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Lithuania: Achema fertiliser plant may begin producing explosives

Via BalticaApril 1, 202501 mins

The Lithuanian fertiliser producer, Achema, may begin producing explosives, Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas announced, BNS reports. He was speaking after a meeting with representatives of Achema’s management. Earlier, Vidmantas Janulevicius, president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK), suggested converting some of the country’s large chemical plants to the production of explosives. Achema announced…

Latvia: President calls for raising defence spending to 4% of GDP

Via BalticaJanuary 9, 2025January 9, 202501 mins

Latvia will have to raise its defence budget to at least 4% of GDP in the coming years, President Edgars Rinkevics stated, LSM reports. Speaking after a meeting with Prime Minister Evika Silina, Rinkevics insisted that the current defence spending of 3.45% of GDP was not enough. He noted that Latvia had “a rather serious problem”…

Lithuania: Government to ease export controls on dual-use goods

Via BalticaJanuary 4, 202501 mins

Lithuania’s new government plans to ease export controls on dual-use goods, LRT reports. Economy Minister Lukas Savickas said that the previous government had imposed the restrictions without consulting businesses first. He insisted that the restrictions must not harm exporters of high-tech products and should only be imposed if companies violate existing sanctions. An industry representative…

Estonia: Agriculture minister visiting India to promote trade

Via BalticaDecember 4, 202401 mins

Estonia’s Minister of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, Piret Hartman, is visiting India to promote bilateral trade, BNS reports. She is accompanied by a business delegation of several leading Estonian food and beverage companies. Hartman noted that Estonia was already exporting cheese to India, but suggested that there was also potential for exporting other dairy products,…

Estonia: GDP down 0.7% in Q3/2024: statistics

Via BalticaDecember 3, 202401 mins

Estonia’s GDP totalled EUR 10bn in the third quarter of 2024, which was down 0.7% from the same period of 2023, according to data published by Statistics Estonia, The Baltic Guide reported. This was the tenth consecutive quarter of economic decline. The seasonally and working-day adjusted GDP fell by 0.6% over a year but remained…

Lithuania: Northrop Grumman plans to begin producing ammunition

Via BalticaSeptember 23, 202401 mins

The Lithuanian government has signed a memorandum of understanding with US defence contractor Northrop Grumman on strengthening Lithuania’s defence industry, BNS reports. The memorandum focuses on the development, production, and supply of medium-calibre ammunition. Defence Minister Laurynas Kasciunas said that the aim was to start producing ammunition in Lithuania within 18 months. Northrop Grumman plans…

Lithuania: Pon.Bike opens bicycle factory in Kedainiai

Via BalticaSeptember 21, 202401 mins

The world’s largest bicycle manufacturer, Dutch-based Pon.Bike, has opened a new production facility in Kedainiai in central Lithuania, BNS reports. The company invested EUR 57mn in the factory, which will produce up to 450,000 bicycles per year. The facility, located in the Kedainiai Free Economic Zone (KLEZ), will employ around 600 people. Under an agreement…

Latvia: Producer prices down 2.6% on year in August 2024: statistics

Via BalticaSeptember 21, 202401 mins

Producer prices in Latvian industry declined by 2.6% in August 2024, compared to the same period of 2023, according to data from the Central Statistical Bureau (CSP), LSM reports. Prices declined by 12.7% in energy supply, 1.4% in mining and quarrying, and 0.6% in manufacturing, but increased by 5.3% in water supply and waste management….

Estonia: Producer price index up 1.7% on year in August 2024

Via BalticaSeptember 21, 202401 mins

Estonia’s producer price index of industrial output (PPI) rose by 1.7% in August 2024, compared to the same period of 2023, according to data from Statistics Estonia, ERR reports. Producer prices rose by on year 1.4% in manufacturing but fell by 1.9% in the production of food products. Compared to July 2024, the PPI rose…

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Lithuania: Achema fertiliser plant may begin producing explosives

Latvia: President calls for raising defence spending to 4% of GDP

Lithuania: Government to ease export controls on dual-use goods

Estonia: Agriculture minister visiting India to promote trade

Estonia: GDP down 0.7% in Q3/2024: statistics

Lithuania: Northrop Grumman plans to begin producing ammunition

Lithuania: Pon.Bike opens bicycle factory in Kedainiai

Latvia: Producer prices down 2.6% on year in August 2024: statistics

Estonia: Producer price index up 1.7% on year in August 2024