Lithuania Trade Deficit Widens in November

Lithuania’s trade deficit narrowed to EUR 0.506 billion in December 2025 from EUR 0.632 billion in December 2024, as exports grew at a much faster pace than imports. Exports surged 8% year-on-year to EUR 2.856 billion, supported by strong increases in fertilizers (44.2%), optics, photography, cinematography, measuring, control, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus (6.8%), and pharmaceutical products (5.8%). Meanwhile, imports also rose by 2.6% year-on-year to EUR 3.361 billion, driven by higher purchases of electrical machinery and equipment (14%), land vehicles (10%), and machinery and mechanical equipment (7.5%). Over this period, exports rose to Ukraine (16.6%), Denmark (11.5%), United Kingdom (6.6%), Latvia (4.8%), and Poland (3.6%), while imports also increased from China (20.6%), United States (12%), Sweden (6.7%), Latvia (8.3%), and Germany (8.5%). However, for full-year 2025, the country’s trade deficit widened to EUR 6.525 billion from EUR 4.598 billion.

Lithuania’s trade deficit widened to EUR 0.510 billion in November 2025 from EUR 0.445 billion in the corresponding month a year ago, as imports rose at a much faster pace than exports. Imports grew by 3.1% year-on-year to EUR 3.634 billion amid increased purchases of mineral fuels, mineral oils and their distillation products (7.6%) and machinery and mechanical equipment and their parts (7.3%). Meanwhile, exports rose by 1.4% to EUR 3.123 billion, mainly supported by strong sales of mineral fuels, mineral oils and their distillation products (20%) and fertilizers (31.3%). In the January-November period, the country’s trade deficit expanded to EUR 5.944 billion from EUR 3.967 billion in the same period last year, with exports down 0.8% and imports up 4.4%. Over this period, imports increased from Poland (2.9%), Germany (8.1%), Latvia (7.9%), China (20.4%), and the Netherlands (7.7%), while exports dropped to the Netherlands (-3.4) and the US (-4.6%).

Lithuania’s trade deficit widened to EUR 0.505 billion in October 2025 from EUR 0.489 billion in the same month a year earlier. Exports fell by 0.6% year-on-year to EUR 3.205 billion, weighed down by sharp declines in oil seeds and oleaginous fruits (-67.1%) and miscellaneous chemical products (-21.4%). Meanwhile, imports fell at a slower pace of 0.1% to EUR 3.714 billion, driven by reduced purchases of mineral fuels, mineral oils and related products (-28.8%), and organic chemicals (-59.4%). For the January-October period, the trade deficit widened to EUR 5.414 billion from EUR 3.521 billion a year earlier, as exports fell 1.1% while imports grew 4.5%. During the period, exports declined to the Netherlands (-4.9%), Estonia (-0.5%), and the United States (-1.1%), whereas imports increased from Germany (8.3%), Poland (2.7%), Latvia (7.6%), China (19.8%), and the Netherlands (9.9%).