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The foreign trade deficit of Lithuania amounted to EUR 242.7 mln in April
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Over the month (April 2016, against March), exports decreased by 3.9, imports – by 3.8%. The decrease in exports was influenced by a decrease in exports of petroleum products (26.4%), cereals (28.2%), and fertilisers (20.8%). The decrease in imports was determined by a decrease in imports of machinery and mechanical appliances and parts thereof (7.9%) and electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof (8.2%). Mineral products excluded, exports of goods decreased by 1.2, imports – by 4.7%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 7.2, mineral products excluded – by 1.9%.
Over the year (April 2016, against April 2015), exports decreased by 6, imports – by 11%. The decrease in exports was influenced by a decrease in exports of petroleum products (50.6%), edible fruit and nuts (61.8%), and fertilisers (18.8%). The decrease in imports was determined by a decrease in imports crude oil (46%) and ships, boats and floating structures (96.9%). Mineral products excluded, exports of goods increased by 2.8%, imports – decreased by 3.3%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 9.6%, mineral products excluded – grew by 4.2%.
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| Exports and imports in 2011-2016, January-April |
In January–April 2016, against the same period of 2015, exports decreased by 0.6, imports – by 5%. The decrease in exports was determined by a decrease in exports of petroleum products (26.2%), fertilisers (25.4%), and edible fruit and nuts (52.2%). The decrease in imports was influenced by a decrease in imports of crude oil (27.8%), edible fruit and nuts (42.6%), and ships, boats and floating structures (95%). Due to a decrease in prices, exports of petroleum products and imports of crude oil in value terms decreased, although in terms of amount in tonnes exports grew by 16.3, imports – by 10.2%. Mineral products excluded, exports increased by 4, imports – by 2%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 1.3%, mineral products excluded – grew by 4.3%. Exports to Russia decreased by 6.6, of goods of Lithuanian origin – by 8%, which was mainly conditioned by a decrease in exports of machinery and mechanical appliances and parts thereof (38.2%) and furniture (41.4%); meat and dairy products were not exported. Exports of food and agricultural products (CN sections I–IV) to Russia decreased by 15.3%, of food and agricultural products of Lithuanian origin – increased by 8.8% (in January–April 2015, exports of such products amounted to EUR 18.1 million, in January–April 2016 – EUR 19.7 million).
In January–April 2016, the most important Lithuania's partners in exports were Russia (12.9%), Poland (9.6%), Latvia (9.4%), and Germany (8.1%), while in imports – Germany (12.5%), Russia (11.7%), Poland (11.3%), and Latvia (7.7%). Most of the goods of Lithuanian origin were exported to Germany (10.8%), the United States (9.1%), Poland (7.2%), Sweden (6.9%), and Latvia (6.7%).
In January–April 2016, the largest share in Lithuania's exports and imports fell within machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (14.7 and 18.3% respectively), products of the chemical and allied industries (11.8 and 13.3% respectively), and mineral products (11.6 and 15.5% respectively). As for the goods of Lithuanian origin, the largest share in exports fell within mineral products (15.5%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (12.5%), and prepared foodstuffs, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages and tobacco (9%).
Table 1. Foreign trade balance, EUR million
|
|
Exports |
Imports |
Balance |
|
January–April 20151 |
7 051.2 |
8 023.2 |
–972.0 |
|
I quarter |
5 144.9 |
5 737.6 |
–592.7 |
|
April |
1 906.3 |
2 285.6 |
–379.3 |
|
II quarter |
5 828.1 |
6 697.1 |
–869.0 |
|
III quarter |
5 891.3 |
6 484.3 |
–593.0 |
|
IV quarter |
6 119.3 |
6 477.7 |
–358.4 |
|
20151 |
22 983.6 |
25 396.7 |
–2 413.1 |
|
January–April 2016 |
7 009.8 |
7 622.1 |
–612.3 |
|
January |
1 575.0 |
1 591.1 |
–16.1 |
|
February2 |
1 778.9 |
1 882.9 |
–104.0 |
|
March2 |
1 864.7 |
2 114.2 |
–249.5 |
|
I quarter2 |
5 218.6 |
5 588.2 |
–369.6 |
|
April |
1 791.2 |
2 033.9 |
–242.7 |
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1 Non-final data.
2 Revised data.
Table 2. Structure of and changes in foreign trade by BEC, January–April 2016
|
BEC |
Exports |
Imports |
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|
Value, EUR million |
Share, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2015, % |
Value, EUR million |
Share, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2015, % |
|
|
Total |
7 009.8 |
100.0 |
–0.6 |
7 622.1 |
100.0 |
–5.0 |
|
Capital goods |
813.4 |
11.6 |
–1.0 |
1 214.1 |
15.9 |
–2.8 |
|
Intermediate goods |
3 579.1 |
51.1 |
–2.1 |
4 093.7 |
53.7 |
–10.6 |
|
Consumption goods |
2 251.6 |
32.1 |
3.5 |
2 043.8 |
26.8 |
5.3 |
|
Motor spirit |
273.9 |
3.9 |
–10.1 |
8.0 |
0.1 |
–20.0 |
|
Passenger motor cars |
72.2 |
1.0 |
–4.9 |
258.2 |
3.4 |
13.1 |
|
Other |
19.6 |
0.3 |
7.6 |
4.3 |
0.1 |
–74.3 |
Table 3. Structure of and changes in trade with key foreign partners, January–April 2016
|
|
Exports |
|
Imports |
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|
Value, EUR million |
Share, % |
Share of goods of Lithuanian origin, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2015, % |
Value, EUR million |
Share, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2015, % |
||
|
Total |
7 009.8 |
100.0 |
58.5 |
–0.6 |
Total |
7 622.1 |
100.0 |
–5.0 |
|
EU28 |
4 336.4 |
61.9 |
64.4 |
–3.5 |
EU28 |
5 396.6 |
70.8 |
0.8 |
|
Euro area |
2 627.7 |
37.5 |
63.7 |
–6.8 |
Euro area |
3 611.4 |
47.4 |
0.4 |
|
CIS3 |
1 480.4 |
21.1 |
15.3 |
–8.8 |
CIS |
1 347.9 |
17.7 |
–22.8 |
|
EFTA 4 |
268.1 |
3.8 |
90.4 |
13.5 |
EFTA |
165.3 |
2.2 |
37.6 |
|
Russia |
907.4 |
12.9 |
9.0 |
–6.6 |
Germany |
955.7 |
12.5 |
5.2 |
|
Poland |
674.2 |
9.6 |
44.0 |
–1.8 |
Russia |
892.2 |
11.7 |
–28.8 |
|
Latvia |
656.6 |
9.4 |
42.0 |
–5.6 |
Poland |
863.1 |
11.3 |
5.7 |
|
Germany |
566.2 |
8.1 |
77.9 |
–8.0 |
Latvia |
584.2 |
7.7 |
2.1 |
|
United States |
385.5 |
5.5 |
96.4 |
25.1 |
Netherlands |
384.9 |
5.0 |
–4.8 |
|
Estonia |
362.4 |
5.2 |
45.2 |
–3.4 |
Italy |
379.2 |
5.0 |
7.4 |
|
Sweden |
325.1 |
4.6 |
87.1 |
13.5 |
Sweden |
297.2 |
3.9 |
–11.2 |
|
United Kingdom |
319.2 |
4.6 |
82.7 |
–1.0 |
France |
262.9 |
3.4 |
24.4 |
|
Netherlands |
244.1 |
3.5 |
67.8 |
–24.6 |
Estonia |
259.7 |
3.4 |
14.8 |
|
Belarus |
238.7 |
3.4 |
15.5 |
–21.0 |
Belgium |
242.5 |
3.2 |
–3.0 |
|
Norway |
222.6 |
3.2 |
91.0 |
12.7 |
China |
232.5 |
3.1 |
–4.2 |
|
Denmark |
220.1 |
3.1 |
78.3 |
–0.5 |
Belarus |
226.6 |
3.0 |
–15.6 |
|
France |
198.4 |
2.8 |
82.5 |
5.2 |
United Kingdom |
219.7 |
2.9 |
–0.5 |
|
Italy |
154.2 |
2.2 |
81.4 |
3.9 |
Finland |
183.1 |
2.4 |
5.7 |
|
Ukraine |
153.8 |
2.2 |
56.0 |
3.3 |
Denmark |
159.0 |
2.1 |
5.2 |
|
Other |
1 381.3 |
19.7 |
70.5 |
9.6 |
Other |
1 479.6 |
19.4 |
–9.6 |
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3 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova,
Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
4 Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Switzerland.
Table 4. Exports by main commodity group, January–April 2016
|
CN sections, chapters |
Value, EUR million |
Share, % |
Share of goods of Lithuanian origin, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2015, % |
|
|
|
Total |
7 009.8 |
100.0 |
58.5 |
–0.6 |
|
XVI |
Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles |
1 033.9 |
14.7 |
27.2 |
2.0 |
|
84 |
Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
566.5 |
8.1 |
18.2 |
–5.2 |
|
VI |
Products of the chemical or allied industries |
830.0 |
11.8 |
43.9 |
1.7 |
|
31 |
Fertilisers |
274.7 |
3.9 |
84.2 |
–25.4 |
|
V |
Mineral products |
816.3 |
11.6 |
77.9 |
–25.4 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
806.0 |
11.5 |
77.9 |
–25.5 |
|
XX |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
592.9 |
8.5 |
86.7 |
5.3 |
|
94 |
Furniture and related articles, lamps and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings |
548.7 |
7.8 |
90.0 |
4.9 |
|
IV |
Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
525.5 |
7.5 |
70.2 |
12.6 |
|
24 |
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
123.1 |
1.8 |
99.5 |
16.6 |
|
II |
Vegetable products |
488.2 |
7.0 |
59.7 |
6.4 |
|
10 |
Cereals |
222.4 |
3.2 |
91.8 |
90.5 |
|
VII |
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof |
468.1 |
6.7 |
69.0 |
4.8 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
434.6 |
6.2 |
73.4 |
4.9 |
|
XI |
Textiles and textile articles |
418.2 |
6.0 |
56.6 |
5.9 |
|
62 |
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted |
131.6 |
1.9 |
57.2 |
–2.2 |
|
|
Other |
1 836.7 |
26.2 |
59.2 |
2.2 |
Table 5. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin by main commodity group, January–April 2016
|
CN sections, chapters |
Value, EUR million |
Share, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2015, % |
|
|
|
Total |
4 103.5 |
100.0 |
–1.3 |
|
V |
Mineral products |
635.6 |
15.5 |
–23.8 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
628.1 |
15.3 |
–24.2 |
|
XX |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
514.3 |
12.5 |
7.1 |
|
94 |
Furniture and related articles, lamps and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings |
493.7 |
12.0 |
6.6 |
|
IV |
Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
368.8 |
9.0 |
13.5 |
|
24 |
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
122.5 |
3.0 |
17.5 |
|
VI |
Products of the chemical or allied industries |
364.6 |
8.9 |
–16.3 |
|
31 |
Fertilisers |
231.2 |
5.6 |
–27.4 |
|
VII |
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof |
322.9 |
7.9 |
1.4 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
319.1 |
7.8 |
1.2 |
|
II |
Vegetable products |
291.6 |
7.1 |
57.0 |
|
10 |
Cereals |
204.2 |
5.0 |
79.2 |
|
I |
Live animals; animal products |
284.5 |
6.9 |
–4.7 |
|
03 |
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates |
103.0 |
2.5 |
17.7 |
|
|
Kita |
1 321.2 |
32.2 |
3.2 |
Table 6. Imports by main commodity group, January–April 2016
|
CN sections, chapters |
Value, EUR million |
Share, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2015, % |
|
|
|
Total |
7 622.1 |
100.0 |
–5.0 |
|
XVI |
Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles |
1 395.7 |
18.3 |
–4.1 |
|
84 |
Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
793.6 |
10.4 |
–6.0 |
|
V |
Mineral products |
1 179.8 |
15.5 |
–30.8 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
1 099.5 |
14.4 |
–31.6 |
|
VI |
Products of the chemical or allied industries |
1 013.9 |
13.3 |
3.2 |
|
30 |
Pharmaceutical products |
325.3 |
4.3 |
19.2 |
|
XVII |
Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment |
720.5 |
9.5 |
18.9 |
|
87 |
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
689.4 |
9.0 |
31.2 |
|
XV |
Base metals and articles of base metal |
451.7 |
5.9 |
–5.9 |
|
73 |
Articles of iron or steel |
148.6 |
2.0 |
–11.2 |
|
VII |
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof |
445.0 |
5.8 |
9.1 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
371.4 |
4.9 |
10.2 |
|
IV |
Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
435.7 |
5.7 |
10.3 |
|
22 |
Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
96.2 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
|
|
Other |
1 979.8 |
26.0 |
–0.6 |
Table 7. Volume of and changes in imports and exports
|
Period |
Exports |
Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin |
Imports |
Balance |
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|
value, EUR million |
change, against the previous month, % |
value, EUR million |
change, against the previous month, % |
share in total exports, % |
value, EUR million |
change, against the previous month, % |
EUR million |
|
|
2015−04 |
1 906.3 |
1.6 |
1 088.3 |
0.3 |
57.1 |
2 285.6 |
7.4 |
−379.3 |
|
2015−05 |
1 945.0 |
2.0 |
1 156.8 |
6.3 |
59.5 |
2 182.2 |
−4.5 |
−237.2 |
|
2015−06 |
1 976.8 |
1.6 |
1 152.2 |
−0.4 |
58.3 |
2 229.4 |
2.2 |
−252.6 |
|
2015−07 |
2 013.5 |
1.9 |
1 157.0 |
0.4 |
57.5 |
2 310.3 |
3.6 |
−296.8 |
|
2015−08 |
1 836.2 |
−8.8 |
1 071.7 |
−7.4 |
58.4 |
2 021.4 |
−12.5 |
−185.2 |
|
2015−09 |
2 041.7 |
11.2 |
1 264.5 |
18.0 |
61.9 |
2 152.7 |
6.5 |
−111.0 |
|
2015−10 |
2 182.1 |
6.9 |
1 286.6 |
1.7 |
59.0 |
2 264.6 |
5.2 |
−82.5 |
|
2015−11 |
2 055.0 |
−5.8 |
1 192.0 |
−7.4 |
58.0 |
2 120.3 |
−6.4 |
−65.3 |
|
2015−12 |
1 882.3 |
−8.4 |
1 076.0 |
−9.7 |
57.2 |
2 092.8 |
−1.3 |
−210.5 |
|
2016−01 |
1 575.0 |
−16.3 |
1 026.4 |
−4.6 |
65.2 |
1 591.1 |
−24.0 |
−16.1 |
|
2016−02 |
1 778.9 |
12.9 |
1 033.5 |
0.7 |
58.1 |
1 882.9 |
18.3 |
−104.0 |
|
2016−03 |
1 864.7 |
4.8 |
1 060.0 |
2.6 |
56.8 |
2 114.2 |
12.3 |
−249.5 |
|
2016−04 |
1 791.2 |
−3.9 |
983.5 |
−7.2 |
54.9 |
2 033.9 |
−3.8 |
−242.7 |
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