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Economic indicators | Foreign Trade in figures | Sources of general economic information

Economic indicators

 
Main indicators 2009201020112012 (e)2013 (e)
GDP (billions USD) 25.8924.01e27.41e28.6230.09
GDP (constant prices, annual % change) -18.0-0.3e4.0e3.04.0
GDP per capita (USD) 11,447.8210,680.31e12,226.47e12,803.6413,504.38
Inflation rate (%) 3.3-1.2e4.2e2.32.2
Current Account (billions USD) 2.240.86e0.28e-0.14-0.40
Current Account (in % of GDP) 8.63.6e1.0e-1.3-

Source: IMF - World Economic Outlook Database ; World Bank

Note: (e) Estimated data

 
Breakdown of economic activity by sector Agriculture Industry Services
Value added (annual % change) 3.2 2.2 -1.4
Value added (in % of GDP) 4.1 21.8 74.1
Employment by sector (in % of total employment) 8.7 25.0 66.3

Source: World Bank - last available data.

 
Monetary indicators 20062007200820092010
Average annual exchange rate for 1 USD 0.560.510.480.510.53

Source: World Bank

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Foreign trade in figures

 
Foreign trade indicators 20062007200820092010
Imports of goods (millions USD) 11,54115,32216,1439,79311,483
Exports of goods (millions USD) 6,1558,30810,1447,6999,455
Imports of services (millions USD) 1,9712,6783,1522,2402,128
Exports of services (millions USD) 2,6313,6664,4823,7823,584
Imports of goods and services (annual % change) 19.414.7-11.2-33.58.6
Exports of goods and services (annual % change) 6.510.02.0-14.110.3
Imports of goods and services (in % of GDP) 66.362.456.545.454.2
Exports of goods and services (in % of GDP) 44.942.342.843.953.4
Trade Balance (millions USD) -5,131-6,898-6,014-1,822-1,546
Current Account (millions USD) -4,522-6,4254,4922,284-
Foreign trade (in % of GDP) 111.2104.799.389.3107.6

Source: WTO - World Trade Organization ; World Bank

 

Main partner countries

Main customers
(% of exports)
2010
Lithuania 16.2%
Estonia 13.5%
Russia 10.6%
Germany 8.7%
Sweden 6.3%
See more countries 44.7%
Main suppliers
(% of imports)
2010
Lithuania 17.1%
Germany 11.5%
Russia 10.0%
Poland 7.9%
Estonia 7.2%
See more countries 46.4%

Source: Comtrade, last available data

 

Main products

Main exports
(% of exports)
2010
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or barked,...Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or barked, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm 5.9%
Bars and rods, of iron or non-alloy steel, not...Bars and rods, of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but incl. those twisted after rolling (excl. in irregularly wound coils) 4.2%
Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed...Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses "incl. those in the form of transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) 3.5%
Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark...Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared (excl. rough-cut wood for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool shafts and the like; wood in the form of railway sleepers; wood cut into boards or beams, etc.) 3.0%
Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or...Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms 3.0%
See more products 80.5%
Main imports
(% of imports)
2010
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous...Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (excl. crude); preparations containing >= 70% by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations, n.e.s.; waste oils containing mainly petroleum or bituminous minerals 8.1%
Petroleum gas and other gaseous hydrocarbonsPetroleum gas and other gaseous hydrocarbons 4.8%
Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed...Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses "incl. those in the form of transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) 4.2%
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally...Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702) 2.8%
Television receivers, whether or not incorporating...Television receivers, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus; video monitors and video projectors 2.1%
See more products 77.9%

Source: Comtrade, last available data

 

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