exports in 2018:

• 84% ($25 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 7.57% ($2.27 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
• 3.58% ($1.07 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 2.67% ($804 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 0.328% ($98 million): 7404 - Copper waste and scrap
• 0.228% ($68 million): 3102 - Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous
• 0.195% ($58 million): 7203 - Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or similar forms; iron having a minimum purity by weight of 99.94 %, in lumps, pellets or similar forms
• 0.152% ($45 million): 7204 - Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel.
• 0.142% ($42 million): 7208 - Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated
• 0.116% ($35 million): 7602 - Aluminium waste and scrap

Imports structure to Libya in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 16.3% (2.2 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 11.5% (1.56 billion US$): 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
• 5.88% (792 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 5.71% (769 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 4.62% (623 million US$): 10 - Cereals
• 4.02% (542 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 2.86% (385 million US$): 04 - Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
• 2.63% (355 million US$): 24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• 2.42% (326 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 2.35% (316 million US$): 01 - Live animals

What did Libya import in 2018?

Libya's Top Imports in 2018:

• 16.2% ($2.18 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 6.27% ($844 million): 8525 - Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras; still image video cameras and other video camera recorders; digital cameras
• 3.98% ($537 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 2.58% ($348 million): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 2.55% ($343 million): 2402 - Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes
• 2.16% ($291 million): 1001 - Wheat and meslin.
• 1.29% ($174 million): 1604 - Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs
• 1.25% ($168 million): 7113 - Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
• 1.22% ($165 million): 0104 - Live sheep and goats
• 1.17% ($158 million): 0207 - Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen.