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Foreign trade in goods in October 2018
Print versionOver the month (October, against September), exports
increased by 18.7%, imports – 19%. The increase in exports was
influenced by an increase in exports of petroleum products (26.9%), machinery
and mechanical appliances and parts thereof (25.3%), electrical machinery and
equipment and parts thereof (18.2%). The increase in imports was determined by
an increase in imports of crude petroleum (28.7%), electrical machinery and
equipment and parts thereof (26%), machinery and mechanical appliances and
parts thereof (21.3%). Mineral products excluded, exports increased by 17.8,
imports increased by 17%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by
15.7 per cent, mineral products excluded – 12.6%.
Over the year (October 2018, against October 2017),
exports increased by 15.1, imports – 21.6%. The increase in exports
was influenced by an increase in exports of petroleum products (26.4%) (amount
in tonnes increased by 1.3%), plastics and articles thereof (23.6%), tobacco
and manufactured tobacco substitutes (59.2%). The increase in imports was
determined by an increase in imports of crude petroleum (97.4%) (amount in
tonnes increased by 24.6%), ground vehicles (14.1%), electrical machinery and
equipment and parts thereof (10.1%). Mineral products excluded, exports
increased by 13.1, imports – 11.5%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin
increased by 18.9%, mineral products excluded – 14.7%.
In January–October 2018, against the same period of 2017,
exports and imports increased by 8.5 and 10.1% respectively. The
increase in exports was determined by an increase in exports of petroleum
products (12.1%) (amount in tonnes decreased by 9.7%), tobacco and manufactured
tobacco substitutes (45%), miscellaneous chemical products (57.4%). The
increase in imports was determined by an increase in imports of crude petroleum
(42.1%) (amount in tonnes increased by 0.2%), ground vehicles (14.7%), organic
chemical products (20.4%). Mineral products excluded, exports increased by 7.8,
imports – 6%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by 11.3%, mineral
products excluded – 9.5%.
In January–October 2018, the most important Lithuania’s
partners in exports were Russia (13.8%), Latvia (9.9%), Poland (8.2%) and
Germany (7.4%), while in imports – Russia (15%), Germany (12%), Poland (11.3%)
and Latvia (6.8%). Most of the goods of Lithuanian origin were exported to
Germany (9.2%), Poland (9.1%), the United States (8.3%), Latvia (7.8%) and
Sweden (7%).
In January–October 2018, the largest share in Lithuania’s
exports and imports fell within mineral products (15 and 21.7% respectively),
machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (15.1 and 17% respectively)
and products of the chemical and allied industries (10.6 and 11.5% respectively).
As for the goods of Lithuanian origin, the largest share in exports fell within
petroleum products (20.5%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (11.3%),
prepared foodstuffs, beverages, spirits and tobacco (9.2%), plastics and
articles thereof (8.1%).
