Over the month (June 2015, against May), exports increased by 1.8, imports – 2%. The increase in exports was influenced by an increase in exports of furniture (9.3%), articles of iron or steel (26.2%).
The increase in imports was determined by an increase in imports of edible vegetables (33.5%), optical, photographic, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus (33.6%). Mineral products excluded, exports of products increased by 3.6, imports – 5.4%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by 0.5%, mineral products excluded – 4.1%.
Over the year (June 2015, against June 2014), exports decreased by 3.6%, imports increased by 5%. The decrease in exports was determined by a decrease in exports of electrical machinery and equipments and parts thereof (38.9%), cereals (69.3%), edible vegetables (60.9%). The increase in imports was influenced by an increase in imports of crude oil (17.5%), ground vehicles (11.5%), boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances (7.8%). Mineral products excluded, exports of goods decreased by 6.8%, while imports increased by 3.8%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by 3.7%, mineral products excluded – by 0.9%.
In January–June 2015, against January–June 2014, exports decreased by 4%, imports increased by 1.9%. The decrease in exports was influenced by a decrease in exports of edible vegetables (52%), milk and dairy products (33.4%) and petroleum products (5.3%). The increase in imports was determined by an increase in imports of boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances (16.4%), fertilisers (59.8%). A decrease in value of exported petroleum products was conditioned by price drop for oil. Mineral products excluded, exports of goods decreased by 3.7%, while imports increased by 4%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 2.9%, mineral products excluded – by 0.2%. Exports to Russia decreased by 37.8%, of goods of Lithuanian origin – 53.5%, which was conditioned by a decrease in exports of milk and dairy products (93.2%), non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages (73.5%); meat and edible meat offal was not exported. Exports of food and agricultural products (CN sections I–IV) to Russia decreased by 62.1%, of food and agricultural products of Lithuanian origin – by 79.6% (in January–June 2014, exports of such products amounted to EUR 149.7 million, while in the same period of 2015 – EUR 30.5 million).
In January–June 2015, the most important Lithuania's partners in exports were Russia (13.4%), Latvia (10%), Poland (9.7%) and Germany (8.3%), in imports – Russia (17.3%), Germany (11.4%), Poland (10.1%) and Latvia (7.1%). Most of the goods of Lithuanian origin were exported to Germany (11.5%), Latvia (7.8%), the United Kingdom (7.1%) and Poland (7%).
In January–June 2015, the largest share in Lithuania's exports and imports fell within mineral products (17 and 23% respectively), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (14.2 and 17.4% respectively), and products of the chemical or allied industries (11.2 and 12% respectively). As for the goods of Lithuanian origin, the largest share in exports fell within mineral products (22.9%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (11.3%), products of the chemical or allied industries (9.9%), prepared foodstuffs, beverages, spirits and vinegar, tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (7.8%).
