By 2013 01 09
PRESS RELEASE
Foreign trade in November 2012
Statistics Lithuania informs that, based on non-final data obtained from customs declarations, Intrastat reporting and VAT returns data, exports in November 2012 amounted to LTL 7.7 billion, imports - LTL 7.8 billion. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin amounted to LTL 4.8 billion. The foreign trade deficit of Lithuania amounted to LTL 0.1 billion.
Over the month (in November 2012, against October), exports decreased by 4.5 per cent. This was influenced by a decrease in exports of petroleum products - by 8.1 per cent, cereals - 18.7 per cent, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains - 41.3 per cent. Imports decreased by 7 per cent, which was influenced by a decrease in imports of crude petroleum - by 12.4 per cent, ground vehicles - 24.7 per cent. Mineral products excluded, exports and imports of goods decreased by 3.8 and 3.7 per cent respectively. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 6.9 per cent, mineral products excluded - 8 per cent.
Over the year (in November 2012, against November 2011), exports grew by 24.9 per cent, which was influenced by an increase in exports of petroleum products - by 16.5 per cent, cereals - 3 times. Imports increased by 10.6 per cent, which was determined by an increase in imports petroleum products - by 44.5 per cent, fertilisers - 2.1 times. Mineral products excluded, exports and imports of goods increased by 27.4 and 14.9 per cent respectively. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by 20.2 per cent, mineral products excluded - by 21.3 per cent.
In January-November 2012, against the same period of 2011, exports and imports grew by 14.1 and 9.2 per cent respectively. Mineral products excluded, exports and imports of goods increased by 15.9 and 8 per cent respectively. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by 8.8 per cent, mineral products excluded - 11.9 per cent. An increase in exports was influenced by an increase in exports of petroleum products - by 9.6 per cent, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof - 33.9 per cent, furniture - 22.3 per cent. An increase in imports was influenced by an increase in imports of petroleum products - by 69.9 per cent, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof - 8 per cent, plastics and articles thereof - 15.9 per cent.
In January-November 2012, the most important partners in exports were Russia (18.6 per cent), Latvia (11 per cent), Germany (7.9 per cent), and Estonia (7.7 per cent), in imports - Russia (32.4 per cent), Germany (9.9 per cent), Poland (9.7 per cent), and Latvia (6 per cent). Most of goods of Lithuanian origin were exported to Germany (10.6 per cent), Latvia (10.1 per cent), Estonia (9.3 per cent), and the United Kingdom (9 per cent).
In January-November 2012, the largest share in exports and imports fell within mineral products (24.5 and 35.1 per cent respectively), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (11.2 and 12.1 per cent), products of the chemical or allied industries (8.9 and 10.2 per cent). As for the goods of Lithuanian origin, the largest share in exports fell within mineral products (34.4 per cent), products of the chemical or allied industries (8.6 per cent), and miscellaneous manufactured articles (7.8 per cent).
