Lithuania’s trade deficit widened to EUR 0.570 billion in September 2025 from EUR 0.146 billion in the same month last year, as exports dropped while imports increased. Exports fell by 0.3% year-on-year to EUR 3.256 billion, primarily due to sharp declines in shipments of various chemical products (-30.3%) and fertilizers (-27.9%). Meanwhile, imports climbed by 12.1% to EUR 3.826 billion, driven by higher purchases of mineral fuels, mineral oils and distillation products (33.7%) and land vehicles (8.6%). In the January–September period, the country’s trade deficit expanded to EUR 4.974 billion from EUR 3.032 billion a year earlier, with exports falling 1.1% while imports rising 5.3%. Over this period, exports declined to the Netherlands (-6.8%), Estonia (-1.1%), and the US (-0.6%), while imports rose from Poland (2.8%), Germany (8.9%), Latvia (7.0%), China (23.1%), and the Netherlands (9.5%).