Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Libya
Libya
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2017-2019) Trade (% GDP, 2017-2019)
21 797 5 222 -11.4 3 412 59.8
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
92 68 175 149
Imports
84 60 79 55
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 7 741 13 396 2020 0.04
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 -17 -3
2019 -14 20
2020 -70 -19 2020 0.08
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 0.1
Fuels and mining products: 99.1
Agricultural products: 20.7
Fuels and mining products: 16.5
Manufactures: 0.8
Other: 0
Manufactures: 62.6
Other: 0.2
By main destination, % (2018)
European Union: 63.5 United Arab Emirates: 3.4 United Kingdom: 2.7
By main origin, % (2018)
China: 16.6 United States of America: 3.2 Other: 10.6
European Union: 39.3 United Arab Emirates: 10.7 Egypt: 4.7
Turkey: 11.1 China: 10.6 Other: 23.5
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS0804 HS5101 HS4101 HS4102 HS1005
2018 . 6 3 2 2 0.5
Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados Wool, not carded or combed Raw hides and skins of bovine Raw skins of sheep or lambs Maize (corn)
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2402 HS1001 HS0104 HS0207 HS1003
2018
Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos Wheat and meslin Live sheep and goats Meat and edible offal of poultry Barley
344 291 165 159 149
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS0804
HS2402
HS5101
HS1001
HS4101
HS0104
HS4102
HS0207
HS1005
HS1003
5%
10%
15%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2018 17 3 363
Annual percentage change
2010-2018 40 6
2017 na na
2018 na na
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2709 HS2711 HS2710 HS7108 HS7404
2018
Petroleum oils, crude Petroleum gases Petroleum oils, other than crude Gold Copper waste and scrap
25 305 2 275 1 078 805 99
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2710 HS8525 HS8703 HS3004 HS1604
2018
Petroleum oils, other than crude Radio-telephony transmission tools Motor cars for transport of persons Medicaments in measured doses Prepared or preserved fish
2 189 845 537 348 174
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
212
50%
Imports 100%
0%
HS2709
HS2710
HS2711
HS8525
HS2710
HS8703
HS7108
HS3004
HS7404
HS1604
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2018 30 001 10 055
Annual percentage change
2010-2018 -2 -5
2017 na na
2018 na na
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Libya TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2019
2010-2019
2018
2019
-12 2
25 16
0 44
134 6 538 2019 0.00
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019 0.11
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2018)
By main services item, % (2018)
Transport: 38.6 Other commercial services: 61.4
Travel: 0 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 28.7 Other commercial services: 26.3
By main destination
Travel: 45.1 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Libya
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2018 52 1 298
Exports By sea (2018) By air (2018) By other (2013)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value
2010-2018 -18 -7
Share (%)
0 52 0
Annual percentage change 2017 25 9
Imports By sea (2018) By air (2018) By other (2013)
0.0 100.0 0.0
2018 25 31
Value
Share (%)
1 135 162 0
87.5 12.5 0.0
Travel Libya
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2018 0 2 042
2010-2018 na 0
Annual percentage change 2017 na 181
2018 na 2
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2018)
Insurance & pension 32.4
67.6
Value
2018
2010-2018
Other commercial services Exports 82 Imports 1 189
-1 4
2013
Goods-related services Exports Imports
ICTs
Annual percentage change
2010-2013
na 0
na na
2017
2018
25 22
25 30
2012
2013
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications Residents
na
Trademark applications
Non-residents
na
Total
na
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Residents
na
Industrial design applications
Non-residents
na
Total
na
Residents
na
Non-residents
na
Total
na
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