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About

United States-Libya Trade: In 2022, United States exported $284M to Libya. The main products that United States exported to Libya were Cars ($119M), Other Nuts ($18.2M), and Electric Generating Sets ($16.3M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United States to Libya have increased at an annualized rate of 16.6%, from $132M in 2017 to $284M in 2022.

In 2022, United States did not export any services to Libya.

Libya-United States Trade: In 2022, Libya exported $2.24B to United States. The main products that Libya exported to United States were Crude Petroleum ($2.24B), Refined Petroleum ($4.92M), and Collector's Items ($247k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Libya to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 10.5%,  from $746M in 2017 to $2.24B in 2022.

In 2022, Libya did not export any services to United States.

Comparison: In 2022,  United States ranked 10 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.47), and 2 in total exports ($1.95T). That same year, Libya ranked 104 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.84), and 67 in total exports ($36B).

Company data: In 2023, leading companies such as Wistron (79) and Stanley Black & Decker (3) were at the forefront of exporting goods from Libya to the United States. Conversely, Wistron Infocomm (vietnam) Co., Ltd (74), Wistron Infocomm Vietnam Co Ltd (5), and Other (3) were notable for importing products to Libya from the United States.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, United States exported $284M to Libya. The main products exported from United States to Libya were Cars ($119M), Other Nuts ($18.2M), and Electric Generating Sets ($16.3M). During the last 5 years the exports of United States to Libya have increased at an annualized rate of 16.6%, from $132M in 2017 to $284M in 2022.

In 2017, Libya exported $2.24B to United States. The main products exported from Libya to United States were Crude Petroleum ($2.24B), Refined Petroleum ($4.92M), and Collector's Items ($247k). During the last 5 years the exports of Libya to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 10.5%, from $746M in 2022 to $2.24B in 2017.

Exports from United States (Flag) to Libya (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Libya (Flag) to United States (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
United States
Top Destination
Canada$308B
Libya
Top Destination
Italy$9.26B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from United States than Libya included Canada ($308B), Mexico ($294B), and China ($151B).

In 2022, no countries were registered that imported more from Libya than from United States.

Difference in imports from Libya (Flag) and United States (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage United States - Libya

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between United States and Libya by product, considering products traded by both, United States and Libya.

During 2022, United States had a large net trade with Libya in the exports of Transportation ($133M), Machines ($53.6M), and Vegetable Products ($24.9M).

During 2017, Libya had a large net trade with United States in the exports of Mineral Products ($2.24B), Arts and Antiques ($251k), and Plastics and Rubbers ($60.2k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential United States Libya+$23.9MCars
Top Product Potential Libya United States+$1.05BCrude 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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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

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

Product Space of United States (Flag) and Libya (Flag) (2022)

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