2025-05-14
Today, Lietuvos bankas published the balance of payments for March 2025, which shows that:
compared to February, the surplus on the current account balance (CAB) rose dramatically from €2.9 million to €192.7 million in March. This development was mainly determined by increased surplus on the balance of services and that of secondary income (see Chart 1). Exports of services which grew markedly faster than imports (by 16.3% and 9.7% respectively) significantly pushed up the surplus on the balance of services (by 24.0%) which amounted to €902.0 million. The secondary income balance increased from €11.0 million and €57.3 million. With the rise in exports and imports of goods (by 14.1% and 12.6% respectively), the foreign trade deficit slightly increased by 6.0%, amounting to €676.7 million. The deficit on primary income balance decreased by 7.2% and stood at €89.8 million;
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the positive net flow of financial account investment (€455.1 million) was driven by the positive net flow of direct investment (€377.1 million) and portfolio investment (€270.5 million) as well as an increase in official reserve assets (€371.8 million). The impact of these positive flows was mitigated by a negative net flow of other investment (€557.8 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 March is available on Lietuvos bankas’ website (External statistics).
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