Balance of payments of the Republic of Lithuania: January 2026

compared to December 2025, the surplus on the current account balance (CAB) decreased significantly from €473.0 million to €185.6 million in January. The above development was mainly underpinned by an increase in the primary income deficit and a decrease in the surplus on the balance of services (see Chart 1). The increase in the primary income balance deficit (€120.3 million) was mainly triggered by a decreased flow of European Union subsidies to Lithuania. Exports of services, which fell significantly faster than imports (21.4% and 15.5% respectively), pushed down the service balance surplus (by 29.1%) to €644.5 million. With the increase in exports (by 1.4%) and the decrease in imports (by 3.0%) of goods, the foreign trade deficit went down (by 28.4%) to €349.4 million. The surplus on the secondary income balance declined from €110.0 million to €10.9 million;

the positive net flow of financial account investment (€8.5 million) was driven by the positive net flow of other investment (€2.0 billion) and increased official reserve assets (€300.8 million) which outweighed the negative flows of the net portfolio investment (€1.4 billion), resulting from the new issuance of the Government eurobonds, and direct investment (€948.9 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 January is available on Lietuvos bankas’ website (External statistics). 

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