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In October, exports increased by 16.4, imports – by 14.8% in Lithuania y-o-y
Print versionOver the month (October 2017, against September), exports increased by 2.6, imports – 4.6%. The increase in exports was influenced by an increase in exports of petroleum products (10.2%), machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof (14.4%), ground vehicles (23.1%). The increase in imports was determined by an increase in imports of electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof (22.7%), ground vehicles (4.9%), machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof (4.6%). Mineral products excluded, exports increased by 1.6, imports – 8.4%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 3.3%, mineral products excluded – 6.1%.
Over the year (October 2017, against October 2016), exports increased by 16.4, imports – 14.8%. The increase in exports was influenced by an increase in exports of petroleum products (20.5%) (amount in tonnes increased by 9.5%), ground vehicles (46.2%), machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof (24.1%). The increase in imports was determined by an increase in imports of crude petroleum (11.7%) (amount in tonnes decreased by 12.2%), ground vehicles (28.4%), electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof (15.1%). Mineral products excluded, exports increased by 15.2, imports – 15.2%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by 12.3%, mineral products excluded – 8.5%.
In January–October 2017, against the same period of 2016, exports and imports increased by 16.7 and 16.4% respectively. The increase in exports was determined by an increase in exports of petroleum products (23.5%) (amount in tonnes decreased by 3%), machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof (24.7%), electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof (27.5%). The increase in imports was influenced by an increase in imports of crude petroleum (50.6%) (amount in tonnes increased by 5.9%), ground vehicles (21.5%), machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof (13.7%). Mineral products excluded, exports increased by 15.3, imports – 13.7%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by 14.6%, mineral products excluded – 10.5%.
In January–October 2017, the most important Lithuania’s partners in exports were Russia (14.5%), Latvia (10.2%), Poland (8.3%) and Germany (7.4%), while in imports – Russia (13.2%), Germany (12.4%), Poland (10.7%) and Latvia (7.1%). Most of the goods of Lithuanian origin were exported to Germany (9.7%), Poland (9%), the United States (7.8%), Latvia (7.7%) and Sweden (7.5%).
In January–October 2017, the largest share in Lithuania’s exports and imports fell within mineral products (14.5 and 19.5 respectively), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (15.6 and 18% respectively) and products of the chemical and allied industries (10.1 and 11.6% respectively). As for the goods of Lithuanian origin, the largest share in exports fell within petroleum products (19.5%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (11.7%), prepared foodstuffs, beverages, spirits and tobacco (8.7%), live animals, animal products (7.8%).
Table 1. Foreign trade balance, EUR million
|
|
Exports |
Imports |
Balance |
|
January–October 2016 |
18
499.2 |
20
324.3 |
–1 825.0 |
|
I quarter |
5
201.7 |
5
623.3 |
–421.6 |
|
II quarter |
5
535.0 |
6
321.4 |
–786.5 |
|
III quarter |
5
731.1 |
6
179.6 |
–448.5 |
|
October |
2
031.4 |
2
199.9 |
–168.5 |
|
IV quarter |
6
139.2 |
6
575.2 |
–436.1 |
|
2016 |
22
607.0 |
24
699.6 |
–2 092.6 |
|
January–October 2017 |
21
586.5 |
23
649.3 |
–2
062.8 |
|
January |
1
870.0 |
2
089.3 |
–219.3 |
|
February |
1
999.6 |
2
220.2 |
–220.6 |
|
March |
2
252.6 |
2
457.0 |
–204.4 |
|
I quarter |
6
122.3 |
6
766.5 |
–644.2 |
|
April |
1
979.6 |
2
318.7 |
–339.1 |
|
May |
2
267.9 |
2
498.6 |
–230.8 |
|
June |
2
275.3 |
2
349.6 |
–74.3 |
|
II quarter |
6
522.8 |
7
166.9 |
–644.1 |
|
July |
2
036.0 |
2
346.9 |
–310.9 |
|
August1 |
2
236.2 |
2
428.3 |
–192.1 |
|
September1 |
2
304.2 |
2
415.2 |
–111.0 |
|
III quarter 1 |
6
576.4 |
7
190.5 |
–614.1 |
|
October |
2
365.0 |
2
525.4 |
–160.3 |
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1 Revised
data.
