Foreign trade of Latvia in December 2009
In December 2009 the total foreign trade turnover at current prices reached 701.3 mln lats – less by 1.8% or 12.9 mln lats than a month before and less by 15.5% or 129.0 mln lats than in December last year, according to provisional data of Central Statistical Bureau.
In 2009 foreign trade turnover value reached 8,205.3 mln lats – less by 31.4% or 3,751.3 mln lats than in 2008. Of which exports value comprised 3,571.6 mln lats – less by 19.4% or 857.3 mln lats, but imports value comprised 4,633.7 mln lats – less by 38.4% or 2,894.0 mln lats than in 2008.
| Latvia’s foreign trade, mln lats1 |
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1) Data on July and September 2009 have been revised.
Main commodities in Latvia’s foreign trade in December 2009, at current prices
|
Exports |
Imports |
Foreign trade balance, thsd lats (+,-) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
thsd lats |
% of total |
% (+, -) over December 2008 |
thsd lats |
% of total |
% (+, -) over December 2008 | |||
|
Total |
315 796 |
100 |
+4.4 |
385 477 |
100 |
-27.0 |
-69 681 | |
|
Agricultural and food products (I-IV) |
61 792 |
19.6 |
-17.7 |
68 984 |
17.9 |
-26.8 |
-7 192 | |
|
Live animals and animal products (I) |
11 376 |
3.6 |
-20.7 |
11 090 |
2.9 |
-42.6 |
+286 | |
|
meat and offal (02) |
1 052 |
0.3 |
-19.0 |
4 709 |
1.2 |
-32.8 |
-3 657 | |
|
dairy produce (04) |
5 998 |
1.9 |
-8.7 |
2 978 |
0.8 |
-38.5 |
+3 020 | |
|
Vegetation products (II) |
24 440 |
7.7 |
-10.9 |
20 017 |
5.2 |
-10.5 |
+4 423 | |
|
cereals (10) |
17 559 |
5.6 |
-1.3 |
9 747 |
2.5 |
+3 times |
+7 812 | |
|
Prepared foodstuffs (IV) |
25 315 |
8.0 |
-22.1 |
33 954 |
8.8 |
-27.8 |
-8 639 | |
|
preparations of meat, or fish (16) |
4 466 |
1.4 |
-40.9 |
1 572 |
0.4 |
-43.0 |
+2 894 | |
|
miscellaneous edible preparations (incl. coffee, tea, etc.) (21) |
1 217 |
0.4 |
-5.4 |
4 807 |
1.2 |
-29.4 |
-3 590 | |
|
beverages, spirits and vinegar (22) |
9 696 |
3.1 |
-23.0 |
7 300 |
1.9 |
-31.1 |
+2 396 | |
|
tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (24) |
752 |
0.2 |
-75.4 |
2 174 |
0.6 |
-45.8 |
-1 422 | |
|
Mineral products (V) 1) |
19 159 |
6.1 |
+60.2 |
78 613 |
20.4 |
-9.2 |
-59 454 | |
|
mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation (27) |
18 463 |
5.8 |
+81.5 |
77 098 |
20.0 |
-7.9 |
-58 635 | |
|
Products of the chemical and allied industries (VI) |
29 949 |
9.5 |
-4.7 |
44 092 |
11.4 |
-17.5 |
-14 143 | |
|
pharmaceutical products (30) |
15 265 |
4.8 |
+25.5 |
24 831 |
6.4 |
-3.3 |
-9 566 | |
|
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof (VII) |
7 464 |
2.4 |
+0.9 |
19 078 |
4.9 |
-5.4 |
-11 614 | |
|
plastics and articles thereof (39) |
6 320 |
2.0 |
+3.6 |
16 125 |
4.2 |
-0.8 |
-9 805 | |
|
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials (IX) |
50 998 |
16.1 |
+29.3 |
5 105 |
1.3 |
-19.9 |
+45 893 | |
|
wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (44) |
50 967 |
16.1 |
+29.3 |
5 013 |
1.3 |
-20.0 |
+45 954 | |
|
Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; paper and paperboard and articles thereof (X) |
5 358 |
1.7 |
+13.2 |
11 186 |
2.9 |
-11.9 |
-5 828 | |
|
paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (48) |
3 373 |
1.1 |
-2.0 |
8 742 |
2.3 |
-12.1 |
-5 369 | |
|
products of the printing industry; manuscripts (49) |
1 819 |
0.6 |
+55.0 |
2 396 |
0.6 |
-11.4 |
-577 | |
|
Textiles and textile articles (XI) |
12 887 |
4.1 |
-11.1 |
15 002 |
3.9 |
-15.6 |
-2 115 | |
|
articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (61) |
2 940 |
0.9 |
-27.7 |
2 670 |
0.7 |
-28.7 |
+270 | |
|
articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (62) |
4 489 |
1.4 |
-19.1 |
2 863 |
0.7 |
-23.5 |
+1 626 | |
|
Base metals and articles of base metals (XV) |
42 378 |
13.4 |
+30.0 |
30 069 |
7.8 |
-35.8 |
+12 309 | |
|
iron and steel (72) |
28 107 |
8.9 |
+67.7 |
15 758 |
4.1 |
-42.5 |
+12 349 | |
|
articles of iron or steel (73) |
7 628 |
2.4 |
-14.1 |
7 680 |
2.0 |
-29.7 |
-52 | |
|
Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment (XVI) |
45 960 |
14.6 |
-1.5 |
59 681 |
15.5 |
-38.5 |
-13 721 | |
|
machinery and mechanical appliances (84) |
21 922 |
6.9 |
-12.4 |
27 029 |
7.0 |
-55.2 |
-5 107 | |
|
electrical machinery and equipment (85) |
24 038 |
7.6 |
+11.0 |
32 653 |
8.5 |
-11.0 |
-8 615 | |
|
Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment (XVII) |
17 715 |
5.6 |
+5.0 |
22 674 |
5.9 |
-50.1 |
-4 959 | |
|
vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (87) |
15 954 |
5.1 |
+9.3 |
19 368 |
5.0 |
-55.4 |
-3 414 | |
|
Miscellaneous manufactured articles (XX) |
11 098 |
3.5 |
+9.4 |
9 735 |
2.5 |
-44.8 |
+1 363 | |
|
furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings (94) |
7 918 |
2.5 |
-7.6 |
6 622 |
1.7 |
-45.6 |
+1 296 | |
|
toys, games and sporting inventory (95) |
2 743 |
0.9 |
+2.5 times |
2 232 |
0.6 |
-47.2 |
+511 | |
|
Other goods |
11 038 |
3.5 |
-5.1 |
21 258 |
5.5 |
-28.3 |
-10 220 | |
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¹) This group includes useful minerals, oil and oil products, natural gas and electricity.
In December 2009 the most significant share (69.9%) in Latvia’s export had export to the countries of European Union, followed by the export to CIS countries – 14.2%. Main export partners were Lithuania (16.1% of total export), Estonia (14.6%), Russia (9.3%), Germany (6.7%) and Sweden (5.7%).
In December 2009 the most significant share in Latvia’s import had import from the countries of European Union (73.2%), followed by the import from CIS countries – 19.0%. Main import partners were Lithuania (18.6% of total import), Russia (13.4%), Germany (12.6%), Poland (7.8%) and Estonia (6.5%).
More information on Latvia’s foreign trade by months and quarters by country groups and commodity groups can be obtained in the CSB data base section „Foreign trade” monthly/quarterly, annual data.
Prepared by the Foreign Trade Statistics Section
Lilita Laganovska,
tel. 67366604