Handel zagraniczny Litwy w latach 2005–2014

ENThis article aims to examine changes in the foreign trade of Lithuania. The article analyses the export and import of Lithuania in the period between 2005 and 2014. The research of the structure of foreign trade, which has been carried out on the basis of the international classification of goods SITC, helped to identify the most important sections of the export and import of Lithuania and the dynamics of their changes. The largest sectors of export and import of Lithuania during this period were 33 Crude oil and its products and 78 Means of transport. The Lithuania’s accession to the EU affected the foreign trade of the country. The structure of export and import of Lithuania followed the patterns of the EU-15 export and import structure. In the analysed period new sections of goods and new destination directions were established in foreign trade. Russia, Germany, Poland, and Latvia were the main export and import partners of Lithuania during this period.