2026-02-13
Today, Lietuvos bankas published the balance of payments for December 2025, which shows that:
compared to November, the surplus on the current account balance (CAB) increased significantly from €143.2 million to €473.0 million. The above increase of the CAB surplus was mainly underpinned by a decrease in the primary income deficit and an increase in the surplus on the balance of services (see Chart 1). The decrease in the primary income balance deficit (by €57.6 million) was primarily triggered by an increased flow of European Union subsidies to Lithuania. Exports of service which grew significantly faster than imports (by 11.5% and 5.9% respectively) pushed up the service balance surplus (by 19.8%) to €908.9 million. With a decline in exports and imports of goods (by 7.8% and 7.6% respectively), the foreign trade deficit narrowed (by 6.7%), amounting to €488.3 million. The surplus on the secondary income balance increased from €32.0 million to €110.0 million;
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the negative net flow of financial account investment (€591.9 million) was determined by the negative net flows of other investment (€816.4 million) and direct investment (€260.6 million), the effect of which was offset by positive net flow of portfolio investment (€455.4 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 December is available on Lietuvos bankas’ website (External statistics).
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