Libya (LBY) and Russia (RUS) Trade | The Observatory of Economic Complexity

Libya-Russia Trade: In 2021, Libya exported $531 to Russia. The main products that Libya exported to Russia were N/A. Over the past 5 years the exports of Libya to Russia have increased at an annualized rate of 75.4%, from $32 in 2016 to $531 in 2021.

In 2021, Libya did not export any services to Russia.

Russia-Libya Trade: In 2021, Russia exported $332M to Libya. The main products that Russia exported to Libya were N/A. Over the past 5 years the exports of Russia to Libya have increased at an annualized rate of 37.4%, from $67.7M in 2016 to $332M in 2021.

In 2020, Russia exported services to Libya worth $358k, with Other business services ($161k), Transportation ($95k), and Communications services ($54k) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison: In 2023, Libya ranked 102 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.84), and 67 in total exports ($35.4B). That same year, Russia ranked 50 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.3), and 18 in total exports ($394B).

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Trade between Libya () and Russia ()

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Libya
Top DestinationItaly$7.96B

Russia
Top DestinationChina$129B

This map shows whether countries import more from Libya or Russia. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Libya and Russia or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2023, countries that imported more from Libya than Russia included Italy ($7.96B), United Kingdom ($1.59B), and Germany ($5.16B).

In 2023, countries that imported more from Russia than Libya included China ($129B), India ($66.1B), and Turkey ($31B).

Difference in imports from Russia () and Libya () (2023)

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Libya Russia+$5.18kCrude Petroleum

Top Product Potential Russia Libya+$10.8kRefined Petroleum

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Bilateral Service Trade

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In 2020, Russia exported services to Libya worth $358k, with Other business services ($161k), Transportation ($95k), and Communications services ($54k) being the largest in terms of value.

Service trade data is presented based on availability.

Services Exports from Russia () to Libya () (2020)

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Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Libya and Russia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Libya indicates it has a comparative advantage over Russia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Russia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Libya.

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Trade between Libya () and Russia ()

Russia Exports

Market Competitiveness

Difference in imports from Russia () and Libya () (2023)

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Bilateral Service Trade

Services Exports from Russia () to Libya () (2020)

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Product Space of Libya () and Russia () (NaN)

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