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Foreign trade deficit of Lithuania grew 2.8 times in January 2010

Jonas Markelevičius, Statistics Lithuania, 10.03.2010.Print version
Statistics Lithuania reports that, based on non-final data obtained from customs declarations and Intrastat reporting data, exports in January 2010 amounted to LTL 3.1 billion, while imports – LTL 3.5 billion. Foreign trade deficit of Lithuania amounted to LTL 0.4 billion, which is 2.8 times more than in January 2009. Data on trade with EU countries were adjusted after VAT returns data had been received.

In January 2010, against January 2009, exports decreased by 3.3%, while imports increased by 5.6%; mineral products excluded, exports decreased by 1.4%, while imports – by 7.3%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 2.5%, mineral products excluded – grew by 2.4%.

 

An impact on the decline in exports was made by an 8.7% decline in exports of petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, 19.3% – boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, 72% – animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products, 33.5% – various chemicals. The increase in imports was influenced by a 38.6% increase in imports of crude petroleum, 56.2% – organic chemicals, 87.8% – fertilisers.

 

In January 2010, against December 2009, exports decreased by 16.9, imports – by 7.6%; mineral products excluded, exports decreased by 18.7, imports – by 19.6%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 10.3%; mineral products excluded, exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 9.2%.

 

In January 2010, the most important partners in exports were Russia (10.6%), Germany (9.5%), Latvia (9.2%), and Poland (8.3%), in imports – Russia (38.3%), Poland (8.5%), Germany (8.4%), and Latvia (5%).

 

In January 2010, the largest share in exports fell within mineral products (23.9%), products of the chemical or allied industries (9.6%), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (8.8%), in imports – mineral products (38.1%), products of the chemical or allied industries (12.1%); machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (9.7%).


Table 1. Foreign trade balance, LTL million

 

Exports

Imports

Balance

2010

 

 

 

January

3074.9

3533.7

-458.8


2009◘  

40724.9

45138.0

-4413.1

January

3179.7

3346.2

-166.5

February

3108.9

3413.1

-304.2

March

3207.8

3723.6

-515.8

I quarter

9496.4

10482.9

-986.5

April

3041.2

3316.7

-275.5

May

3079.7

3686.7

-607.0

June

3429.7

3779.8

-350.1

II quarter

9550.6

10783.2

-1232.6

July

3420.8

3774.4

-353.6

August

3427.1

4012.2

-585.1

September

3767.5

4085.2

-317.7

III quarter

10615.4

11871.8

-1256.4

October

3739.5

4141.3

-401.8

November

3621.4

4034.6

-413.2

December

3701.6

3824.2

-122.6

IV quarter

11062.5

12000.1

-937.6

◘ Non-final data.


Table 2. Exports and imports by BEC, January 2010

Section

Exports

Imports

Against January 2009, growth, drop (-),%

LTL million

%

LTL million

%

exports

imports

Total

3074.9

100

3533.7

100

-3.3

5.6

Capital goods

228.7

7.4

257.0

7.3

-8.6

-20.2

Intermediate goods

1641.0

53.4

2432.0

68.8

0.0

20.6

Consumption goods

864.2

28.1

742.6

21.0

-8.5

-16.9

Motor spirit

285.0

9.3

13.2

0.4

7.6

10.8 t.

Passenger motor cars

53.2

1.7

87.3

2.5

-28.5

-21.8

Other

2.8

0.1

1.6

0.0

-

-


Table 3. Key foreign trade partners, January 2010

Exports

LTL million

%

Imports

LTL million

%

share

against January 2009, growth, drop (-)

share

against January 2009, growth, drop (-)

Total

3074.9

100

-3.3

Total

3533.7

100

5.6

EU

2137.6

69.5

2.5

EU

1769.1

50.1

-6.5

CIS1

564.9

18.4

0.0

CIS1

1451.7

41.1

28.0

EFTA2

88.7

2.9

-24.9

EFTA2

23.0

0.6

-26.7

Russia

325.7

10.6

-2.2

Russia

1353.7

38.3

31.9

Germany

291.6

9.5

14.0

Poland

300.7

8.5

-3.6

Latvia

282.0

9.2

-12.8

Germany

298.3

8.4

-20.5

Poland  

254.2

8.3

28.6

Latvia

176.2

5.0

-30.2

Estonia

219.8

7.1

61.4

Netherlands  

128.0

3.6

-5.2

United Kingdom

191.5

6.2

18.7

Sweden

107.3

3.0

36.1

Netherlands

190.9

6.2

7.5

Belgium  

96.7

2.7

15.4

United States

141.1

4.6

-31.7

Italy

95.7

2.7

6.1

Denmark  

140.7

4.6

-5.3

China

95.0

2.7

-22.2

France

128.1

4.2

21.3

Estonia

93.5

2.6

15.0

Sweden

120.2

3.9

-15.4

Czech republic

74.5

2.1

50.0

Belarus

100.2

3.3

-10.3

 France

64.0

1.8

-9.4

Ukraine

100.1

3.3

50.4

Belarus

59.9

1.7

-12.1

Norway

73.1

2.4

-23.0

Denmark

57.5

1.6

-23.7

Italy

68.1

2.2

12.8

Finland

57.4

1.6

-16.9

Other

447.6

14.4

-

Other

475.3

13.7

-

1 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
2 Island, Lichtenstein, Norway, Switzerland.


