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About

Malaysia-Libya Trade: In 2022, Malaysia exported $12M to Libya. The main products that Malaysia exported to Libya were Other Vegetable Oils ($1.86M), Palm Oil ($1.29M), and Electrical Ignitions ($991k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Malaysia to Libya have decreased at an annualized rate of 9.8%, from $20.1M in 2017 to $12M in 2022.

In 2022, Malaysia did not export any services to Libya.

Libya-Malaysia Trade: In 2022, Libya exported $31.7M to Malaysia. The main products that Libya exported to Malaysia were Crude Petroleum ($31.3M), Tropical Fruits ($365k), and Refined Copper ($20.1k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Libya to Malaysia have decreased at an annualized rate of 27.4%,  from $157M in 2017 to $31.7M in 2022.

In 2022, Libya did not export any services to Malaysia.

Comparison: In 2022,  Malaysia ranked 24 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.09), and 22 in total exports ($378B). That same year, Libya ranked 104 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.84), and 67 in total exports ($36B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Malaysia exported $12M to Libya. The main products exported from Malaysia to Libya were Other Vegetable Oils ($1.86M), Palm Oil ($1.29M), and Electrical Ignitions ($991k). During the last 5 years the exports of Malaysia to Libya have decreased at an annualized rate of 9.8%, from $20.1M in 2017 to $12M in 2022.

In 2017, Libya exported $31.7M to Malaysia. The main products exported from Libya to Malaysia were Crude Petroleum ($31.3M), Tropical Fruits ($365k), and Refined Copper ($20.1k). During the last 5 years the exports of Libya to Malaysia have decreased at an annualized rate of 27.4%, from $157M in 2022 to $31.7M in 2017.

Exports from Malaysia (Flag) to Libya (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Libya (Flag) to Malaysia (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Malaysia
Top Destination
Singapore$53.8B
Libya
Top Destination
Italy$9.26B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Malaysia than Libya included Singapore ($53.8B), China ($48.5B), and United States ($44.2B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Libya than Malaysia included Italy ($9.26B), Greece ($2.25B), and Spain ($3.48B).

Difference in imports from Libya (Flag) and Malaysia (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Malaysia - Libya

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Malaysia had a large net trade with Libya in the exports of Animal and Vegetable Bi-Products ($4.41M), Machines ($2.18M), and Plastics and Rubbers ($1.2M).

During 2017, Libya had a large net trade with Malaysia in the exports of Mineral Products ($31.3M), Vegetable Products ($365k), and Metals ($20.1k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Top Product Potential Malaysia Libya+$1.19MRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Libya Malaysia+$46.7MCrude 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 Malaysia and Libya. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Malaysia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Libya. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Libya indicates it has a comparative advantage over Malaysia.

Product Space of Malaysia (Flag) and Libya (Flag) (2022)

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