Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin amounted to EUR 13.8 bln. (LTL 47.8 bln.).
The foreign trade deficit of Lithuania amounted to EUR 1.5 bln. (LTL 5.3 bln.) and compared to 2013, decreased by 8.1 %.
In 2014, against 2013, exports decreased by 0.7, imports - 1.2 %. The decrease in exports was influenced by a decrease in exports of petroleum products (24.2 %), ground vehicles (20.1 %), edible vegetables (28 %). The decrease in imports was determined by a decrease in imports of crude oil (29.1 %), ground vehicles (15.1 %), edible vegetables (23 %). A decrease in value of the exported petroleum products and imported crude oil was conditioned by a price drop for oil. Mineral products excluded, exports of goods increased by 6.4, imports - 8.4 %. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 6.7 %, mineral products excluded - increased by 4.7 %.
In 2014, exports to Russia increased by 4.4 %, exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 16.4 %, which was influenced by a decrease in exports of milk and dairy products (35.3 %), meat and edible meat offal (45 %), ground vehicles (30.6 %), preparations of meat, of fish (62.9 %). Exports of food and agricultural products to Russia decreased by 22.2 %, of food and agricultural products of Lithuanian origin - by 28.4 % (in 2014, exports of such products amounted to EUR 221.8 mln., in 2013 - EUR 309.6 mln.).
In 2014, the most important partners in exports were Russia (20.9 %), Latvia (9.2 %), Poland (8.3 %), Germany (7.2 %), in imports - Russia (20.7 %), Germany (11.2 %), Poland (9.6 %), Latvia (7.1 %). Most of goods of Lithuanian origin were exported to Germany (10.5 %), Latvia (8.1 %), the Netherlands (7.2 %) and Poland (7 %).
In 2014, the largest share in exports and imports fell within mineral products (17.8 and 24.3 % respectively), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (15.4 and 17.6 % respectively), products of the chemical and allied industries (9.1 and 10.6 % respectively). As for the goods of Lithuanian origin, the largest share in exports fell within mineral products (26 %), miscellaneous manufactured articles (9.9 %), prepared foodstuffs (7.9 %), products of the chemical and allied industries (7.9 %).
