Libya

This factsheet provides the latest statistics on trade and investment between the UK and Libya. Date of release: 18 November 2022; Date of next planned release: 19 December 2022

Total trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between the UK and Libya was £1.5 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q2 2022, an increase of 151.7% or £915 million from the four quarters to the end of Q2 2021. Of this £1.5 billion:

  • Total UK exports to Libya amounted to £199 million in the four quarters to the end of Q2 2022 (an increase of 3.6% or £7 million compared to the four quarters to the end of Q2 2021);
  • Total UK imports from Libya amounted to £1.3 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q2 2022 (an increase of 220.9% or £908 million compared to the four quarters to the end of Q2 2021).

Libya was the UK’s 75th largest trading partner in the four quarters to the end of Q2 2022 accounting for 0.1% of total UK trade.1

In 2020, the outward stock of foreign direct investment (FDI) from the UK in Libya are not available due to data disclosure.

In 2020, the inward stock of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the UK from Libya was £179 million.2

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