US trade (export - import) with Libya in 2016
Published or Updated: May 04, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Libya in 2016: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Libya
In 2016, US trade with Libya totaled $434.2 million, up 12.73% ($49.0 million) from 2015.
US exports to Libya in 2016 were $188.9 million, down 13.36% ($29.1 million) from 2015.
US imports from Libya in 2016 totaled $245.3 million, up 46.76% ($78.2 million) from 2015.
US trade balance with Libya went from a surplus of $50.9 million in 2015, to a deficit of $56.4 million in 2016.
Libya was the US 115th largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 118th in 2015), accounting for 0.0117% of US total trade (up from 0.0101% in 2015).
Libya was the US 126th largest export market in 2016 (down from 122nd in 2015), accounting for 0.0130% of US total exports (down from 0.0145% in 2015).
Libya was the US 105th largest supplier in 2016 (up from 111th in 2015), accounting for 0.0109% of US total imports (up from 0.0072% in 2015).
US Exports to Libya
The major share of US exports to Libya in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 39.36% of US total exports to Libya (59.93% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 31.79% of US total exports to Libya (19.66% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 16.36% of US total exports to Libya (14.31% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 8.84% of US total exports to Libya (0.43% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.89% of US total exports to Libya (2.57% in 2015).
The largest gains in US exports to Libya in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 (HS code 85) - an increase of $36,917.2 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $15,749.8 thousand;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $3,117.4 thousand;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $2,114.1 thousand;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $1,749.6 thousand;
- Photographic or cinematographic goods (HS code 37) - an increase of $1,011.4 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Libya in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $34,057.6 thousand;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $10,438.7 thousand;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $8,422.6 thousand;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $6,934.5 thousand;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $6,649.9 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $4,534.1 thousand;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $3,579.6 thousand;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $3,159.1 thousand;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $2,887.7 thousand;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $1,577.0 thousand;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $1,390.9 thousand;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $1,270.8 thousand;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $1,179.6 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $959.8 thousand;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $877.4 thousand;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $838.7 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2015 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2016 over 2015 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 10,794.9 | 5.72 | 17,729.4 | -39.11 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 845.5 | 0.45 | 2,422.5 | -65.10 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 23.7 | 0.01 | 72.9 | -67.49 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 939.1 | 0.50 | 2,209.9 | -57.50 |
| 10 | Cereals | 32,931.3 | 17.44 | 29,813.9 | 10.46 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,412.0 | 1.28 | 3,802.9 | -36.58 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 415.0 | 0.22 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 17,190.5 | 9.10 | 51,248.1 | -66.46 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 53.6 | 0.03 | 59.7 | -10.20 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 9.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 53.2 | 0.03 | 110.2 | -51.70 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,090.9 | 0.58 | 4,249.9 | -74.33 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 734.2 | 0.39 | 428.8 | 71.24 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 23.6 | 0.01 | 50.4 | -53.13 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 6,829.1 | 3.62 | 17,267.9 | -60.45 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1,179.6 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.2 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 16,688.0 | 8.84 | 938.3 | 1,678.63 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 64.3 | 0.03 | 60.4 | 6.57 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 3,143.0 | 1.66 | 1,393.4 | 125.57 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 9,270.0 | 4.91 | 7,155.9 | 29.54 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 8.5 | 0.00 | 113.2 | -92.46 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,278.6 | 0.68 | 2,117.3 | -39.61 |
| 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 376.3 | 0.20 | 744.3 | -49.44 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 197.8 | 0.10 | 396.3 | -50.08 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 80.5 | -100.00 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 1,238.5 | 0.66 | 227.2 | 445.23 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 816.0 | 0.43 | 3,703.7 | -77.97 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 14,079.3 | 7.45 | 14,956.7 | -5.87 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 422.9 | 0.22 | 241.5 | 75.09 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0.0 | 0.00 | 15.4 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 495.8 | 0.26 | 4,075.4 | -87.84 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 1,138.9 | 0.60 | 1,041.0 | 9.40 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 37.1 | 0.02 | 465.9 | -92.03 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3.8 | 0.00 | 24.3 | -84.20 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 219.0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.0 | 0.00 | 152.9 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0.0 | 0.00 | 13.0 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.1 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 115.6 | 0.06 | 576.7 | -79.95 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 132.0 | 0.07 | 100.0 | 31.97 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 68.4 | 0.04 | 10.5 | 551.15 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.5 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.5 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 12.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2.8 | 0.00 | 29.6 | -90.47 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 205.1 | 0.11 | 1,164.9 | -82.39 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 3.2 | 0.00 | 10.1 | -68.32 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 14.5 | 0.01 | 48.1 | -69.82 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 14.6 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 46.6 | 0.02 | 129.0 | -63.91 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3.1 | 0.00 | 21.0 | -85.13 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 8,386.5 | 4.44 | 15,036.4 | -44.23 |
| 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 | 41,173.6 | 21.80 | 4,256.4 | 867.34 |
| 86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.5 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 8,022.7 | 4.25 | 16,445.4 | -51.22 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 258.7 | 0.14 | 196.6 | 31.62 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 101.2 | 0.05 | 297.2 | -65.95 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,095.6 | 1.11 | 6,629.6 | -68.39 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 32.2 | 0.02 | 62.3 | -48.36 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.8 | -100.00 |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 572.5 | 0.30 | 352.7 | 62.30 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 384.9 | 0.20 | 218.1 | 76.52 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 50.3 | -100.00 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 3,407.0 | 1.80 | 3,762.7 | -9.45 |
US Imports from Libya
The major share of US imports from Libya in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 90.53% of US total imports from Libya (84.39% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.31% of US total imports from Libya (14.29% in 2015).
The largest gains in US imports from Libya in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $81,027.3 thousand;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $2,539.2 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Libya in 2016 over the 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $3,605.9 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $2,001.3 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2015 USD thousand) |
Change in 2016 over 2015 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 228.3 | 0.09 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 222,071.6 | 90.53 | 141,044.3 | 57.45 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3,605.9 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 22,825.4 | 9.31 | 20,286.2 | 12.52 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7.6 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.3 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 18.5 | -100.00 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.2 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 3.1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 28.0 | 0.01 | 3.0 | 825.69 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.4 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0.0 | 0.00 | 37.2 | -100.00 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 128.8 | 0.05 | 2,130.1 | -93.95 |