Table 1. Foreign trade balance
LTL million
Exports | Imports | Balance | |
January-November 2011 | 63557.1 | 72334.2 | -8777.1 |
I quarter | 15797.7 | 18177.3 | -2379.6 |
II quarter | 17385.4 | 19887.9 | -2502.5 |
III quarter | 18084.1 | 20278.8 | -2194.7 |
November | 6196.0 | 7035.4 | -839.4 |
IV quarter | 18309.7 | 20468.2 | -2158.5 |
2011 | 69576.8 | 78812.2 | -9235.4 |
January-November 2012 | 72520.7 | 78986.7 | -6466.0 |
January | 5624.0 | 6414.9 | -790.9 |
February | 5697.2 | 6750.4 | -1053.2 |
March | 6282.1 | 7308.5 | -1026.4 |
I quarter | 17603.2 | 20473.8 | -2870.6 |
April | 6319.8 | 6797.2 | -477.4 |
May | 5344.4 | 5743.6 | -399.2 |
June | 6377.2 | 6932.3 | -555.1 |
II quarter | 18041.4 | 19473.0 | -1431.6 |
July | 6466.6 | 7242.1 | -775.5 |
August | 7348.4 | 7597.0 | -248.6 |
September** | 7221.4 | 8043.1 | -821.7 |
III quarter** | 21036.3 | 22882.2 | -1845.9 |
October** | 8100.5 | 8373.0 | -272.5 |
November | 7739.2 | 7784.6 | -45.4 |
** Revised data.
Table 2. Structure of and changes in foreign trade by BEC
BEC | Exports | Imports | ||||
January-November 2012 | January-November 2012 | |||||
value, LTL million | share, per cent | change, against the respective period of 2011, per cent | value, LTL million | share, per cent | change, against the respective period of 2011, per cent | |
Total | 72520.7 | 100.0 | 14.1 | 78986.7 | 100.0 | 9.2 |
Capital goods | 7617.3 | 10.5 | 34.0 | 9105.3 | 11.5 | 7.3 |
Intermediate goods | 38240.2 | 52.7 | 15.4 | 51400.6 | 65.1 | 10.0 |
Consumption goods | 18833.6 | 26.0 | 15.9 | 15809.7 | 20.0 | 12.1 |
Motor spirit | 5788.5 | 8.0 | 2.7 | 68.1 | 0.1 | 4.0 |
Passenger motor cars | 1730.8 | 2.4 | -32.6 | 2561.4 | 3.2 | -12.0 |
Other | 310.4 | 0.4 | 16.1 | 41.6 | 0.1 | 31.2 |
Table 3. Structure of and changes in trade with key foreign partners
Exports | January-November 2012 | Imports | January-November 2012 | |||||
value, LTL million | share, per cent | share of goods of Lithuanian origin, per cent | change, against the respective period of 2011, per cent | value, LTL million | share, per cent | change, against the respective period of 2011, per cent | ||
| Total | 72520.7 | 100.0 | 63.1 | 14.1 | Total | 78986.7 | 100.0 | 9.2 |
EU | 44092.3 | 60.8 | 77.3 | 12.9 | EUS | 44675.8 | 56.6 | 9.0 |
CIS1 | 21312.3 | 29.4 | 25.0 | 22.4 | CIS1 | 28809.5 | 36.5 | 11.0 |
EFTA2 | 1595.0 | 2.2 | 92.1 | 8.4 | EFTA2 | 610.1 | 0.8 | 13.2 |
Russia | 13516.3 | 18.6 | 16.8 | 30.8 | Russia | 25561.9 | 32.4 | 10.0 |
Latvia | 7958.7 | 11.0 | 58.1 | 22.4 | Germany | 7783.8 | 9.9 | 7.6 |
Germany | 5751.9 | 7.9 | 84.4 | -2.2 | Poland | 7663.1 | 9.7 | 17.2 |
Estonia | 5608.0 | 7.7 | 75.8 | 31.5 | Latvia | 4761.0 | 6.0 | -1.3 |
Poland | 4431.9 | 6.1 | 54.5 | -1.5 | Netherlands | 4245.7 | 5.4 | 18.6 |
United Kingdom | 4383.4 | 6.0 | 93.8 | 73.0 | Sweden | 2555.5 | 3.2 | 5.7 |
Netherlands | 4222.0 | 5.8 | 95.6 | 11.3 | Italy | 2472.8 | 3.1 | -1.8 |
Belarus | 3304.6 | 4.6 | 19.4 | -1.8 | Estonia | 2353.4 | 3.0 | 15.5 |
Ukraine | 2522.8 | 3.5 | 82.2 | 25.0 | Belgium | 2281.0 | 2.9 | 0.5 |
Sweden | 2412.4 | 3.3 | 88.7 | 6.0 | Belarus | 2128.7 | 2.7 | 23.1 |
France | 2294.9 | 3.2 | 90.2 | -13.6 | France | 1751.0 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
Other | 16113.8 | 22.3 | 76.3 | 4.4 | Other | 15428.8 | 19.5 | 8.8 |
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 | January-November 2012 | ||||
value, LTL million | share, per cent | share of goods of Lithuanian origin, per cent | change, against the respective period of 2011, per cent | ||
Total | 72520.7 | 100.0 | 63.1 | 14.1 | |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 17580.1 | 24.2 | 88.7 | 8.8 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5124.7 | 7.1 | 19.9 | 33.9 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 4446.1 | 6.1 | 11.8 | -3.7 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4153.8 | 5.7 | 77.3 | 12.0 |
