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Foreign trade deficit of Lithuania amounted to LTL 0.6 bln in October
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Over the month (October 2013, against September 2013), exports increased by 5.7%. It was influenced by an increase in exports of ground vehicles (by 28.2%) and boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof (17.8%). Imports increased by 3.8%, which was influenced by an increase in imports of electrical machinery and equipment, parts thereof (by 9.2%) and edible vegetables (45%). Mineral products excluded, exports increased by 11.1, imports – 6.6%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 1.3%, mineral products excluded – increased by 2.4%. Exports to Russia increased by 32.1%, exports of goods of Lithuanian origin – by 6.9%. Exports of dairy products of Lithuanian origin decreased by 75%.
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| Exports and imports for the period 2008-2013, January-October. |
In October 2013, against October 2012, exports decreased by 2.8%, which was influenced by a decrease in exports of petroleum products (by 20%) and cereals (40.5%). Imports increased by 0.1%, which was determined by an increase in imports of electrical machinery and equipment, parts thereof (by 11.2%). Mineral products excluded, exports and imports increased by 2.5 and 7.5% respectively. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 11.3%, mineral products excluded – 7%. Exports to Russia increased by 11.4%; exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 17.6%. Exports of dairy products of Lithuanian origin decreased by 72.1%.
In January–October 2013, against the same period in 2012, exports increased by 8.7%. It was influenced by an increase in exports of petroleum products (by 6.8%), boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof (11.4%) and electrical machinery and equipment, parts thereof (15.3%). Imports increased by 7.6%, which was influenced by an increase in imports of crude oil (by 11.7%), boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof (15.3%) and plastics and plastic products (11.8%). Mineral products excluded, exports increased by 9.6%, imports – 9.3%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by 5%, mineral products excluded – by 4.2%. Exports to Russia increased by 15.3%, exports of goods of Lithuanian origin – by 5.1%. Exports of dairy products of Lithuanian origin increased by 18.6%.
In January–October 2013, the most important Lithuania's partners in exports were Russia (19.6%), Latvia (10%), Estonia (8%), and Poland (7.4%), in imports – Russia (30.1%), Germany (10.2%), Poland (9.3%), and Latvia (6.1%). Most of the goods of Lithuanian origin were exported to Estonia (10.1%), Germany (9.9%), Latvia (9.6%), and the United Kingdom (8%).
In January–October 2013, the largest share in exports and imports fell within mineral products (24 and 33.2% respectively), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (11.6 and 12.8%), products of the chemical or allied industries (8.2 and 9.9%). As for the goods of Lithuanian origin, the largest share in exports fell within mineral products (34.6%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (7.9%) and products of the chemical or allied industries (7.2%).
