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In 2011 exports and imports in Lithuania grew by 28.9% and 28.2%
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In December 2011, against November, exports decreased by 2.7%. This was influenced by a decrease in exports of petroleum products – by 9%, cereals – 37.1%, furniture – 10%. Imports decreased by 7.3%, which was determined by a decrease in imports of crude petroleum – by 25.3%, electrical machinery and equipment and part thereof – 11.3%. Mineral products excluded, the change in exports was insignificant, while imports decreased by 3.8%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 6%, mineral products excluded – 3.6%.
In December 2011, against December 2010, exports grew by 11.2%. This was influenced by an increase in exports of petroleum products – by 15.9%, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof – 34.8%. Imports grew by 8%, which was determined by an increase in imports of mineral products – by 5.1%, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof – 19.5%, fertilisers – 2.2 times. Mineral products excluded, exports of goods grew by 10.4%, imports – 9.5%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin grew by 8.9%, mineral products excluded – 9.2%.
In 2011, against 2010, exports and imports grew by 28.9 and 28.2% respectively. An increase in exports was influenced by an increase in exports of petroleum products – by 40.2%, ground vehicles – 42.6%, fertilisers – 61.2%. An increase in imports was determined by an increase in imports of crude petroleum – by 30.2%, ground vehicles – 48.5%, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof – 31.3%. Mineral products excluded, exports and imports increased by 25.5 and 24.8% respectively. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by 25.2%, mineral products excluded – by 20.4%.
In 2011, the most important partners in exports were Russia (16.6%), Latvia (10.2%), Germany (9.3%), and Poland (7%), in imports – Russia (32.8%), Germany (9.7%), Poland (9.1%), and Latvia (6.6%).
In 2011, the largest share in exports fell within mineral products (25.6%), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (10.3%), products of the chemical or allied industries (9.2%), in imports – mineral products (35.1%), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (12.2%), products of the chemical or allied industries (10.4%).
Table 1. Foreign trade balance, LTL million
|
|
Exports |
Imports |
Balance |
|
2011◘ |
69642.5 |
78159.9 |
-8517.4 |
|
January |
4958.5 |
5724.8 |
-766.3 |
|
February |
5161.5 |
5779.0 |
-617.5 |
|
March |
5664.5 |
6528.1 |
-863.6 |
|
I quarter |
15784.5 |
18032.0 |
-2247.5 |
|
April |
5201.5 |
6315.8 |
-1114.3 |
|
May |
6123.5 |
6880.5 |
-757.0 |
|
June |
6082.0 |
6682.8 |
-600.8 |
|
II quarter |
17407.0 |
19879.2 |
-2472.2 |
|
July |
5711.0 |
6352.8 |
-641.8 |
|
August |
6036.4 |
6677.5 |
-641.1 |
|
September |
6408.2 |
6850.4 |
-442.2 |
|
III quarter |
18155.6 |
19880.8 |
-1725.2 |
|
October** |
6090.3 |
6927.0 |
-836.7 |
|
November** |
6186.0 |
6975.6 |
-789.6 |
|
December |
6019.2 |
6465.4 |
-446.2 |
|
IV quarter |
18295.5 |
20368.0 |
-2072.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010 |
54038.8 |
60952.8 |
-6914.0 |
|
I quarter |
10519.1 |
12046.0 |
-1526.9 |
|
II quarter |
13090.8 |
14609.8 |
-1519.0 |
|
III quarter |
14405.3 |
16486.4 |
-2081.1 |
|
December |
5414.9 |
5985.5 |
-570.6 |
|
IV quarter |
16023.6 |
17810.6 |
-1787.0 |
** Revised data.
◘ Non-final data.
