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2009 02 09
Foreign trade in Lithuania, 2008
Statistics Lithuania reports that according to non-final data obtained from customs declarations and Intrastat reporting data, exports in 2008 totalled LTL 55.5 billion in terms of commodity value, while imports to Lithuania equalled LTL 72.6 billion. The foreign trade deficit of Lithuania made LTL 17.1 billion and was by 6.5 per cent lower than in 2007. Data on trade with EU countries were adjusted after VAT declarations’ data had been received.
In 2008 against 2007, exports and imports increased by, respectively, 28.4 and 18.0 per cent, mineral products excluded, exports and imports increased by, respectively, 11.6 and 0.2 per cent. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin in 2008 against 2007, grew by 31.3 per cent; mineral products excluded – by 5.4 per cent.
The major impact on the growth of exports was made by the increase in exports of petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (2.5 times), fertilisers (by 65.1 per cent), cereals (2.1 times). Imports grew due to the increasing imports of crude petroleum and natural gas (2.4 times), natural calcium phosphates and crude or unrefined sulphur (3.8 times), railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and parts thereof (3.4 times).
In December 2008 against November, exports and imports decreased by, respectively, 15.0 and 9.3 per cent; seasonally adjusted, exports decreased by 5.5 per cent, while imports remained almost unchanged.
In December 2008 against December 2007, exports and imports decreased by, respectively, 3.2 and 8.8 per cent, mineral products excluded, exports and imports decreased by, respectively, 4.0 and 17.4 per cent.
In 2008, the most important partners in exports were Russia (16.1 per cent), Latvia (11.6 per cent), Germany (7.2 per cent) and Poland (5.8 per cent). The most important partners in imports were Russia (30.1 per cent), Germany (11.7 per cent), Poland (10.0 per cent) and Latvia (5.2 per cent).
In 2008, the most significant share in exports fell within mineral products (25.0 per cent), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (10.6 per cent), products of the chemical or allied industries (9.7 per cent). The most significant share in imports fell within mineral products (29.7 per cent), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (14.2 per cent), and vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment (12.1 per cent).
Table 1. Foreign trade balance
LTL million
|
|
Exports |
Imports |
Balance |
|
2008◘ |
55477.4 |
72593.2 |
-17115.8 |
|
January** |
3753.0 |
5527.3 |
-1774.3 |
|
February** |
4255.8 |
5815.6 |
-1559.8 |
|
March** |
4572.3 |
6620.5 |
-2048.2 |
|
I quarter** |
12581.1 |
17963.4 |
-5382.3 |
|
April** |
5030.9 |
6687.1 |
-1656.2 |
|
May** |
4712.9 |
6166.2 |
-1453.3 |
|
June** |
5143.6 |
6587.2 |
-1443.6 |
|
II quarter ** |
14887.4 |
19440.5 |
-4553.1 |
|
July** |
5298.2 |
6785.6 |
-1487.4 |
|
August** |
4992.8 |
6069.4 |
-1076.6 |
|
September** |
5243.9 |
6653.1 |
-1409.2 |
|
III quarter ** |
15534.9 |
19508.1 |
-3973.2 |
|
October** |
4774.9 |
5900.8 |
-1125.9 |
|
November** |
4162.5 |
5127.7 |
-965.2 |
|
December |
3536.6 |
4652.7 |
-1116.1 |
|
IV quarter |
12474.0 |
15681.2 |
-3207.2 |
|
2007 |
43192.4 |
61503.5 |
-18311.1 |
|
I quarter |
9654.9 |
13716.0 |
-4061.1 |
|
II quarter |
10942.0 |
15867.6 |
-4925.6 |
|
III quarter |
11562.6 |
15967.5 |
-4404.9 |
|
December |
3652.0 |
5102.7 |
-1450.7 |
|
IV quarter |
11032.9 |
15952.4 |
-4919.5 |
** Revised data.
◘ Non-final data.