Table 1. Foreign trade balance, LTL million
|
|
Exports |
Imports |
Balance |
|
January–October 2012 |
64848.1 |
70907.8 |
−6059.7 |
|
I quarter |
17678.0 |
20305.6 |
−2627.6 |
|
II quarter |
18067.4 |
19399.1 |
−1331.7 |
|
III quarter |
21020.6 |
22745.5 |
−1724.9 |
|
October |
8082.1 |
8457.7 |
−375.6 |
|
IV quarter |
22812.5 |
23464.2 |
−651.7 |
|
2012 |
79578.5 |
85914.3 |
−6335.8 |
|
January–October 2013 |
70513.8 |
76308.5 |
−5794.7 |
|
January |
6517.1 |
7425.3 |
−908.2 |
|
February |
6681.6 |
7071.5 |
−389.9 |
|
March |
7476.4 |
7528.1 |
−51.7 |
|
I quarter |
20675.1 |
22024.9 |
−1349.8 |
|
April |
7037.4 |
8037.9 |
−1000.5 |
|
May |
6489.6 |
6914.0 |
−424.4 |
|
June |
6802.6 |
6842.7 |
−40.1 |
|
II quarter |
20329.6 |
21794.6 |
−1465.0 |
|
July |
6980.3 |
8209.2 |
−1228.9 |
|
August** |
7239.9 |
7661.8 |
−421.9 |
|
September** |
7433.1 |
8153.3 |
−720.2 |
|
III quarter** |
21653.4 |
24024.3 |
−2370.9 |
|
October |
7855.9 |
8464.7 |
−608.8 |
** Revised data.
Table 2. Structure of and changes in foreign trade by BEC in January–October 2013
|
BEC |
Exports |
Imports |
||||
|
value, LTL million |
share, % |
change, |
value, LTL million |
share, % |
change, |
|
|
Total |
70513.8 |
100.0 |
8.7 |
76308.5 |
100.0 |
7.6 |
|
Capital goods |
7487.6 |
10.6 |
11.6 |
9459.5 |
12.4 |
13.8 |
|
Intermediate goods |
36316.4 |
51.5 |
5.6 |
48207.0 |
63.2 |
5.2 |
|
Consumption goods |
19605.2 |
27.8 |
16.5 |
16176.7 |
21.2 |
13.1 |
|
Motor spirit |
5209.1 |
7.4 |
2.9 |
40.0 |
0.1 |
−39.4 |
|
Passenger motor cars |
1675.6 |
2.4 |
7.3 |
2405.9 |
3.2 |
2.8 |
|
Other |
219.9 |
0.3 |
−22.4 |
19.4 |
0.0 |
−52.1 |
Table 3. Structure of and changes in trade with key foreign partners in January–October 2013
|
|
Exports |
|
Imports |
|||||
|
value, |
share, |
share of |
change, |
value, |
share, |
change, |
||
|
Total |
70513.8 |
100.0 |
60.9 |
8.7 |
Total |
76308.5 |
100.0 |
7.6 |
|
EU28 |
41461.4 |
58.8 |
75.9 |
3.7 |
EU28 |
44632.6 |
58.5 |
9.1 |
|
CIS1 |
21833.8 |
31.0 |
22.6 |
16.1 |
CIS1 |
26405.3 |
34.6 |
5.6 |
|
EFTA2 |
1726.6 |
2.4 |
91.4 |
22.3 |
EFTA2 |
592.9 |
0.8 |
6.6 |
|
Russia |
13800.4 |
19.6 |
15.4 |
15.3 |
Russia |
22942.0 |
30.1 |
3.9 |
|
Latvia |
7034.6 |
10.0 |
58.8 |
−3.9 |
Germany |
7791.5 |
10.2 |
9.6 |
|
Estonia |
5671.5 |
8.0 |
76.5 |
15.0 |
Poland |
7132.5 |
9.3 |
0.4 |
|
Poland |
5200.0 |
7.4 |
53.4 |
30.2 |
Latvia |
4643.4 |
6.1 |
6.9 |
|
Germany |
5101.4 |
7.2 |
83.2 |
−1.6 |
Netherlands |
3882.8 |
5.1 |
−1.9 |
|
United Kingdom |
3691.3 |
5.2 |
93.3 |
−7.5 |
Italy |
2824.2 |
3.7 |
24.3 |
|
Belarus |
3616.8 |
5.1 |
17.3 |
23.4 |
Belgium |
2514.7 |
3.3 |
19.9 |
|
Netherlands |
3366.7 |
4.8 |
94.1 |
−11.1 |
Sweden |
2348.9 |
3.1 |
0.2 |
|
Sweden |
2335.5 |
3.3 |
87.9 |
8.0 |
Estonia |
2311.1 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
|
Ukraine |
2290.1 |
3.2 |
78.9 |
2.1 |
Belarus |
2230.2 |
2.9 |
15.5 |
|
Other |
18405.5 |
26.2 |
77.5 |
12.6 |
Other |
17687.2 |
23.2 |
14.3 |
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 in January–October 2013
|
CN sections |
Value, LTL million |
Share, % |
Share of goods of Lithuanian origin, % |
Change, against the respective period in 2012, % |
|
|
|
Total |
70513.8 |
100.0 |
60.9 |
8.7 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
16694.6 |
23.7 |
87.9 |
5.9 |
|
84 |
Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
5101.7 |
7.2 |
17.7 |
11.4 |
|
87 |
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
4120.8 |
5.8 |
11.5 |
3.7 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
4058.1 |
5.8 |
74.5 |
7.7 |
|