Table 2. Structure of and changes in foreign trade by
BEC in January–October 2017
|
BEC |
Exports |
Imports |
||||
|
Value, EUR
million |
Share, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2016, % |
Value, EUR
million |
Share, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2016, % |
|
|
Total |
21 586.5 |
100.0 |
16.7 |
23 649.3 |
100.0 |
16.4 |
|
Capital goods |
2 824.8 |
13.1 |
28.9 |
3 969.9 |
16.8 |
19.1 |
|
Intermediate goods |
10 897.2 |
50.5 |
15.1 |
13 167.0 |
55.7 |
18.9 |
|
Consumption goods |
6 502.3 |
30.1 |
11.7 |
5 638.4 |
23.8 |
8.9 |
|
Motor spirit |
1 021.9 |
4.7 |
32.0 |
45.0 |
0.2 |
39.5 |
|
Passenger motor cars |
252.8 |
1.2 |
39.3 |
798.1 |
3.4 |
16.1 |
|
Other |
87.6 |
0.4 |
35.5 |
30.8 |
0.1 |
41.7 |
Table 3. Structure of and changes in trade with key foreign partners2 in
January–October 2017
|
|
Exports |
|
Imports |
|||||
|
Value, EUR
million |
Share, % |
Share of goods of Lithuanian origin, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2016, % |
Value, EUR
million |
Share, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2016, % |
||
|
Total |
21 586.5 |
100.0 |
59.0 |
16.7 |
Total |
23 649.3 |
100.0 |
16.4 |
|
EU28 |
12 742.5 |
59.0 |
69.0 |
12.7 |
EU28 |
16 574.6 |
70.1 |
14.5 |
|
Euro area |
8 001.6 |
37.1 |
65.4 |
14.1 |
Euro area |
11 133.6 |
47.1 |
13.8 |
|
Russia |
3 138.6 |
14.5 |
7.9 |
27.7 |
Russia |
3 124.3 |
13.2 |
13.8 |
|
Latvia |
2 193.8 |
10.2 |
44.7 |
19.2 |
Germany |
2 931.9 |
12.4 |
15.5 |
|
Poland |
1 784.7 |
8.3 |
64.6 |
4.8 |
Poland |
2 527.5 |
10.7 |
13.6 |
|
Germany |
1 603.3 |
7.4 |
76.8 |
10.6 |
Latvia |
1 673.1 |
7.1 |
2.5 |
|
United States |
1 123.1 |
5.2 |
88.8 |
18.6 |
Netherlands |
1 222.3 |
5.2 |
25.4 |
|
Estonia |
1 083.2 |
5.0 |
49.0 |
9.7 |
Italy |
1 178.7 |
5.0 |
5.5 |
|
Sweden |
1 068.2 |
4.9 |
89.1 |
22.0 |
Sweden |
976.5 |
4.1 |
6.5 |
|
Belarus |
829.1 |
3.8 |
13.7 |
20.3 |
France |
875.6 |
3.7 |
27.7 |
|
Netherlands |
789.3 |
3.7 |
83.0 |
32.6 |
United Kingdom |
756.5 |
3.2 |
39.4 |
|
United Kingdom |
774.1 |
3.6 |
84.9 |
–0.8 |
Estonia |
755.6 |
3.2 |
10.1 |
|
Norway |
639.5 |
3.0 |
89.7 |
11.6 |
Belgium |
726.1 |
3.1 |
16.6 |
|
Ukraine |
590.8 |
2.7 |
73.5 |
18.0 |
China |
696.7 |
2.9 |
18.5 |
|
Denmark |
557.6 |
2.6 |
80.5 |
12.1 |
Kazakhstan |
688.4 |
2.9 |
2.3 times |
|
France |
505.4 |
2.3 |
82.9 |
–2.8 |
Finland |
620.6 |
2.6 |
24.0 |
|
Italy |
495.5 |
2.3 |
82.0 |
17.4 |
Belarus |
546.0 |
2.3 |
–8.6 |
|
Other |
4 410.3 |
20.5 |
66.7 |
20.5 |
Other |
4 349.5 |
18.4 |
18.9 |
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2 Partner country:
in case of exports – recipient country; 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 2017
|
CN sections, chapters |
Value, EUR million |
Share, % |
Share of goods
of Lithuanian origin, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2016, % |
|
|
|
Total |
21 586.5 |
100.0 |
59.0 |
16.7 |
|
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 |
3 372.4 |
15.6 |
26.1 |
25.5 |
|
84 |
Machinery and
mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
1 870.2 |
8.7 |
16.6 |
24.7 |
|
V |
Mineral products |
3 130.7 |
14.5 |
84.9 |
25.7 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of
their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
3 098.8 |
14.4 |
85.0 |
25.9 |
|
2710 |
Petroleum products |
2 780.1 |
12.9 |
89.2 |
23.5 |
|
VI |
Products of the chemical or allied industries |
2 183.5 |
10.1 |
42.8 |
6.8 |
|
31 |
Fertilisers |
599.7 |
2.8 |
85.0 |
3.5 |
|
XX |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
1 755.0 |
8.1 |
85.0 |
11.9 |
|
94 |
Furniture and related articles, lamps and
lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings |
1 618.0 |
7.5 |
89.2 |
12.0 |
|
IV |
Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar;
tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
1 574.2 |
7.3 |
70.3 |
14.4 |
|
24 |
Tobacco and
manufactured tobacco substitutes |
414.1 |
1.9 |
99.5 |
32.7 |
|
VII |
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and
articles thereof |
1 433.8 |
6.6 |
67.9 |
15.8 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
1 328.1 |
6.2 |
72.4 |
16.4 |
|
XV |
Base metals
and articles of base metal |
1 267.1 |
5.9 |
50.3 |
31.7 |
|
73 |
Articles of iron
or steel |
540.0 |
2.5 |
62.6 |
20.6 |
|
XVII |
Vehicles,
aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment |
1 136.3 |
5.3 |
16.5 |
36.6 |
|
87 |
Vehicles other than
railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
1 065.0 |
4.9 |
15.4 |
39.1 |
|
|
Other |
5 733.5 |
26.6 |
67.6 |
8.0 |
Table 5. Commodity structure of and changes in exports of goods of
Lithuanian origin in January–October 2017
|
CN sections, chapters |
Value, EUR million |
Share, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2016, % |
|
|
|
Total |
12 742.4 |
100.0 |
14.6 |
|
V |
Mineral products |
2 657.7 |
20.9 |
32.9 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of
their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
2 633.4 |
20.7 |
33.2 |
|
2710 |
Petroleum products |
2 478.5 |
19.5 |
32.6 |
|
XX |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
1 492.1 |
11.7 |
10.8 |
|
94 |
Furniture and related articles, lamps and
lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings |
1 443.1 |
11.3 |
11.8 |
|
IV |
Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and
vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
1 106.7 |
8.7 |
13.8 |
|
24 |
Tobacco and
manufactured tobacco substitutes |
412.2 |
3.2 |
33.6 |
|
I |
Live animals; animal products |
996.0 |
7.8 |
22.2 |
|
04 |
Dairy produce;
birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere
specified or included |
450.0 |
3.5 |
36.8 |
|
VII |
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and
articles thereof |
973.1 |
7.6 |
13.2 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
961.4 |
7.5 |
13.3 |
|
VI |
Products of the chemical or allied industries |
933.5 |
7.3 |
4.7 |
|
31 |
Fertilisers |
509.6 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
|