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 | 3972.8 | 5.5 | 85.7 | 22.3 |
31 | Fertilisers | 3180.1 | 4.4 | 93.7 | 3.8 |
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 | 3032.8 | 4.2 | 35.3 | 14.8 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2252.9 | 3.1 | 80.2 | 5.0 |
04 | Milk and milk products | 1749.0 | 2.4 | 96.1 | 15.8 |
Other | 27028.4 | 37.3 | 53.6 | 19.4 | |
Table 5. Commodity structure of and changes in exports of goods of Lithuanian origin
CN sections | January-November 2012 | |||
value, LTL million | share, per cent | change, against the respective period of 2011, per cent | ||
Total | 45772.6 | 100.0 | 8.8 | |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 15601.9 | 34.1 | 3.3 |
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 | 3405.4 | 7.4 | 16.7 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3211.5 | 7.0 | 7.3 |
31 | Fertilisers | 2980.6 | 6.5 | 1.2 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1806.2 | 3.9 | -1.6 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1680.2 | 3.7 | 15.1 |
10 | Cereals | 1375.5 | 3.0 | 81.7 |
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 | 1069.3 | 2.3 | 6.4 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1020.5 | 2.2 | 22.7 |
Other | 13621.5 | 29.9 | 11.5 | |
Table 6. Commodity structure of and changes in imports
CN sections | January-November 2012 | |||
value, LTL million | share, per cent | change, against the respective period of 2011, per cent | ||
Total | 78986.7 | 100.0 | 9.2 | |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 26722.0 | 33.8 | 11.8 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 6032.2 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5575.7 | 7.1 | 8.0 |
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 | 4018.7 | 5.1 | 9.2 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2928.9 | 3.7 | 15.9 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 2279.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2081.5 | 2.6 | 6.4 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1501.8 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1487.5 | 1.9 | 15.6 |
Other | 26359.0 | 33.4 | 9.4 | |
Table 7. Volume of and changes in imports and exports
Period | Exports | Share of goods of Lithuanian origin, per cent | Imports | Balance | |||
value, LTL million | change, against the previous month, per cent | value, LTL million | change, against the previous month, per cent | value, LTL million | change, against the previous month, per cent | LTL million | |
2011-11 | 6196.0 | 1.7 | 4032.7 | 0.1 | 7035.4 | 1.2 | -839.4 |
2011-12 | 6019.8 | -2.8 | 3798.5 | -5.8 | 6478.1 | -7.9 | -458.3 |
2012-01 | 5624.0 | -6.6 | 3893.2 | 2.5 | 6414.9 | -1.0 | -790.9 |
2012-02 | 5697.2 | 1.3 | 3639.1 | -6.5 | 6750.4 | 5.2 | -1053.2 |
2012-03 | 6282.1 | 10.3 | 3925.0 | 7.9 | 7308.5 | 8.3 | -1026.4 |
2012-04 | 6319.8 | 0.6 | 3998.3 | 1.9 | 6797.2 | -7.0 | -477.4 |
2012-05 | 5344.4 | -15.4 | 2819.3 | -29.5 | 5743.6 | -15.5 | -399.2 |
2012-06 | 6377.2 | 19.3 | 3889.0 | 37.9 | 6932.3 | 20.7 | -555.1 |
2012-07 | 6466.6 | 1.4 | 4003.1 | 2.9 | 7242.1 | 4.5 | -775.5 |
2012-08 | 7348.4 | 13.6 | 4680.5 | 16.9 | 7597.0 | 4.9 | -248.6 |
2012-09 | 7221.4 | -1.7 | 4867.9 | 4.0 | 8043.1 | 5.9 | -821.7 |
2012-10 | 8100.5 | 12.2 | 5208.0 | 7.0 | 8373.0 | 4.1 | -272.5 |
2012-11 | 7739.2 | -4.5 | 4849.2 | -6.9 | 7784.6 | -7.0 | -45.4 |
Note. Due to rounding, the sum of lines or columns in some tables may disagree with the "Total".
A press release on foreign trade in January-December 2012 is due on 8 February 2013.
Director General Vilija Lap
