Countries

Libya: trade by HS code

  • US$30.5bnExports 2024
  • US$20.9bnImports 2024
  • 872HS6 · Exports

In 2024, exports from Libya came to US$30.5bn and imports to US$20.9bn.

Its largest customer was Italy and its largest supplier China.

Top exports

  1. 2709.00Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crudeUS$27.7bn
  2. 2711.21Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gasUS$508.4m
  3. 7203.10Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron oreUS$228.4m
  4. 2814.10Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution: anhydrous ammoniaUS$181.5m
  5. 7204.49Other waste and scrap: otherUS$143.3m
  6. 7404.00Copper waste and scrapUS$128.4m
  7. 2901.21Acyclic hydrocarbons, unsaturated, ethyleneUS$105.6m
  8. 2707.50Other aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures of which 65 % or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250 °C by the ISO 3405 method (equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method)US$97.9m
  9. 2711.12Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propaneUS$85.2m
  10. 2901.22Acyclic hydrocarbons, unsaturated, propene (propylene)US$78.2m
  11. 7602.00Aluminium waste and scrapUS$77.7m
  12. 2711.19Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, otherUS$67.5m
  13. 2711.14Ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadieneUS$48.5m
  14. 2905.11Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated: saturated monohydric alcohols, methanol (methyl alcohol)US$42.3m
  15. 7203.90Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore: otherUS$35.1m
  16. 0804.10Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and: datesUS$22.6m
  17. 7801.99Unwrought lead, other, otherUS$21.6m
  18. 7207.12Other, of rectangular (other than square) cross-sectionUS$19.2m
  19. 2503.00Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphurUS$16.5m
  20. 7207.19Containing by weight less than 0,25 % of carbon: otherUS$13m

Top imports

  1. 1701.99Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid: other, otherUS$483.5m
  2. 8703.23Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1500 cm3 but not exceeding 3000 cm3US$466.8m
  3. 7113.19Of other precious metal, whether or not plated or clad with precious metalUS$356.5m
  4. 2601.12Iron ores and concentrates, other than roasted iron pyrites: agglomeratedUS$330.3m
  5. 3004.90Medicaments: otherUS$236.7m
  6. 6802.21Marble, travertine and alabasterUS$225.3m
  7. 2523.29Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement: portland cement, otherUS$201.2m
  8. 1604.14Tunas, skipjack tuna and bonito (Sarda spp.)US$194.3m
  9. 2106.90Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: otherUS$160.3m
  10. 2402.20Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or: cigarettes containing tobaccoUS$150.3m
  11. 3302.10Of a kind used in the food or drink industriesUS$148.5m
  12. 2002.90Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or: otherUS$145.5m
  13. 1005.90Maize (corn), otherUS$144.1m
  14. 8703.22Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1000 cm3 but not exceeding 1500 cm3US$140.9m
  15. 8411.99Turbojets, turbopropellers and other gas turbines: parts, otherUS$134m
  16. 8544.49Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 1000: otherUS$133.9m
  17. 8415.10Of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or “split-system”US$132.6m
  18. 0207.14Cuts and offal, frozenUS$120.8m
  19. 1512.19Sunflower-seed or safflower oil and fractions thereof: otherUS$116m
  20. 8544.60Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 1000 VUS$115.6m

Main buyers from Libya

  1. Italy US$7.4bn
  2. Germany US$4.6bn
  3. United Kingdom US$2.7bn
  4. Greece US$2.5bn
  5. Spain US$2.4bn
  6. France US$2.2bn
  7. United States US$1.5bn
  8. China US$1.2bn
  9. Netherlands US$963.6m
  10. Austria US$689.6m

Main suppliers of Libya

  1. China US$3.3bn
  2. Türkiye US$2.3bn
  3. Egypt US$1.8bn
  4. Italy US$897.4m
  5. Tunisia US$671.7m
  6. Brazil US$645.5m
  7. India US$590.3m
  8. Germany US$484m
  9. United States US$472.6m
  10. South Korea US$406m

Questions and answers

What does Libya export most?

In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude (HS 2709.00), worth US$27.7bn.