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Exports grow in Lithuania, fall in Latvia, Estonia in Q1
BC, Riga, 17.05.2016.
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Print versionLithuania was the only Baltic country to post a year-on-year increase in exports for the first quarter of 2016, figures from the EU statistical office Eurostat showed on May 17th, cites LETA/BNS.
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Lithuania's first-quarter exports grew by an annual 1% to 5.2 billion euros.
Meanwhile, Latvia's exports fell by 5% to 2.4 billion euros and Estonia's exports were down by 2% to 2.8 billion euros.
Lithuania's imports shrank by 3% in the first quarter year-on-year to 5.6 billion euros and Latvia's exports dropped by 5% to 2.9 billion euros. Estonia's imports edged up by 1% to 3.2 billion euros.
Estonia registered the biggest trade deficit among the three Baltic countries, at 0.5 billion euros. Lithuania and Latvia recorded deficits of 0.3 billion euros and 0.4 billion euros, respectively.
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