EUR million
| Exports | Imports | Balance |
January–October 2017 | 21 565.4 | 23 451.0 | –1 885.6 |
I quarter | 6 129.7 | 6 691.6 | –561.9 |
II quarter | 6 506.2 | 7 101.0 | –594.8 |
III quarter | 6 571.9 | 7 152.8 | –580.9 |
October | 2 357.5 | 2 505.6 | –148.0 |
IV quarter | 7 202.7 | 7 570.8 | –368.1 |
2017 | 26 410.5 | 28 516.2 | –2 105.7 |
January–October 2018 | 23 402.0 | 25 817.8 | –2 415.8 |
January | 2 110.0 | 2 373.4 | –263.4 |
February | 2 061.4 | 2 298.7 | –237.3 |
March | 2 389.6 | 2 614.9 | –225.3 |
I quarter | 6 561.0 | 7 287.0 | –726.0 |
April | 2 075.4 | 2 346.9 | –271.5 |
May | 2 333.0 | 2 702.8 | –369.8 |
June | 2 472.9 | 2 615.4 | –142.5 |
II quarter | 6 881.3 | 7 665.1 | –783.8 |
July | 2 403.6 | 2 546.7 | –143.2 |
August1 | 2 555.7 | 2 711.7 | –156.0 |
September1 | 2 286.0 | 2 560.3 | –274.3 |
III quarter1 | 7 245.3 | 7 818.8 | –573.5 |
October | 2 714.4 | 3 047.0 | –332.6 |
1 Revised data.
Fig. 1. Exports and imports in January–October 2013–2018
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Table 2. Structure of and changes in foreign trade by BEC in January–October 2018
BEC | Exports | Imports | ||||
Value, EUR million | Share, % | Change, against the respective period of 2017, % | Value, EUR million | Share, % | Change, against the respective period of 2017, % | |
Total | 23 402.0 | 100.0 | 8.5 | 25 817.8 | 100.0 | 10.1 |
Capital goods | 2 921.8 | 12.5 | 3.8 | 4 176.9 | 16.2 | 5.1 |
Intermediate goods | 12 128.9 | 51.8 | 11.1 | 14 915.5 | 57.8 | 15.5 |
Consumption goods | 6 793.4 | 29.0 | 4.8 | 5 741.5 | 22.2 | 1.0 |
Motor spirit | 1 146.2 | 4.9 | 13.6 | 60.6 | 0.2 | 34.6 |
Passenger motor cars | 276.2 | 1.2 | 12.1 | 896.9 | 3.5 | 12.4 |
Other | 135.6 | 0.6 | 43.9 | 26.5 | 0.1 | –17.3 |
Table 3. Structure of and changes in trade with key foreign partners2 in January–October 2018
| Exports |
| Imports | |||||
Value, EUR million | Share, % | Share of goods of Lithuanian origin, % | Change, against the respective period of 2017, % | Value, EUR million | Share, % | Change, against the respective period of 2017, % | ||
Total | 23 402.0 | 100.0 | 61.0 | 8.5 | Total | 25 817.8 | 100.0 | 10.1 |
EU28 | 13 820.9 | 59.1 | 69.6 | 8.2 | EU28 | 17 499.3 | 67.8 | 5.2 |
Euro area | 8 667.3 | 37.0 | 65.8 | 8.1 | Euro area | 11 654.1 | 45.1 | 4.0 |
Russia | 3 219.2 | 13.8 | 7.9 | 3.2 | Russia | 3 861.7 | 15.0 | 29.7 |
Latvia | 2 322.2 | 9.9 | 48.1 | 5.9 | Germany | 3 088.4 | 12.0 | 5.9 |
Poland | 1 910.7 | 8.2 | 68.1 | 6.8 | Poland | 2 921.1 | 11.3 | 14.7 |
Germany | 1 730.1 | 7.4 | 75.5 | 7.7 | Latvia | 1 744.5 | 6.8 | 4.1 |
United States | 1 271.7 | 5.4 | 93.4 | 14.2 | Italy | 1 282.7 | 5.0 | 7.5 |
Estonia | 1 193.2 | 5.1 | 52.2 | 10.7 | Netherlands | 1 245.9 | 4.8 | 3.5 |
Sweden | 1 130.7 | 4.8 | 88.5 | 6.0 | Sweden | 958.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
United Kingdom | 885.2 | 3.8 | 82.5 | 12.5 | Kazakhstan | 860.6 | 3.3 | 37.0 |
Belarus | 878.8 | 3.8 | 14.6 | 6.4 | France | 849.2 | 3.3 | –3.9 |
Netherlands | 801.4 | 3.4 | 80.4 | 1.3 | Belgium | 813.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
Ukraine | 706.9 | 3.0 | 75.1 | 20.1 | Estonia | 798.0 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
Norway | 665.4 | 2.8 | 88.0 | 4.4 | United Kingdom | 728.1 | 2.8 | –4.0 |
Denmark | 588.3 | 2.5 | 83.5 | 5.7 | China | 718.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
France | 575.1 | 2.5 | 77.6 | 14.0 | Belarus | 633.8 | 2.5 | 16.1 |
Italy Other countries | 514.0 5 009.1 | 2.2 21.4 | 80.3 70.0 | 3.9 13.4 | Finland Other countries | 622.5 4 690.3 | 2.4 18.0 | –0.2 8.2 |
2 Partner country: in case of exports – country of destination; in case of imports in trade with the EU countries – country of consignment, in trade with the non-EU countries – country of origin of the good.
