Lithuania's liquefied natural gas (LNG) and oil product terminals operator Klaipedos Nafta (Klaipeda Oil) said on February 4th that its total revenue for January rose to 10.7 million euros, up 17.6% from 9.1 million euros a year earlier.

Lithuania's commercial banks have contributed the first 10 million euros to a special fund that can be used to restructure problem banks, the central bank said on February 1st.

Klaipeda in 2015 remained the number one seaport in the Baltic countries in terms of container handling, even though TEU traffic fell by 12.8% to 392,700 units, from 450,400 units in 2014, the port's authority said on Monday.

The Lithuanian central government sector's debt amounted to 15.81 billion euros at the end of December 2015, accounting for 42.5% of last year's gross domestic product (GDP), data from the Finance Ministry showed on January 29th.

Lithuania's mobile phone operator Omnitel in 2015 posted 137 million euros in revenue, a rise of 7.2% from 127.8 million euros in 2014.

Statistics Lithuania informs that in 2015 country's gross domestic product (GDP), estimated based on available statistical data and econometric models, amounted to EUR 37 241.7 million at current prices. Compared to 2014, the real GDP growth stood at 1.7% (1) (seasonally and working day unadjusted – at 1.6%).

Statistics Lithuania informs that in December 2015, compared to November, construction input prices increased by 0.7%. The overall price change was mainly influenced by a 2.6% increase in wages and salaries. Over the year (December 2015, against December 2014), construction input prices increased by 1.3%.

Statistics Lithuania informs that, based on provisional data, in December 2015, the turnover (VAT excluded) of retail trade enterprises* amounted to EUR 869.0 million; against November, it increased by 19.2% at constant prices (seasonally and working day adjusted – by 0.3%).

The Lithuanian Finance Ministry on January 25ht raised 40 million euros by reopening an issue of five-year government securities, falling due in 1,582 days, at an average yield of 0.603%.

Swedbank has lowered its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast on Estonia for 2016 by 0.3 percentage points to 2.3 Swedbank in Lithuania has left unchanged its November forecast for this year's GDP growth at 3.3%.