Table 2. Exports and imports by BEC, 2008
|
Section |
Exports |
Imports |
Against 2007, growth, drop (-), per cent | |||
|
LTL million |
per cent |
LTL million |
per cent |
exports |
imports | |
|
Total |
55477.4 |
100 |
72593.2 |
100 |
28.4 |
18.0 |
|
Capital goods |
6141.4 |
11.1 |
9932.8 |
13.7 |
21.9 |
-11.5 |
|
Intermediate goods |
29511.3 |
53.2 |
44050.5 |
60.7 |
36.7 |
32.9 |
|
Consumption goods |
13039.0 |
23.5 |
14237.4 |
19.6 |
6.3 |
16.7 |
|
Motor spirit |
4737.0 |
8.5 |
13.6 |
0.0 |
2.2 t. |
-67.0 |
|
Passenger motor cars |
1960.1 |
3.5 |
4133.0 |
5.7 |
-6.0 |
-12.6 |
|
Other |
88.6 |
0.2 |
225.8 |
0.3 |
- |
- |
Table 3. Key foreign trade partners, 2008
|
Exports |
LTL million |
Per cent |
Imports
|
LTL million
|
Per cent | ||
|
share |
against 2007, growth, drop (-) |
share |
against 2007, growth, drop (-) | ||||
|
Total |
55477.4 |
100 |
28.4 |
Total |
72593.2 |
100 |
18.0 |
|
EU |
33437.7 |
60.3 |
19.6 |
EU |
41600.4 |
57.3 |
-1.0 |
|
CIS |
14320.6 |
25.8 |
35.5 |
CIS |
24750.0 |
34.1 |
83.8 |
|
EFTA |
1750.3 |
3.2 |
21.9 |
EFTA |
735.1 |
1.0 |
16.2 |
|
Russia |
8916.7 |
16.1 |
37.8 |
Russia |
21854.8 |
30.1 |
97.2 |
|
Latvia |
6456.9 |
11.6 |
16.1 |
Germany |
8497.9 |
11.7 |
-7.8 |
|
Germany |
3995.9 |
7.2 |
-11.9 |
Poland |
7267.9 |
10.0 |
11.3 |
|
Poland |
3201.9 |
5.8 |
18.0 |
Latvia |
3791.8 |
5.2 |
12.7 |
|
Estonia |
3168.0 |
5.7 |
26.0 |
Netherlands |
2580.7 |
3.6 |
-1.8 |
|
France |
2677.3 |
4.8 |
69.4 |
Italy |
2580.4 |
3.6 |
5.3 |
|
Denmark |
2589.0 |
4.7 |
48.0 |
Sweden |
2143.7 |
3.0 |
-6.9 |
|
United Kingdom |
2559.6 |
4.6 |
30.1 |
Estonia |
2092.8 |
2.9 |
-4.8 |
|
Belarus |
2495.8 |
4.5 |
44.0 |
France |
2058.5 |
2.8 |
-4.4 |
|
Sweden |
1888.6 |
3.4 |
15.1 |
China |
1870.0 |
2.6 |
8.7 |
|
Netherlands |
1888.0 |
3.4 |
45.8 |
Belgium |
1742.5 |
2.4 |
-1.8 |
|
Ukraine |
1805.5 |
3.3 |
53.5 |
Denmark |
1535.7 |
2.1 |
-9.0 |
|
United States |
1775.7 |
3.2 |
60.1 |
Finland |
1518.3 |
2.1 |
-11.8 |
|
Norway |
1166.6 |
2.1 |
17.4 |
United Kingdom |
1366.8 |
1.9 |
-21.3 |
|
India |
923.1 |
1.7 |
28 t. |
United States |
1275.3 |
1.8 |
-6.0 |
|
Other |
9968.8 |
17.9 |
- |
Other |
10416.1 |
14.2 |
- |
Table 4. Exports by commodity structure, 2008
|
CN sections |
LTL million |
Per cent | |||
|
share |
against 2007, growth, drop (-) | ||||
|
|
Total |
55477.4 |
100 |
28.4 | |
|
II |
Vegetable products |
3362.9 |
6.1 |
53.2 | |
|
10 |
|
Cereals |
1117.2 |
2.0 |
2.1 t. |
|
IV |
Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar, tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
2905.7 |
5.2 |
9.2 | |
|
23 |
|
Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder |
633.5 |
1.1 |
10.3 |
|
V |
Mineral products |
13850.3 |
25.0 |
2.3 t. | |
|
27 |
|
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
13703.9 |
24.7 |
2.4 t. |
|
VI |
Products of the chemical or allied industries |
5358.7 |
9.7 |
54.1 | |
|
31 |
|
Fertilisers |
3518.6 |
6.3 |
65.1 |
|
VII |
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof |
3302.5 |
6.0 |
-3.7 | |
|
39 |
|
Plastics and articles thereof |
3103.7 |
5.6 |
-3.7 |
|
XI |
Textiles and textile articles |
3045.6 |
5.5 |
-6.7 | |
|
62 |
|
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted |
978.1 |
1.8 |
-15.1 |
|
XV |
Base metals and articles of base metal |
2660.2 |
4.8 |
17.6 | |
|
72 |
|
Iron and steel (ferrous metals) |
1143.0 |
2.1 |
26.8 |
|
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 |
5895.5 |
10.6 |
5.5 | |
|
84 |
|
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
3096.7 |
5.6 |
8.0 |
|
XVII |
Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment |
4758.4 |
8.6 |
4.4 | |
|
87 |
|
Vehicles other than railway or tram rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
3926.8 |
7.1 |
2.5 |
|
XX |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
2891.0 |
5.2 |
-2.2 | |
|
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 |
2642.2 |
4.8 |
-0.9 |
|
|
Other |
7446.6 |
13.3 |
- | |
Table 5. Imports by commodity structure, 2008
|
CN sections |
LTL million |
Per cent | |||
|
|
share |
against 2007, growth, drop (-) | |||
|
|
Total |
72593.2 |
100 |
18.0 | |
|
IV |
Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
3022.3 |
4.2 |
18.4 | |
|
22 |
|
Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
750.9 |
1.0 |
31.4 |
|
V |
Mineral products |
21549.4 |
29.7 |
2 t. | |
|
27 |
|
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
20151.4 |
27.8 |
2 t. |
|
VI |
Products of the chemical or allied industries |
6525.4 |
9.0 |
9.5 | |
|
30 |
|
Pharmaceuticals |
1763.4 |
2.4 |
13.6 |
|
VII |
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof |
3045.4 |
4.2 |
-3.2 | |
|
39 |
|
Plastics and articles thereof |
2511.1 |
3.5 |
-2.4 |
|
XI |
Textiles and textile articles |
2913.6 |
4.0 |
-1.6 | |
|
62 |
|
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories not knitted or crocheted |
623.9 |
0.9 |
6.5 |
|
XV |
Base metals and articles of base metals |
4473.0 |
6.2 |
-6.9 | |
|
72 |
|
Iron and steel (ferrous metals) |
1843.3 |
2.5 |
-2.8 |
|
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 |
10337.7 |
14.2 |
-5.9 | |
|
84 |
|
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
5715.7 |
7.9 |
-6.9 |
|
XVII |
Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment |
8819.3 |
12.1 |
-12.3 | |
|
87 |
|
Vehicles other than railway or tram rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
7714.3 |
10.6 |
-17.4 |
|
|
Other |
11907.1 |
16.4 |
- | |
Table 6. Foreign trade data
|
Period |
Exports |
Imports | ||||
|
actual values, LTL million |
seasonally adjusted1 |
actual values, LTL million |
seasonally adjusted1 | |||
|
LTL million |
against the previous month, per cent |
LTL million |
against the previous month, per cent | |||
|
2007 12 |
3652.0 |
3990.1 |
105.2 |
5102.7 |
5574.2 |
101.6 |
|
2008 01 |
3753.0 |
4182.6 |
104.8 |
5527.3 |
5867.6 |
105.3 |
|
2008 02 |
4255.8 |
4464.2 |
106.7 |
5815.6 |
5945.7 |
101.3 |
|
2008 03 |
4572.3 |
4460.5 |
99.9 |
6620.5 |
6138.5 |
103.2 |
|
2008 04 |
5030.9 |
4720.6 |
105.8 |
6687.1 |
5997.7 |
97.7 |
|
2008 05 |
4712.9 |
4617.9 |
97.8 |
6166.2 |
5962.8 |
99.4 |
|
2008 06 |
5143.6 |
4776.2 |
103.4 |
6587.2 |
6121.2 |
102.7 |
|
2008 07 |
5298.2 |
4800.4 |
100.5 |
6785.6 |
6164.9 |
100.7 |
|
2008 08 |
4992.8 |
4753.6 |
99.0 |
6069.4 |
6093.7 |
98.8 |
|
2008 09 |
5243.9 |
4859.6 |
102.2 |
6653.1 |
6241.0 |
102.4 |
|
2008 10 |
4774.9 |
4698.6 |
96.7 |
5900.8 |
6119.1 |
98.0 |
|
2008 11 |
4162.5 |
4701.6 |
100.1 |
5127.7 |
5971.6 |
97.6 |
|
2008 12 |
3536.6 |
4441.4 |
94.5 |
4652.7 |
5969.3 |
100.0 |
1Seasonal influence was identified and removed by Demetra (Tramo seats) taking into account seasonal effects and number of working days.
Note: Due to rounding, the sum of lines or columns in some tables may disagree with the “total”.
The press release on the January 2009 foreign trade data is due on 12 March 2009.
Acting Director General Vilija Lapėnienė
Contact: Irena Jocienė
Deputy Head, Foreign Trade Statistics Division
Tel. + 370 5 236 4963
Email irena.jociene@stat.gov.lt
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Document updated: 2009 02 09