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 |
3899.9 |
5.5 |
83.4 |
9.7 |
|
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 |
3107.7 |
4.4 |
30.9 |
15.3 |
|
31 |
Fertilisers |
2434.9 |
3.5 |
90.1 |
−16.2 |
|
44 |
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal |
2315.6 |
3.3 |
81.5 |
15.1 |
|
04 |
Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |
1761.7 |
2.5 |
95.1 |
11.2 |
|
|
Other |
27018.8 |
38.3 |
51.5 |
12.5 |
Table 5. Commodity structure of and changes in exports of goods of Lithuanian origin in January–October 2013
|
CN sections |
Value, LTL million |
Share, % |
Change, against the respective period in 2012, % |
|
|
|
Total |
42968.8 |
100.0 |
5.0 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
14678.2 |
34.2 |
6.3 |
|
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 |
3253.3 |
7.6 |
5.3 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
3024.6 |
7.0 |
3.2 |
|
31 |
Fertilisers |
2193.4 |
5.1 |
−19.3 |
|
44 |
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal |
1886.2 |
4.4 |
12.9 |
|
04 |
Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |
1674.6 |
3.9 |
10.0 |
|
10 |
Cereals |
1463.4 |
3.4 |
38.9 |
|
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 |
958.9 |
2.2 |
−0.6 |
|
84 |
Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
904.2 |
2.1 |
18.1 |
|
|
Other |
12932.0 |
30.1 |
4.3 |
Table 6. Commodity structure of and changes in imports in January–October 2013
|
CN sections |
Value, LTL million |
Share, % |
Change, against the respective period in 2012, % |
|
|
|
Total |
76308.5 |
100.0 |
7.6 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
24506.4 |
32.1 |
5.0 |
|
84 |
Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
5913.6 |
7.7 |
15.3 |
|
87 |
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
5825.9 |
7.6 |
2.9 |
|
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 |
3883.0 |
5.1 |
8.1 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
2958.7 |
3.9 |
11.8 |
|
30 |
Pharmaceutical products |
1998.9 |
2.6 |
7.4 |
|
29 |
Organic chemicals |
1910.7 |
2.5 |
−9.2 |
|
08 |
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons |
1470.9 |
1.9 |
7.2 |
|
48 |
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard |
1288.4 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
|
|
Other |
26552.0 |
34.9 |
10.9 |
Table 7. Volume of and changes in imports and exports
|
Period |
Exports |
Exports of goods of |
Imports |
Balance |
|||
|
value, |
change, |
value, |
change, |
value, |
change, |
LTL million |
|
|
2012-10 |
8082.1 |
11.7 |
5205.5 |
6.6 |
8457.7 |
4.8 |
−375.6 |
|
2012-11 |
7669.5 |
−5.1 |
4803.8 |
−7.7 |
7859.7 |
−7.1 |
−190.2 |
|
2012-12 |
7061.0 |
−7.9 |
4349.3 |
−9.5 |
7146.8 |
−9.1 |
−85.8 |
|
2013-01 |
6517.1 |
−7.7 |
4464.5 |
2.6 |
7425.3 |
3.9 |
−908.2 |
|
2013-02 |
6681.6 |
2.5 |
4262.5 |
−4.5 |
7071.5 |
−4.8 |
−389.9 |
|
2013-03 |
7476.4 |
11.9 |
4700.8 |
10.3 |
7528.1 |
6.5 |
−51.7 |
|
2013-04 |
7037.4 |
−5.9 |
4165.0 |
−11.4 |
8037.9 |
6.8 |
−1000.5 |
|
2013-05 |
6489.6 |
−7.8 |
3699.6 |
−11.2 |
6914.0 |
−14.0 |
−424.4 |
|
2013-06 |
6802.6 |
4.8 |
4105.9 |
11.0 |
6842.7 |
−1.0 |
−40.1 |
|
2013-07 |
6980.3 |
2.6 |
4013.3 |
−2.3 |
8209.2 |
20.0 |
−1228.9 |
|
2013-08 |
7239.9 |
3.7 |
4259.4 |
6.1 |
7661.8 |
−6.7 |
−421.9 |
|
2013-09 |
7433.1 |
2.7 |
4679.7 |
9.9 |
8153.3 |
6.4 |
−720.2 |
|
2013-10 |
7855.9 |
5.7 |
4618.1 |
−1.3 |
8464.7 |
3.8 |
−608.8 |
Note. Due
to rounding, the sum of lines or columns in some tables may disagree with the
"Total".
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