Table 4. Commodity structure of and changes in exports in January–October 2018
CN sections, chapters | Value, EUR million | Share, % | Share of goods of Lithuanian origin, % | Change, against the respective period of 2017, % | |
| Total | 23 402.0 | 100.0 | 61.0 | 8.5 |
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 | 3 528.1 | 15.1 | 28.1 | 4.9 |
84 | Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1 936.7 | 8.3 | 17.5 | 4.1 |
V | Mineral products | 3 517.1 | 15.0 | 88.9 | 13.0 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3 478.5 | 14.9 | 89.5 | 12.9 |
2710 | Petroleum products | 3 097.5 | 13.2 | 94.5 | 12.1 |
VI | Products of the chemical or allied industries | 2473.7 | 10.6 | 44.2 | 13.9 |
31 | Fertilisers | 607.0 | 2.6 | 78.8 | 1.4 |
XX | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1 933.9 | 8.3 | 83.5 | 10.5 |
94 | Furniture and related articles, lamps and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings | 1 775.1 | 7.6 | 88.2 | 10.0 |
IV | Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1 812.1 | 7.7 | 72.2 | 14.9 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 600.9 | 2.6 | 98.2 | 45.0 |
VII | Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof | 1 587.2 | 6.8 | 72.6 | 11.1 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1 482.5 | 6.3 | 76.7 | 12.0 |
XV | Base metals and articles of base metal | 1 441.8 | 6.2 | 54.4 | 13.5 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 590.1 | 2.5 | 64.3 | 9.8 |
| Other | 7 108.1 | 30.3 | 59.0 | 3.1 |
Table 5. Commodity structure of and changes in exports of goods of Lithuanian origin in January–October 2018
CN sections, chapters | Value, EUR million | Share, % | Change, against the respective period of 2017, % | |
| Total | 14 265.7 | 100.0 | 11.3 |
V | Mineral products | 3 126.0 | 21.9 | 18.4 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3 111.6 | 21.8 | 19.0 |
2710 | Petroleum products | 2 927.7 | 20.5 | 19.0 |
XX | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1 615.7 | 11.3 | 7.8 |
94 | Furniture and related articles, lamps and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings | 1 566.2 | 11.0 | 8.0 |
IV | Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1 307.5 | 9.2 | 17.3 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 590.3 | 4.1 | 46.6 |
VII | Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof | 1 152.1 | 8.1 | 17.5 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1 137.4 | 8.0 | 17.4 |
VI | Products of the chemical or allied industries | 1 092.9 | 7.7 | 21.7 |
31 | Fertilisers | 478.3 | 3.4 | –6.1 |
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 | 993.2 | 7.0 | 12.2 |
85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers | 653.9 | 4.6 | 14.1 |
I 04 | Live animals; animal products Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included Other | 971.2 427.1 4 007.1 | 6.8 3.0 28.0 | –3.5 –5.3 5.7 |
Table 6. Commodity structure of and changes in imports in January–October 2018
CN sections, chapters | Value, EUR million | Share, % | Change, against the respective period of 2017, % | |
| Total | 25 817.8 | 100.0 | 10.1 |
V | Mineral products | 5 602.0 | 21.7 | 28.1 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 5 387.6 | 20.9 | 29.3 |
2709 | Crude petroleum | 3 853.1 | 14.9 | 42.1 |
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 | 4 390.8 | 17.0 | 2.4 |
84 | Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2 531.7 | 9.8 | 2.9 |
VI | Products of the chemical or allied industries | 2 961.6 | 11.5 | 7.5 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 837.6 | 3.2 | –0.5 |
XVII | Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment | 2 562.3 | 9.9 | 13.7 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2 494.6 | 9.7 | 14.7 |
XV | Base metals and articles of base metal | 1 752.6 | 6.8 | 13.0 |
72 | Iron and steel | 628.1 | 2.4 | 20.8 |
VII | Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof | 1 384.0 | 5.4 | 2.8 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1 154.9 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
IV | Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1 294.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 358.7 | 1.4 | 8.3 |
| Other | 5 869.7 | 22.7 | 3.8 |
Fig. 2. Exports and imports dynamics, 2013–2018
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Table 7. Volume of and changes in imports and exports
Period | Exports | Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin | Imports | Balance | ||||
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 | |
2017-10 | 2 357.5 | 2.3 | 1 387.8 | −2.9 | 58.9 | 2 505.6 | 3.7 | −148.0 |
2017-11 | 2 488.7 | 5.6 | 1 489.2 | 7.3 | 59.8 | 2 648.3 | 5.7 | −159.5 |
2017-12 | 2 356.4 | −5.3 | 1 390.7 | −6.6 | 59.0 | 2 416.9 | −8.7 | −60.5 |
2018-01 | 2 110.0 | −10.5 | 1 348.8 | −3.0 | 63.9 | 2 373.4 | −1.8 | −263.4 |
2018-02 | 2 061.4 | −2.3 | 1 239.4 | −8.1 | 60.1 | 2 298.7 | −3.1 | −237.3 |
2018-03 | 2 389.6 | 15.9 | 1 420.6 | 14.6 | 59.4 | 2 614.9 | 13.8 | −225.3 |
2018-04 | 2 075.4 | −13.1 | 1 187.2 | −16.4 | 57.2 | 2 346.9 | –10.3 | −271.5 |
2018-05 | 2 333.0 | 12.4 | 1 419.6 | 19.6 | 60.8 | 2 702.8 | 15.2 | −369.8 |
2018-06 | 2 472.9 | 6.0 | 1 531.6 | 7.9 | 61.9 | 2 615.4 | –3.2 | −142.5 |
2018-07 | 2 403.6 | −2.8 | 1 466.7 | −4.2 | 61.0 | 2 546.7 | –2.6 | −143.2 |
2018-08 | 2 555.7 | 6.3 | 1 576.5 | 7.5 | 61.7 | 2 711.7 | 6.5 | −156.0 |
2018-09 | 2 286.0 | –10.6 | 1 425.9 | −9.6 | 62.4 | 2 560.3 | −5.6 | −274.3 |
2018-10 | 2 714.4 | 18.7 | 1 649.4 | 15.7 | 60.8 | 3 047.0 | 19.0 | −332.6 |
Note. Due to rounding, the sum of lines or columns in some tables may disagree with the “Total”.
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