Exports - commodities:
crude oil, refined petroleum products (1999)

Exports - partners:
Italy 42.6%, Germany 14.1%, Spain 13.6%, Turkey 6.9%, Switzerland
4.4% (2002)

Imports:
$6.3 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery, transport equipment, food, manufactured goods (1999)

Imports - partners:
Italy 25.6%, Germany 9.8%, South Korea 6.6%, UK 6.6%, Tunisia 6.5%,
Japan 6.4%, France 5.7% (2002)

Debt - external:
$4.4 billion (2001 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$15 million (2000)

Currency:
Libyan dinar (LYD)

Currency code:
LYD

Exchange rates:
Libyan dinars per US dollar - 1.2 (2003), 0.6 (2002), 0.51 (2001),
0.5 (2000), 0.39 (1999)