Balance of payments of the Republic of Lithuania: March 2026

the surplus on the current account balance (CAB) increased by 25.7% in March compared to February, amounting to €497.2 million. The above increase was mainly driven by higher surpluses on the secondary income and services balances (see Chart 1). The surplus on the secondary income balance increased from €90.4 million to €170.0 million. As exports and imports of services expanded (by 8.6% and 10.2% respectively), the surplus on the services balance increased (by 6.9%) to €967.4 million. Imports of goods, which grew faster than exports in value terms (€540.3 million and €489.1 million respectively), widened the foreign trade deficit by 10.0% to €562.2 million. The deficit on the primary income balance decreased (by 12.0%) to €78.0 million;

the positive net flow of financial account investment (€932.3 million) was mainly driven by positive net flow of other investment (€1.2 billion), which was not outweighed by negative net flows of portfolio and direct investment (€201.5 million and €60.8 million respectively) (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 March is available on Lietuvos bankas’ website (External statistics). 

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