Table 2. Structure of and changes in foreign trade by BEC
|
BEC |
2011 |
|||||
|
exports |
imports |
change, against 2010,% |
||||
|
value, LTL million |
share,% |
value, LTL million |
share,% |
exports |
imports |
|
|
Total |
69642.5 |
100.0 |
78159.9 |
100.0 |
28.9 |
28.2 |
|
Capital goods |
6419.8 |
9.2 |
8573.3 |
11.0 |
21.2 |
35.4 |
|
Intermediate goods |
36145.6 |
51.9 |
51085.3 |
65.4 |
33.0 |
30.5 |
|
Consumption goods |
17907.0 |
25.7 |
15369.1 |
19.7 |
18.9 |
16.0 |
|
Motor spirit |
6197.2 |
8.9 |
65.9 |
0.1 |
34.4 |
-43.7 |
|
Passenger motor cars |
2687.6 |
3.9 |
3033.5 |
3.9 |
56.5 |
45.4 |
|
Other |
285.4 |
0.4 |
32.8 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
Table 3. Structure of and changes in trade with key foreign partners
|
Exports |
2011 |
Imports |
2011 |
|||||
|
value, LTL million |
share of goods of Lithuanian origin,% |
share,% |
change, against 2010,% |
value, LTL million |
share,% |
change, against 2010,% |
||
|
Total |
69642.5 |
65.9 |
100.0 |
28.9 |
Total |
78159.9 |
100.0 |
28.2 |
|
EU |
42766.3 |
78.8 |
61.4 |
29.8 |
EU |
43668.4 |
55.9 |
26.6 |
|
CIS1 |
19309.5 |
26.7 |
27.7 |
32.3 |
CIS1 |
28632.1 |
36.6 |
31.6 |
|
EFTA2 |
1584.7 |
93.1 |
2.3 |
-4.1 |
EFTA2 |
594.0 |
0.8 |
49.0 |
|
Russia |
11537.1 |
20.0 |
16.6 |
36.4 |
Russia |
25649.8 |
32.8 |
29.0 |
|
Latvia |
7118.3 |
54.8 |
10.2 |
40.7 |
Germany |
7616.5 |
9.7 |
18.5 |
|
Germany |
6474.6 |
87.1 |
9.3 |
21.2 |
Poland |
7136.9 |
9.1 |
31.8 |
|
Poland |
4863.7 |
68.7 |
7.0 |
16.4 |
Latvia |
5187.4 |
6.6 |
34.6 |
|
Estonia |
4624.2 |
69.5 |
6.6 |
69.6 |
Netherlands |
3861.7 |
4.9 |
42.0 |
|
Netherlands |
4266.3 |
95.3 |
6.1 |
42.1 |
Sweden |
2611.7 |
3.3 |
30.6 |
|
Belarus |
3606.6 |
14.0 |
5.2 |
27.0 |
Italy |
2470.1 |
3.2 |
22.6 |
|
United Kingdom |
2886.8 |
92.4 |
4.1 |
8.6 |
Belgium |
2449.0 |
3.1 |
23.0 |
|
France |
2875.5 |
92.1 |
4.1 |
60.5 |
Estonia |
2193.0 |
2.8 |
25.8 |
|
Sweden |
2484.3 |
91.6 |
3.6 |
27.2 |
Belarus |
1919.7 |
2.5 |
85.1 |
|
Ukraine |
2306.6 |
81.4 |
3.3 |
18.0 |
France |
1899.4 |
2.4 |
20.3 |
|
Other |
16598.5 |
80.9 |
23.9 |
- |
Other |
15164.7 |
19.6 |
- |
1 Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan.
2 Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Switzerland.
