That dollar total results from a 2.3% increase compared to $40.7 billion five years earlier during 2021.
From 2024 to 2025, the total value of Lithuanian exports grew by 4.5% starting from $39.8 billion.
Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, Lithuania uses the euro which strengthened via a 4.4% gain against the US dollar from 2024 to 2025. The stronger European Union currency made Lithuanian exports paid for in weaker US dollars more expensive for international buyers starting with American currency.
Best Trading Partners Buying Lithuanian Exports
The latest available country-specific data shows that 70.2% of products exported from Lithuania was bought by importers in: Latvia (12.4% of the Lithuanian total), Poland (10.2%), Germany (9%), Netherlands (6.6%), Estonia (6%), United States of America (4.7%), United Kingdom (4.5%), Sweden (4.3%), Ukraine (4%), France (2.84%), Norway (2.83%) and Denmark (2.75%).
From a continental perspective, 84.9% of Lithuania’s exports by value was delivered to fellow European countries while 6.3% was sold to Asian importers.
Lithuania shipped another 5.3% worth of goods to buyers in North America.
Smaller percentages went to customers based in Africa (2.5%), Latin America (0.5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania (0.4%) led by Australia and New Zealand.
Lithuania joined the European Union on May 1, 2004. Fellow EU member states bought 69.5% of overall Lithuanian export sales compared to 67.2% one year prior.
Given Lithuania’s population of 2.9 million people, its total US$41.6 billion in 2025 exports translates to roughly $14,400 for every resident in the Baltic country. That per-capita metric exceeds the average $13,800 in 2024.
Lithuania’s Top 10 Exports
The following export product groups represent the highest dollar value in Lithuanian global shipments during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Lithuania.
- Mineral fuels including oil: US$5.8 billion (14% of total exports)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: $3.5 billion (8.4%)
- Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: $3.3 billion (7.9%)
- Vehicles: $2.4 billion (5.8%)
- Plastics, plastic articles: $2.3 billion (5.4%)
- Machinery including computers: $2.2 billion (5.3%)
- Wood: $1.6 billion (4%)
- Pharmaceuticals: $1.5 billion (3.6%)
- Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $1.3 billion (3.2%)
- Fertilizers: $1.1 billion (2.6%)
Lithuania’s top 10 exports accounted for 60.1% of the overall value of Lithuanian shipments.
Fertilizers represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 49.5% since 2024.
In second place for improving export sales was optical, technical and medical apparatus which rose 11.5%.
Lithuania’s shipments of pharmaceuticals posted the third-fastest gain in value, up by 10.7% year over year.
The lone decliner among Lithuania’s top 10 export categories was plastics, including both as materials and items made from plastic, which fell -1.3%.
At the detailed 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System level, Lithuania’s 10 most valuable exported products were processed petroleum oils (9.8% of the Lithuanian total), miscellaneous furniture (4.8%), medication mixes in dosage (2.4%), cars (2%), wheat (also 2%), cigars, cigarellos or cigarettes (1.9%), fertilizer mixes (1.7%), phone devices including smartphones (1.6%), seats excluding barber or dentist chairs (1.5%), then polyacetal ether carbonates (also 1.5%).
Top Products Generating Trade Surpluses for Lithuania
The following types of Lithuanian product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports.
In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country’s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country’s spending on foreign goods or services.
- Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: US$2.7 billion (Up by 5.7% since 2024)
- Cereals: $912.8 million (Down by -3.2%)
- Wood: $633.1 million (Up by 0.8%)
- Fertilizers: $569.8 million (Up by 86.1%)
- Tobacco, manufactured substitutes: $527.9 million (Up by 17.9%)
- Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $348.7 million (Up by 30.3%)
- Meat/seafood preparations: $262.2 million (Up by 8%)
- Dairy, eggs, honey: $261.1 million (Down by -20.3%)
- Other chemical goods: $212.6 million (Down by -50.5%)
- Oil seeds: $199.1 million (Down by -25.2%)
Lithuania has highly positive net exports in the international trade of furniture, lighting, signs and prefabricated buildings. In turn, these cashflows indicate Lithuania’s strong competitive advantages under that product category.
Top Products Causing Trade Deficits for Lithuania
Lithuania incurred an overall -US$7.4 billion trade deficit for 2025, expanding by 49.8% from the -$4.9 billion in red ink during 2024.
Below are exports from Lithuania that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Lithuania’s goods trail Lithuanian importer spending on foreign products.
- Vehicles: -US$3 billion (Up by 30.2% since 2024)
- Mineral fuels including oil: -$2.2 billion (Down by -11.8%)
- Machinery including computers: -$2 billion (Up by 24.6%)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: -$1.4 billion (Up by 64.3%)
- Pharmaceuticals: -$755.5 million (Up by 30.8%)
- Organic chemicals: -$548 million (Down by -17.8%)
- Iron, steel: -$483.3 million (Up by 17.1%)
- Salt, sulphur, stone, cement: -$464.9 million (Up by 79.4%)
- Perfumes, cosmetics: -$303.8 million (Up by 33%)
- Paper, paper items: -$279.7 million (Up by 13.1%)
Lithuania has highly negative net exports and therefore deep international trade deficits under the vehicles and the mineral fuels-related product categories. The latter historically was for crude oil, petroleum gases and electricity.
These cashflow deficiencies clearly indicate Lithuania’s competitive disadvantages in the international market, but also represent key opportunities for Lithuania to improve its position in the global economy through innovations.
Lithuanian Export Companies
Wikipedia lists the following Lithuania-based companies involved in international trade.
- AB Stumbras (alcoholic beverages)
- Achema (fertilizers)
- Alita (alcoholic beverages)
- Dvarčionių keramika (ceramics)
- EKSPLA (photonics, lasers)
In macroeconomic terms, Lithuania’s total exported goods represent 25.2% of its overall Gross Domestic Product for 2025 ($165.4 billion valued in Purchasing Power Parity US dollars). That 25.2% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2025 compares to 25.4% one year earlier. Those percentages suggest a relatively decreasing reliance on products sold on international markets for Lithuania’s total economic performance, albeit based on a short timeframe.
Another key indicator of a country’s economic performance is its unemployment rate. Lithuania’s unemployment rate averaged 6.6% for 2025, down from an average 7.133% one year earlier in 2024 according to International Monetary Fund statistics.
Lithuania’s capital city is Vilnius.
See also Lithuania’s Top 10 Imports, Lithuania’s Top Trading Partners, Russia’s Top Trading Partners and Russia’s Top 10 Exports
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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Country Profiles. Accessed on May 9, 2026
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on May 9, 2026
International Monetary Fund, Exchange Rates selected indicators (Domestic Currency per U.S. dollar, period average). Accessed on May 9, 2026
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on May 9, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on May 9, 2026
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on May 9, 2026
Wikipedia, Gross domestic product. Accessed on May 9, 2026
Wikipedia, List of Companies of Lithuania. Accessed on May 9, 2026
Wikipedia, Purchasing power parity. Accessed on May 9, 2026