Table 4. Exports by commodity structure, January 2010

CN sections

LTL million

%

share

against January 2009, growth, drop (-)

 

Total

3074.9

100

-3.3

I

Live animals; animal products

130.7

4.3

-12.5

04

 

Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

65.9

2.1

-14.5

II

Vegetable products

209.7

6.8

-11.2

10

 

Cereals

76.8

2.5

-7.5

IV

Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar, tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

199.0

6.5

-5.5

23

 

Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder

50.6

1.6

11.5

V

Mineral products

733.8

23.9

-9.0

27

 

Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes

731.0

23.8

-8.9

VI

Products of the chemical or allied industries

296.6

9.6

0.9

31

 

Fertilisers

158.6

5.2

-1.0

VII

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof

232.4

7.6

23.9

39

 

Plastics and articles thereof

222.3

7.2

23.7

XI

Textiles and textile articles

222.8

7.2

-5.2

62

 

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories not knitted or crocheted

71.8

2.3

-16.0

XV

Base metals and articles of base metal

125.3

4.1

-3.6

73

 

Articles of iron or steel

60.0

2.0

4.2

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

269.5

8.8

-8.7

84

 

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

142.1

4.6

-19.3

XVII

Vehicles; aircraft; vessels and associated transport equipment

154.8

5.0

-1.3

87

 

Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof

121.0

3.9

-9.2

XX

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

206.6

6.7

3.9

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

192.7

6.3

4.9

 

Other

293.7

9.5

-


Table 5. Imports by commodity structure, January 2010

CN sections

LTL million

%

share

against January 2009, growth, drop (-)

 

Total

3533.7

100

5.6

II

Vegetable products

135.1

3.8

-16.8

08

 

Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons

67.7

1.9

-7.5

IV

Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

178.1

5.0

-7.9

23

 

Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder

28.2

0.8

6.5

V

Mineral products

1347.8

38.1

36.5

27

 

Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes

1302.4

36.9

39.7

VI

Products of the chemical or allied industries

428.5

12.1

13.7

29

 

Organic chemicals

142.9

4.0

56.2

VII

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof

143.8

4.1

-0.8

39

 

Plastics and articles thereof

123.3

3.5

-3.9

XI

Textiles and textile articles

164.2

4.6

-10.1

61

 

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted

37.0

1.0

-9.1

XV

Base metals and articles of base metal

160.3

4.5

-5.1

72

 

Iron and steel

55.0

1.6

-6.8

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

344.5

9.7

-21.6

85

 

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles

188.3

5.3

9.1

XVII

Vehicles; aircraft; vessels and associated transport equipment

199.0

5.6

3.3

87

 

Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof

146.8

4.2

-15.9

 

Other

432.4

12.5

-

 

Table 6. Changes in imports and exports 

Period

Exports

Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin

Imports

Balance

LTL million

against the previous month,%

LTL million

against the previous month,%

LTL million

against the previous month,%

LTL million

2009 01

3179.7

89.9

2319.1

103.2

3346.2

70.2

-166.5

2009 02

3108.9

97.8

2203.7

95.0

3413.1

102.0

-304.2

2009 03

3207.8

103.2

2152.6

97.7

3723.6

109.1

-515.8

2009 04

3041.2

94.8

2061.9

95.8

3316.7

89.1

-275.5

2009 05

3079.7

101.3

2192.7

106.3

3686.7

111.2

-607.0

2009 06

3429.7

111.4

2434.4

111.0

3779.8

102.5

-350.1

2009 07

3420.8

99.7

2399.5

98.6

3774.4

99.9

-353.6

2009 08

3427.1

100.2

2362.6

98.5

4012.2

106.3

-585.1

2009 09

3767.5

109.9

2615.7

110.7

4085.2

101.8

-317.7

2009 10

3739.5

99.3

2515.2

96.2

4141.3

101.4

-401.8

2009 11

3621.4

96.8

2457.5

97.7

4034.6

97.4

-413.2

2009 12

3701.6

102.2

2521.7

102.6

3824.2

94.8

-122.6

2010 01

3074.9

83.1

2261.0

89.7

3533.7

92.4

-458.8

 

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





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