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About

Egypt-Libya Trade: In 2022, Egypt exported $960M to Libya. The main products that Egypt exported to Libya were Refined Petroleum ($71.2M), Building Stone ($57.1M), and Unglazed Ceramics ($43.8M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Egypt to Libya have increased at an annualized rate of 17.9%, from $422M in 2017 to $960M in 2022.

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

Libya-Egypt Trade: In 2022, Libya exported $70.8M to Egypt. The main products that Libya exported to Egypt were Iron Reductions ($39.4M), Sulphur ($15.7M), and Hot-Rolled Iron ($5.17M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Libya to Egypt have increased at an annualized rate of 6.27%,  from $52.2M in 2017 to $70.8M in 2022.

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

Comparison: In 2022,  Egypt ranked 69 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.1), and 59 in total exports ($53.9B). 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

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Value

In 2022, Egypt exported $960M to Libya. The main products exported from Egypt to Libya were Refined Petroleum ($71.2M), Building Stone ($57.1M), and Unglazed Ceramics ($43.8M). During the last 5 years the exports of Egypt to Libya have increased at an annualized rate of 17.9%, from $422M in 2017 to $960M in 2022.

In 2017, Libya exported $70.8M to Egypt. The main products exported from Libya to Egypt were Iron Reductions ($39.4M), Sulphur ($15.7M), and Hot-Rolled Iron ($5.17M). During the last 5 years the exports of Libya to Egypt have increased at an annualized rate of 6.27%, from $52.2M in 2022 to $70.8M in 2017.

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

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

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Trade between Egypt (Flag) and Libya (Flag)

Egypt Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Egypt
Top Destination
Turkey$4.23B
Libya
Top Destination
Italy$9.26B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Egypt than Libya included Turkey ($4.23B), Saudi Arabia ($2.35B), and India ($2.57B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Libya than Egypt included Italy ($9.26B), Germany ($3.32B), and China ($2.52B).

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

Comparative Advantage Egypt - Libya

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Egypt had a large net trade with Libya in the exports of Stone And Glass ($137M), Chemical Products ($119M), and Foodstuffs ($118M).

During 2017, Libya had a large net trade with Egypt in the exports of Metals ($50.9M), Mineral Products ($15.7M), and Paper Goods ($4.07M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Egypt Libya+$54.9MRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Libya Egypt+$5.4MScrap Iron

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 Egypt and Libya. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Egypt indicates it has a comparative advantage over Libya. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Libya indicates it has a comparative advantage over Egypt.

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

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