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Foreign trade deficit of Lithuania increased by 3.2% in January–July 2008
Print versionIn January–July 2008 against January–July 2007, exports and imports increased, respectively, by 33.8 and 24.6%; mineral products excluded, exports and imports increased, respectively, by 16.5 and 6.3%.
The major impact on the growth of exports was made by the increase in exports of petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (2.4 times), fertilizers (94.1%), cereals (6 times). Imports grew due to the increased imports of crude petroleum and natural gas (2.5 times), natural calcium phosphates and crude sulphur (3.5 times), railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and parts thereof (5.4 times), fertilizers (2.4 times).
In July 2008 against June 2008, exports and imports grew by, respectively, 2.8 and 1.7%. Seasonally adjusted, exports and imports increased by 2.3%.
In July 2008 against July 2007, exports and imports increased by, respectively, 35.2 and 22.7%; mineral products excluded, exports increased and imports decreased by, respectively, 19.7 and 0.7%.
In January–July 2008, the most important partners in exports were Russia (15.1%), Latvia (11.2%), Germany (7.3%), Poland (6%). The most significant partners in imports were Russia (30.7%), Germany (11.7%), Poland (9.7%), Latvia (5.2%).
The bulk of Lithuania’s exports in January–July 2008 fell per mineral products (26.6%), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (10.3%), products of the chemical or allied industries (9.5%). The most significant share in imports fell per mineral products (30%), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (14%) and vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment (13.1%).
Table 1. Foreign trade balance, LTL million
|
|
Exports |
Imports |
Balance |
|
January–July 2008 |
32777.2 |
43590.9 |
-10813.7 |
|
January |
3772.3 |
5445.9 |
-1673.6 |
|
February |
4258.9 |
5740.2 |
-1481.3 |
|
March |
4584.4 |
6564.4 |
-1980.0 |
|
I quarter |
12615.6 |
17750.6 |
-5135.0 |
|
April |
5022.7 |
6607.5 |
-1584.8 |
|
May** |
4722.2 |
6104.1 |
-1381.9 |
|
June** |
5136.9 |
6507.6 |
-1370.7 |
|
II quarter** |
14881.8 |
19219.2 |
-4337.4 |
|
July |
5279.8 |
6621.2 |
-1341.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
43192.4 |
61503.5 |
-18311.1 |
|
January–July |
24500.8 |
34980.5 |
-10479.7 |
|
I quarter |
9654.9 |
13716.0 |
-4061.1 |
|
II quarter |
10942.0 |
15867.6 |
-4925.6 |
|
July |
3903.9 |
5396.9 |
-1493.0 |
|
III quarter |
11562.6 |
15967.5 |
-4404.9 |
|
IV quarter |
11032.9 |
15952.4 |
-4919.5 |
** Revised data.
Table 2. Exports and imports by BEC, January–July 2008
|
Section |
Exports |
Imports |
Against January–July 2007, growth, drop (-),% | |||
|
LTL million |
% |
LTL million |
% |
exports |
imports | |
|
Total |
32777.2 |
100 |
43590.9 |
100 |
33.8 |
24.6 |
|
Capital goods |
3448.0 |
10.5 |
6202.3 |
14.2 |
31.0 |
-3.5 |
|
Intermediate goods |
17876.5 |
54.5 |
26738.5 |
61.3 |
46.7 |
40.5 |
|
Consumption goods |
7405.4 |
22.6 |
7899.1 |
18.1 |
6.7 |
17.5 |
|
Motor spirit |
2976.9 |
9.1 |
