2025-06-13
Today, Lietuvos bankas published the balance of payments for April 2025, which shows that:
the surplus on the current account balance (CAB) was down by 28.5%, compared to March, and amounted to €137.7 million. The fall in the surplus on the CAB was mainly underpinned by a significant increase (3.4-fold) in the primary income deficit (see Chart 1). The primary income deficit increased from €89.8 million to €302.2 million, mainly underpinned by dividends paid out to investors in Lithuania. With the drop in exports and imports of goods (by 7.8% and 8.6% respectively), the foreign trade deficit contracted by 12.6%, amounting to €591.6 million. Exports of services which grew faster than imports (by 3.6% and 1.5% respectively) slightly pushed up the surplus on the balance of services (by 5.8%) which amounted to €954.2 million. The surplus on the secondary income balance increased from €57.3 million and €77.3 million;
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the positive net flow of financial account investment (€434.2 million) was mainly driven by the negative net flow of other investment (€586.5 million) (see Chart 2).
Chart 1. CAB and its composite flows
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Chart 2. Net financial account investment flows
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Detailed data on the balance of payments for April is available on Lietuvos bankas’ website (External statistics).
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