Latvia’s foreign trade turnover totalled EUR 42.73bn in 2025, which was up EUR 2,198.7mn (5.4%) from 2024 at current prices, according to provisional data from the Central Statistical Bureau (CSP), LSM reports. The total value of exported goods amounted to EUR 19.54bn, which was up EUR 698.1mn (3.7%) from 2024. The value of goods imported…
Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Economy and Innovation, Karolis Zemaitis, visited Taiwan on 3-6 September 2024, ELTA reported. During his visit, the minister met with officials at Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs and Ministry of Economic Affairs as well as with potential investors. He had meetings with representatives of several local banks and major companies in…
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis criticised other EU member states for continuing to do business with China, BNS reported. Speaking after a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell in Vilnius, Landsbergis noted that Lithuania was an example that it was “possible to survive without Russian gas and Chinese contracts.” He warned Lithuania’s…
Estonia’s services exports totalled EUR 3.1bn at current prices in the second quarter of 2024, which was up 3% from the same period of 2023, according to Statistics Estonia and the Bank of Estonia, ERR reports. Imports of services totalled EUR 2.3bn, which was up 3% as well. The balance of Estonia’s foreign trade in…
Latvia’s foreign trade turnover totalled EUR 23.26bn at current prices in the first seven months of 2023, which was EUR 1.52bn (6.1%) less than in the same period of 2023, according to the Central Statistical Bureau’s (CSP) provisional data, LSM reports. Exports of goods amounted to EUR 10.7bn (down 4%) and imports to EUR 12.56bn…
Estonia’s GDP totalled EUR 37.7 billion at current prices in 2023, which was down 3% from 2022, according to data from Statistics Estonia, ERR reported. Robert Müürsepp, national accounts team lead at Statistics Estonia, said that Estonia’s economy was in broad-based recession in 2023, with decline recorded in most major sectors. Information and communication had…
Estonia’s current account deficit totalled EUR 284mn in the second quarter of 2023, according to the Bank of Estonia’s flash estimate, ERR reports. The deficit amounted to EUR 13.0mn in April 2023, to EUR 180.3mn in May 2023, and to EUR 90.7mn in June 2023. The quarterly current account deficit stood at 3% of GDP,…
Latvia’s foreign trade turnover totalled EUR 21.39bn at current prices in the first half of 2023, which was down EUR 963.9mn (4.3%) from the corresponding period of 2022, according to provisional data from the Central Statistical Bureau, LSM reports. The total value of exports amounted to EUR 9.62bn (down 4.5%) and of imports to EUR…
Latvia’s foreign trade turnover totalled EUR 17.93bn in the first five months of 2023, which was down EUR 718.4mn (3.9%) from the same period of 2022, according to provisional data from the Central Statistical Bureau, LSM reports. Exports totalled EUR 8.12bn, which was down EUR 281.2mn (3.3%) over a year. Imports totalled EUR 9.81bn, which…