Analytics, Baltic Export, Foreign trade , Lithuania

In December 2009, against December 2008, exports increased by 4.6%, imports decreased by 19.8%; mineral products excluded exports decreased by 1%, while imports – by 21.4%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by 12.2%, mineral products excluded – by 5.2%.

In December 2009, against November 2009, exports increased by 2.2%, imports decreased by 5.2%; mineral products excluded, exports increased by 2.1%, imports decreased by 1.8%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by 2.6%; mineral products excluded, exports increased by 2.3%.

In 2009, exports amounted to LTL 40.7 billion, imports – LTL 45.1 billion. Foreign trade deficit amounted to LTL 4.4 billion, which is by 74.8% less than in 2008. Exports and imports decreased by 26.6 and 38.2% respectively; mineral products excluded, exports decreased by 23.3, while imports – by 38%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 27.2%, mineral products excluded – by 21.9%.

An impact on the decline in exports was made by a 37% decrease in exports of petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, 38.8% – vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, 35.5% – electric machinery and equipment. The decline in imports was influenced by a 37.2% decrease in imports of crude petroleum, 66.7% – vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, 40.5% – boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances.

In 2009, the most important partners in exports were Russia (13.2%), Latvia (10%), Germany (9.7%), Poland (7.2%), in imports – Russia (30.1%), Germany (11.2%), Poland (10%) and Latvia (6.4%).

In 2009, the largest share in exports fell within mineral products (21.5%), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (10%), products of the chemical or allied industries (9.1%), in imports – mineral products (29.3%), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (13.1%), products of the chemical or allied industries (12.3%). 

Table 1. Foreign trade balance, LTL million

* Revised data.
^◘ Non-final data.

Table 2. Exports and imports by BEC, 2009

Table 3. Key foreign trade partners, 2009

Table 4. Exports by commodity structure, 2009

CN sections			LTL million	%
				share	Against 2008, growth, drop (-)
	Total		40724.9	100	-26.6
I	Live animals; animal products		2287.4	5.6	-4.9
04		Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	1157.5	2.8	-13.7
II	Vegetable products		2650.9	6.5	-21.2
10		Cereals	865.7	2.1	-22.6
IV	Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar, tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes		2894.2	7.1	-0.4
23		Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder	634.0	1.6	-0.1
V	Mineral products		8744.4	21.5	-36.7
27		Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes	8676.3	21.3	-36.6
VI	Products of the chemical or allied industries		3688.2	9.1	-31.1
31		Fertilisers	1803.5	4.4	-48.7
VII	Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof		2746.8	6.7	-16.9
39		Plastics and articles thereof	2605.2	6.4	-16.1
XI	Textiles and textile articles		2636.3	6.5	-13.8
62		Articles of apparel and clothing accessories not knitted or crocheted	812.5	2.0	-18.0
XV	Base metals and articles of base metal		1809.0	4.4	-31.7
73		Articles of iron or steel	860.1	2.1	-17.7
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		4063.7	10.0	-31.3
84		Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	2257.6	5.5	-27.5
XVII	Vehicles; aircraft; vessels and associated transport equipment		2957.2	7.3	-37.8
87		Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof	2390.2	5.9	-38.8
XX	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		2593.1	6.4	-10.4
94		Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings	2395.3	5.9	-9.5
	Other		3653.7	8.9	-

Table 5. Imports by commodity structure, 2009

Table 6. Changes in imports and exports over a year 

Note: Due to rounding, the sum of lines or columns in some tables may disagree with the “total”.