Balance of payments of the Republic of Lithuania: August 2026

in August, compared with July, the surplus on the current account balance (CAB) increased significantly (5.2-fold), amounting to  €456.9 million.. The main driver of this change was the decrease in the deficit on the foreign trade balance and the deficit on the primary income balance (see Chart 1). With the exports of goods increasing (by 4.1%) and imports decreasing (by 6.3%), the deficit on the foreign trade balance decreased (by 54.2%), amounting to €323.7 million. The deficit on the primary income balance decreased (by 27.6%) to €251.1 million. As exports and imports of services decreased (by 7.7% and 3.8% respectively), the surplus on the balance of services decreased (by 11.9%) to €967.1 million. The surplus on the secondary income balance increased from €44.1 million to €64.6 million;

the negative net financial account investment flow (€919.7 million) was driven by negative net other investment (€562.6 million), direct investment (€259.8 million) and portfolio investment (€85.3 million) flows, as well as a decrease in official reserve assets (€14.0 million) (see Chart 2).

Chart 1. CAB and its composite flows

Chart 2. Net financial account investment flows

Detailed data on the balance of payments for August is available on Lietuvos bankas’ website (External statistics). 

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