November 16, 2023

Changes in prices for exported and imported goods

In September 2023, compared to August, the prices for exported goods increased by 1.7 per cent, those for imported goods – 1.9 per cent.

As regards exported goods, the largest price increase was observed for crude petroleum – 19.3 per cent. An increase in prices was recorded for electricity (14.4 per cent), planting material: live plants, bulbs, tubers and roots, cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn (8.5 per cent), while a decrease – for electronic components and boards (5.2 per cent), as well as grain mill products, starches and starch products (3.1 per cent), other non-metallic mineral products (2 per cent).

As regards imported goods, the largest price increase was observed for crude petroleum – 13 per cent. An increase in prices was recorded for natural gas (8.8 per cent), planting material: live plants, bulbs, tubers and roots, cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn (8.3 per cent), while a decrease – for live animals and animal products (6 per cent), processed and preserved fish, crustaceans and molluscs (5.3 per cent), pesticides and other agrochemical products (4.8 per cent).

Over a month, prices for goods imported from the euro area increased by 0.6 per cent, from the non‑euro area – 3 per cent.

Over the year (September 2023, against September 2022), prices for exported goods decreased by 3.7 per cent, imported goods – 14.9 per cent.

Over the year, prices for goods imported from the euro area decreased by 3.8 per cent, from the non‑euro area – 22.3 per cent.

Source: Statistics Lithuania
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