11.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 t. |
-68.6 |
|
Passenger motor cars |
1013.0 |
3.1 |
2544.9 |
5.8 |
-17.8 |
-3.1 |
|
Other |
57.4 |
0.2 |
195.1 |
0.4 |
- |
- |
Table 3. Key foreign trade partners, January–July 2008
|
Exports |
LTL million |
% |
Imports
|
LTL million
|
% | ||
|
share |
against January–July 2007, growth, drop (-),% |
share |
against January–July 2007, growth, drop (-),% | ||||
|
Total |
32777.2 |
100 |
33.8 |
Total |
43590.9 |
100 |
24.6 |
|
EU |
20184.9 |
61.6 |
25.8 |
EU |
24851.3 |
57.0 |
5.1 |
|
CIS |
7782.3 |
23.7 |
37.3 |
CIS |
15041.3 |
34.5 |
88.1 |
|
EFTA |
1053.0 |
3.2 |
30.0 |
EFTA |
498.2 |
1.1 |
29.4 |
|
Russia |
4940.1 |
15.1 |
43.2 |
Russia |
13402.6 |
30.7 |
2.0 t. |
|
Latvia |
3656.9 |
11.2 |
16.4 |
Germany |
5087.0 |
11.7 |
-3.7 |
|
Germany |
2408.8 |
7.3 |
-8.8 |
Poland |
4221.0 |
9.7 |
16.8 |
|
Poland |
1969.3 |
6.0 |
19.4 |
Latvia |
2257.3 |
5.2 |
24.4 |
|
Estonia |
1930.9 |
5.9 |
31.9 |
Italy |
1494.6 |
3.4 |
10.0 |
|
France |
1735.2 |
5.3 |
81.0 |
Netherlands |
1457.4 |
3.3 |
0.0 |
|
United Kingdom |
1651.6 |
5.0 |
55.1 |
Estonia |
1322.3 |
3.0 |
9.8 |
|
Denmark |
1600.6 |
4.9 |
79.0 |
Sweden |
1316.9 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
|
Belarus |
1303.6 |
4.0 |
32.6 |
France |
1240.6 |
2.8 |
0.9 |
|
United States |
1249.7 |
3.8 |
64.8 |
Belgium |
1121.6 |
2.6 |
13.4 |
|
Netherlands |
1156.4 |
3.5 |
44.4 |
China |
1014.4 |
2.3 |
14.0 |
|
Sweden |
1080.6 |
3.3 |
19.0 |
Denmark |
955.4 |
2.2 |
-3.3 |
|
Ukraine |
1013.3 |
3.1 |
72.3 |
Finland |
904.4 |
2.1 |
-6.9 |
|
Norway |
680.9 |
2.1 |
20.6 |
United Kingdom |
874.8 |
2.0 |
-16.8 |
|
Spain |
576.4 |
1.8 |
32.5 |
Belarus |
743.1 |
1.7 |
-3.8 |
|
Other |
5822.9 |
17.7 |
- |
Other |
6177.5 |
14.3 |
- |
Table 4. Exports by commodity structure, January–July 2008
|
CN sections |
LTL million |
% | ||
|
share |
against January–July 2007, growth, drop (-),% | |||
|
|
Total |
32777.2 |
100 |
33.8 |
|
II |
Vegetable products |
1724.9 |
5.3 |
69.3 |
|
08 |
Edible fruit and nuts |
555.6 |
1.7 |
15.3 |
|
IV |
Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco: |
1625.9 |
5.0 |
8.8 |
|
23 |
Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder |
390.5 |
1.2 |
23.1 |
|
V |
Mineral products: |
8726.3 |
26.6 |
2.3 t. |
|
27 |
Mineral fuel |
8634.0 |
26.3 |
2.3 t. |
|
VI |
Products of the chemical or allied industries: |
3125.1 |
9.5 |
68.6 |
|
31 |
Fertilisers |
2158.8 |
6.6 |
94.1 |
|
VII |
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof: |
2054.0 |
6.3 |
3.2 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
1950.7 |
6.0 |
3.3 |
|
XI |
Textiles and textile articles: |
1772.2 |
5.4 |
-7.1 |
|
62 |
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted |
594.6 |
1.8 |
-13.5 |
|
XV |
Base metals and articles of base metals: |
1625.6 |
5.0 |
25.4 |
|
72 |
Iron and steel |
766.0 |
2.3 |
40.7 |
|
XVI |
Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; television image and sound recorders and reproducers: |
3363.8 |
10.3 |
12.2 |
|
84 |
Machinery and mechanical appliances |
1722.3 |
5.3 |
13.9 |
|
XVII |
Vehicles: aircraft; vessels and associated transport equipment: |