Table 4. Commodity structure of and changes in exports
|
CN sections |
2011 |
||||
|
value, LTL million |
share of goods of Lithuanian origin,% |
share, % |
change, against 2010,% |
||
|
|
Total |
69642.5 |
65.9 |
100.0 |
28.9 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
17649.7 |
93.3 |
25.3 |
39.7 |
|
87 |
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
4988.1 |
11.3 |
7.2 |
42.6 |
|
84 |
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
4277.8 |
21.3 |
6.1 |
34.3 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
4037.5 |
80.7 |
5.8 |
16.6 |
|
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 |
3562.5 |
88.5 |
5.1 |
23.9 |
|
31 |
Fertilisers |
3356.4 |
95.9 |
4.8 |
61.2 |
|
85 |
Electrical machinery and equipment and part thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles |
2906.2 |
38.0 |
4.2 |
18.2 |
|
44 |
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal |
2321.6 |
84.6 |
3.3 |
24.5 |
|
04 |
Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |
1673.0 |
96.6 |
2.4 |
16.1 |
|
|
Other |
24869.7 |
54.8 |
35.8 |
- |
Table 5. Commodity structure of and changes in exports of goods of Lithuanian origin
|
CN sections |
2011 |
|||
|
value, LTL million |
share,% |
change, against 2010,% |
||
|
|
Total |
45883.5 |
100.0 |
25.2 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
16470.1 |
35.9 |
34.5 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
3259.3 |
7.1 |
19.4 |
|
31 |
Fertilisers |
3219.8 |
7.0 |
63.4 |
|
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 |
3152.1 |
6.9 |
20.6 |
|
44 |
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal |
1963.2 |
4.3 |
24.2 |
|
04 |
Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |
1616.4 |
3.5 |
17.5 |
|
85 |
Electrical machinery and equipment and part thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles |
1105.2 |
2.4 |
16.9 |
|
84 |
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
909.1 |
2.0 |
16.2 |
|
24 |
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
888.7 |
1.9 |
44.5 |
|
|
Other |
13299.6 |
29.0 |
- |
Table 6. Commodity structure of and changes in imports
|
CN sections |
2011 |
|||
|
value, LTL million |
share, % |
change, against 2010,% |
||
|
|
Total |
78159.9 |
100.0 |
28.2 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
26351.1 |
33.7 |
35.0 |
|
87 |
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
6242.3 |
8.0 |
48.5 |
|
84 |
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
5545.7 |
7.1 |
31.3 |
|
85 |
Electrical machinery and equipment and part thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles |
3970.0 |
5.1 |
14.7 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
2710.2 |
3.5 |
19.3 |
|
29 |
Organic chemicals |
2402.8 |
3.1 |
21.3 |
|
30 |
Pharmaceutical products |
2168.5 |
2.8 |
15.4 |
|
72 |
Iron and steel |
1585.9 |
2.0 |
42.4 |
|
08 |
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons |
1426.4 |
1.8 |
18.0 |
|
|
Other |
25757.0 |
32.9 |
- |
Table 7. Changes in imports and exports
|
Period |
Exports |
Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin, % |
Imports |
Balance |
|||
|
value, LTL million |
change, against the previous month,% |
value, LTL million |
change, against the previous month,% |
value, LTL million |
change, against the previous month,% |
LTL million |
|
|
2010-12 |
5414.9 |
3.1 |
3476.2 |
2.3 |
5985.5 |
-1.6 |
-570.6 |
|
2011-01 |
4958.5 |
-8.4 |
3578.7 |
2.9 |
5724.8 |
-4.4 |
-766.3 |
|
2011-02 |
5161.5 |
4.1 |
3431.7 |
-4.1 |
5779.0 |
0.9 |
-617.5 |
|
2011-03 |
5664.5 |
9.7 |
3441.2 |
0.3 |
6528.1 |
13.0 |
-863.6 |
|
2011-04 |
5201.5 |
-8.2 |
3109.6 |
-9.6 |
6315.8 |
-3.3 |
-1114.3 |
|
2011-05 |
6123.5 |
17.7 |
3980.5 |
28.0 |
6880.5 |
8.9 |
-757.0 |
|
2011-06 |
6082.0 |
-0.7 |
3998.7 |
0.5 |
6682.8 |
-2.9 |
-600.8 |
|
2011-07 |
5711.0 |
-6.1 |
3989.6 |
-0.2 |
6352.8 |
-4.9 |
-641.8 |
|
2011-08 |
6036.4 |
5.7 |
4138.4 |
3.7 |
6677.5 |
5.1 |
-641.1 |
|
2011-09 |
6408.2 |
6.2 |
4374.2 |
5.7 |
6850.4 |
2.6 |
-442.2 |
|
2011-10 |
6090.3 |
-5.0 |
4025.3 |
-8.0 |
6927.0 |
1.1 |
-836.7 |
|
2011-11 |
6186.0 |
1.6 |
4028.9 |
0.1 |
6975.6 |
0.7 |
-789.6 |
|
2011-12 |
6019.2 |
-2.7 |
3786.6 |
-6.0 |
6465.4 |
-7.3 |
-446.2 |
Note. Due to rounding, the sum of lines or columns in some tables may disagree with the “Total”.
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