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 |
880.1 |
6.9 |
25.5 |
|
85 |
Electrical
machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers |
569.9 |
4.5 |
31.7 |
|
|
Other |
3 703.2 |
29.1 |
4.7 |
Table 6. Commodity
structure of and changes in imports in January–October 2017
|
CN sections, chapters |
Value, EUR million |
Share, % |
Change, against the respective period of 2016, % |
|
|
|
Total |
23 649.3 |
100.0 |
16.4 |
|
V |
Mineral products |
4 622.8 |
19.5 |
28.6 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of
their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
4 415.1 |
18.7 |
30.3 |
|
2709 |
Crude petroleum |
2 962.7 |
12.5 |
50.6 |
|
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 |
4 251.5 |
18.0 |
15.6 |
|
84 |
Machinery and mechanical appliances; parts
thereof |
2 432.5 |
10.3 |
13.7 |
|
VI |
Products of the chemical or allied industries |
2 752.1 |
11.6 |
11.7 |
|
30 |
Pharmaceutical products |
838.1 |
3.5 |
4.7 |
|
XVII |
Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated
transport equipment |
2 292.2 |
9.7 |
17.1 |
|
87 |
Vehicles other
than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
2 214.2 |
9.4 |
21.5 |
|
XV |
Base metals and articles of base metal |
1 549.3 |
6.6 |
24.9 |
|
72 |
Iron and steel |
519.4 |
2.2 |
37.0 |
|
VII |
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and
articles thereof |
1 345.8 |
5.7 |
15.9 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
1 118.5 |
4.7 |
16.7 |
|
IV |
Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and
vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
1 204.0 |
5.1 |
6.8 |
|
22 |
Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
330.5 |
1.4 |
20.5 |
|
|
Other |
5 631.6 |
23.8 |
10.4 |
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 |
|
|
2016-10 |
2 031.4 |
−0.2 |
1 222.2 |
−3.3 |
60.2 |
2 199.9 |
3.5 |
−168.5 |
|
2016-11 |
2 083.8 |
2.6 |
1 279.1 |
4.7 |
61.4 |
2 115.5 |
−3.8 |
−31.8 |
|
2016-12 |
2 024.0 |
−2.9 |
1 185.5 |
–7.3 |
58.6 |
2 259.7 |
6.8 |
−235.8 |
|
2017-01 |
1 870.0 |
−7.6 |
1 187.5 |
0.2 |
63.5 |
2 089.3 |
−7.5 |
−219.3 |
|
2017-02 |
1 999.6 |
6.9 |
1 205.5 |
1.5 |
60.3 |
2 220.2 |
6.3 |
−220.6 |
|
2017-03 |
2 252.6 |
12.7 |
1 311.7 |
8.8 |
58.2 |
2 457.0 |
10.7 |
−204.4 |
|
2017-04 |
1 979.6 |
−12.1 |
1 130.5 |
−13.8 |
57.1 |
2 318.7 |
−5.6 |
−339.1 |
|
2017-05 |
2 267.9 |
14.6 |
1 308.2 |
15.7 |
57.7 |
2 498.6 |
7.8 |
−230.8 |
|
2017-06 |
2 275.3 |
0.3 |
1 340.7 |
2.5 |
58.9 |
2 349.6 |
−6.0 |
−74.3 |
|
2017-07 |
2 036.0 |
−10.5 |
1 160.3 |
−13.5 |
57.0 |
2 346.9 |
−0.1 |
−310.9 |
|
2017-08 |
2 236.2 |
9.8 |
1 306.4 |
12.6 |
58.4 |
2 428.3 |
3.5 |
−192.1 |
|
2017-09 |
2 304.2 |
3.0 |
1 419.0 |
8.6 |
61.6 |
2 415.2 |
−0.5 |
−111.0 |
|
2017-10 |
2 365.0 |
2.6 |
1 372.5 |
−3.3 |
59.0 |
2 525.4 |
4.6 |
−160.3 |
Note. Due to rounding,
the sum of lines or columns in some tables may disagree with the “Total”.
A news release on foreign trade in November 2017 is due on 9 January 2018.
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