2789.4 |
8.5 |
3.1 |
|
87 |
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock |
2209.2 |
6.7 |
-1.5 |
|
XX |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles: |
1707.8 |
5.2 |
3.2 |
|
94 |
Furniture; bedding, mattresses; lamps and lighting fittings and the like |
1570.1 |
4.8 |
5.2 |
|
|
Other |
4262.2 |
12.9 |
- |
Table 5. Imports by commodity structure, January–July 2008
|
CN sections |
LTL million |
% | ||
|
share |
against January–July 2007, growth, drop (-),% | |||
|
|
Total |
43590.9 |
100 |
24.6 |
|
IV |
Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco: |
1587.7 |
3.6 |
15.0 |
|
22 |
Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
364.8 |
0.8 |
20.0 |
|
V |
Mineral products: |
13063.8 |
30.0 |
2.1 t. |
|
27 |
Mineral fuel |
12343.2 |
28.3 |
2.1 t. |
|
VI |
Products of the chemical or allied industries: |
4020.8 |
9.2 |
17.4 |
|
29 |
Organic chemicals |
1150.6 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
|
VII |
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof: |
1846.0 |
4.2 |
3.6 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
1543.0 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
|
XI |
Textiles and textile articles: |
1711.5 |
3.9 |
-0.3 |
|
62 |
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted |
336.3 |
0.8 |
7.4 |
|
XV |
Base metals and articles of base metal: |
2842.9 |
6.5 |
3.1 |
|
72 |
Iron and steel |
1203.4 |
2.8 |
5.5 |
|
XVI |
Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; television image and sound recorders and reproducers: |
6081.2 |
14.0 |
2.0 |
|
84 |
Machinery and mechanical appliances |
3504.7 |
8.0 |
2.0 |
|
XVII |
Vehicles; aircraft; vessels and associated transport equipment: |
5725.8 |
13.1 |
-1.2 |
|
87 |
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock |
5140.2 |
11.8 |
-4.0 |
|
|
Other |
6711.2 |
15.5 |
- |
Table 6. Foreign trade data
|
Period |
Exports |
Imports | ||||
|
Actual values, LTL million |
seasonally adjusted1 |
Actual values, LTL million |
seasonally adjusted1 | |||
|
LTL million |
against previous month,% |
LTL million |
against previous month,% | |||
|
2007 07 |
3903.9 |
3652.8 |
102.5 |
5396.9 |
5218.0 |
102.9 |
|
2007 08 |
3934.8 |
3688.9 |
101.0 |
5332.6 |
5200.3 |
99.7 |
|
2007 09 |
3723.9 |
3715.7 |
100.7 |
5238.0 |
5267.3 |
101.3 |
|
2007 10 |
3843.5 |
3804.5 |
102.4 |
5353.6 |
5390.5 |
102.3 |
|
2007 11 |
3537.4 |
3793.0 |
99.7 |
5496.1 |
5484.9 |
101.8 |
|
2007 12 |
3652.0 |
3990.1 |
105.2 |
5102.7 |
5574.2 |
101.6 |
|
2008 01 |
3772.3 |
3878.1 |
97.2 |
5445.9 |
5795.2 |
104.0 |
|
2008 02 |
4258.9 |
4524.8 |
116.7 |
5740.2 |
5904.0 |
101.9 |
|
2008 03 |
4584.4 |
4511.1 |
99.7 |
6564.4 |
6107.8 |
103.5 |
|
2008 04 |
5022.7 |
5078.0 |
112.6 |
6607.5 |
6042.5 |
98.9 |
|
2008 05 |
4722.2 |
4629.1 |
91.2 |
6104.1 |
6085.6 |
100.7 |
|
2008 06 |
5136.9 |
5019.3 |
108.4 |
6507.6 |
6291.0 |
103.4 |
|
2008 07 |
5279.8 |
5133.0 |
102.3 |
6621.2 |
6437.5 |
102.3 |
1 Seasonal influence was identified and removed by Demetra (Tramo seats) taking into account seasonal effects and number of working days.
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