Statistics Lithuania informs that, based on non-final data obtained from customs declarations, Intrastat reporting and VAT returns data, exports of goods in February 2017 amounted to 2 bln, imports – EUR 2.2 bln. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin amounted to EUR 1.2 bln. The foreign trade deficit of Lithuania amounted to EUR 250.2 mln.

Last year UAB ACME Grupė, a group of Lithuanian capital companies, developing, manufacturing and distributing technological solutions and products - increased by almost 12 % and reached the turnover of 373 mln euros in 2016. This was mainly influenced by the growth of income from films and the aim of company-managed commercial businesses to bring new electronic devices to the Baltic countries.

Analysis of fully-processed registrations’ data performed by AV Automotive Research / AutoTyrimai, based on source data obtained from Regitra (Lithuania), CSDD (Latvia) and Maanteeamet (Estonia), shows that new light-vehicle (M1&N1) registrations in the Baltic States increased by 10.6% to 17’979 units in I quarter 2017.

The Finnish fast food chain Hesburger plans to open nearly 40 new restaurants in the Baltic countries in the next five-six years, while at present there are more than 130 Hesburger restaurants in the three countries, according to the Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat reports.

A new shipment of around 140,000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Norway's Statoil is arriving to Klaipeda on Thursday, marking the first delivery of LNG to the fertilizer manufacturer Achema in the current gas year.

Certain groups of travellers are greatly attracted by a possibility to directly reach one of the main London airports - Heathrow, Gatwick or City - from Vilnius. Both institutions attracting foreign investors to Lithuania and entrepreneurs or tourism sector representatives dream about such flights.

Lithuania's oil and gas loading company Klaipedos Nafta (Klaipeda Oil) will cooperate with the operator of Belgium's liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Zeebrugge, Fluxys, in small-scale LNG projects and creation of infrastructure in Europe.

The price of electricity in Nord Pool's Lithuanian bidding area averaged 31.3 euros per megawatt-hour in March, almost unchanged from a year ago and down by 14% from a month ago, Litgrid said on Friday.

During the reconstruction of the runway at Vilnius airport, carriers promise to ensure proper transportation to Kaunas airport. In the beginning of March, when Lithuanian Airports invited carriers of the country to review the regularity of transportation between Vilnius and Kaunas airports, two carriers informed of their plans to increase the number of trips and to create new routes.

MEPs removed the last hurdle on the way to full abolition of retail “roaming” surcharges in a vote on Thursday.