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Economy

Lithuania’s exports and imports grow in July

Statistics Lithuania reports that, based on non-final data from customs declarations, Intrastat reporting and VAT returns data, exports in July amounted to LTL 7.4 billion (EUR 2.14 billion), while imports to LTL 8.1 billion (EUR 2.34 billion). […]

Economy

Lithuania’s food exports to Russia fell nearly 6 percent

Lithuania’s exports of agricultural and food products to Russia fell by nearly 6 percent in the first half of this year to 2.353 billion litas (EUR 682m), from 2.504 billion litas in the same period last year, data made available by Statistics Lithuania shows. […]

European Union

Lithuanian agriculture minister calls for extraordinary EU ministers meeting

Following the introduction of sanctions on food imports by the Russian Federation, Lithuania’s Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė has turned to Italian Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Minister Maurizio Martina, who holds the rotating presidency of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH), with a request to convene an extraordinary meeting of EU ministers of agriculture as soon as possible, possibly even in August. […]

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Economy

Russia denies entry for Lithuanian goods

After Russia banned food imports from the EU, trucks with cargo which had left for Moscow before the ban were told to return to Lithuania. This was reported on Saturday by Lithuanian road carriers association Linava. […]

Evaldas Gustas
Economy

Russian sanctions to shave off 0.2 percent of Lithuanian GDP growth

The growth of the Lithuanian gross domestic product (GDP) may slow down by 0.2 percent in the wake of the Russian sanctions, Lithuania’s Economy Minister Evaldas Gustas said after meeting with President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Friday. […]