Agri-Food Trade Service
Fact Sheets
Lithuania - At a Glance
Basic Information
| Land area: |
65,200 km² * |
| Population: |
3.3 million (2010)* |
| Total GDP: |
US $36.3 billion (2010)* |
| GDP/capita: |
US $10,908 (2010)* |
| GDP growth rate: |
1.3% (2010)* |
| Capital city: |
Vilnius |
| President: |
Dalia Grybauskaite |
| Minister of Agriculture: |
Kazimieras Starkevicius |
| Canadian Ambassador: |
Claire A. Poulin |
Canada-Lithuania Agri-Food Trade**
($ million CDN)
| |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Agri-Food Exports: |
4.582 |
5.083 |
6.278 |
| Total Agri-Food Imports: |
2.141 |
3.975 |
8.146 |
| Agri-Food Trade Balance: |
2.441 |
1.108 |
-1.868 |
Canadian Top 5 Agri-Food Exports
($ million CDN)
| |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Agri-Food Exports: |
4.582 |
5.083 |
6.278 |
| Pork, frozen |
0.811 |
0.775 |
1.716 |
| Food preparations |
0.251 |
0.378 |
1.099 |
| Hams, frozen |
0.078 |
0.466 |
0.523 |
| Dog and cat food |
0.080 |
0.325 |
0.362 |
| Horse meat |
2.294 |
1.521 |
0.360 |
Canadian Top 5 Agri-Food Imports
($ million CDN)
| |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Agri-Food Imports: |
2.141 |
3.975 |
8.146 |
| Cigarettes |
1.462 |
1.472 |
1.115 |
| Products of natural milk constituents |
0.000 |
1.759 |
0.780 |
| Yeasts, inactive |
0.005 |
0.139 |
0.286 |
| Fruit, frozen |
0.074 |
0.095 |
0.281 |
| Cherries, provisionally preserved |
0.022 |
0.001 |
0.078 |
Canadian Top 5 Seafood Exports
($ million CDN)
| |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Seafood Exports: |
5.477 |
3.899 |
4.117 |
| Hake, frozen |
2.476 |
2.074 |
3.177 |
| Livers and roes, fresh or chilled |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.310 |
| Shrimps and prawns, frozen |
0.165 |
0.536 |
0.292 |
| Mackerel, frozen |
2.600 |
0.336 |
0.266 |
| Cusk and pollock, frozen |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.049 |
Lithuania Agri-Food and Seafood Imports - 2010***
(US$ million)
| |
World |
Canada |
Canada's Share |
| Agri-Food and Seafood |
3,137 |
3 |
0.1% |
| Salmon, Pacific, Atlantic and Danube |
144 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Grape wine < 2L |
100 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Coffee, roasted, not decaffeinated |
91 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Milk and cream |
82 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Tomatoes |
79 |
0 |
0.0% |
Canada-Lithuania Total Merchandise Trade***
(CDN$ million)
| |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Merchandise Exports: |
44.867 |
38.391 |
34.877 |
| Total Merchandise Imports: |
332.902 |
154.357 |
401.731 |
| Trade Balance: |
-288.035 |
-115.966 |
-366.854 |
Canadian Top 10 Total Merchandise Exports
(CDN$ million)
| |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Merchandise Exports: |
44.867 |
38.391 |
34.877 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery |
11.888 |
14.487 |
8.014 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment |
3.989 |
5.959 |
5.242 |
| Fish and crustaceans |
5.436 |
3.843 |
4.117 |
| Vehicles, other than railway |
4.546 |
1.687 |
3.874 |
| Meat |
3.386 |
3.667 |
2.926 |
| Wood and articles of wood |
4.071 |
1.074 |
1.660 |
| Articles of iron or steel |
0.236 |
0.229 |
1.335 |
| Miscellaneous edible preparations |
0.251 |
0.388 |
1.099 |
| Albuminoidal substances |
0.238 |
0.075 |
1.013 |
| Optical and medical instruments |
0.816 |
0.612 |
0.793 |
Canadian Top 10 Total Merchandise Imports
(CDN$ million)
| |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Merchandise Imports: |
332.902 |
154.357 |
401.731 |
| Mineral fuels and oils |
283.765 |
115.286 |
346.376 |
| Fertilizers |
0.000 |
3.128 |
20.682 |
| Furniture |
22.120 |
17.900 |
15.658 |
| Albuminoidal substances |
0.320 |
0.397 |
5.593 |
| Optical and medical instruments |
2.239 |
1.624 |
1.619 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment |
2.929 |
1.714 |
1.585 |
| Tobacco |
1.462 |
1.472 |
1.115 |
| Articles of iron or steel |
2.491 |
1.482 |
1.028 |
| Dairy produce; birds' eggs |
0.003 |
1.763 |
0.793 |
| Apparel, not knitted or crocheted |
3.695 |
1.871 |
0.748 |
Lithuania Top 10 Total Merchandise Imports (US$ million)
| |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Merchandise Imports: |
31,260.152 |
18,339.975 |
23,395.334 |
| Mineral fuels and oils |
8,660.835 |
5,080.395 |
7,502.094 |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery |
2,504.379 |
1,424.194 |
1,617.280 |
| Vehicles, other than railway |
3,338.242 |
1,054.053 |
1,611.531 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment |
1,975.310 |
1,007.721 |
1,330.535 |
| Plastics |
1,079.894 |
707.105 |
869.798 |
| Organic chemicals |
724.755 |
571.871 |
760.285 |
| Pharmaceutical products |
744.490 |
741.770 |
721.779 |
| Paper and paperboard |
473.187 |
384.858 |
463.783 |
| Edible fruit and nuts |
518.825 |
358.763 |
463.255 |
| Iron and steel |
794.402 |
316.594 |
426.588 |
GDP at market prices
Date modified: 2012-01-05
Source: Euromonitor*, Statistics Canada**, Global Trade Atlas***
