Balance of payments of the Republic of Lithuania: May 2026

the current account balance (CAB) turned from a surplus (€96.2 million) in April to a deficit in May, at €267.8 million. This development was mainly driven by a significant increase in the foreign trade deficit (see Chart 1). As exports of goods decreased more sharply than imports (by 14.2% and 5.7% respectively), the foreign trade deficit widened substantially (by 45.8%) to €859.5 million. Due to an increase in imports of services (by 5.4%) and a slight increase in exports of services (by 0.4%), the surplus on the services balance decreased (by 5.3%) to €979.2 million. The deficit on the primary income balance increased (by 1.4%) to €424.6 million. The surplus on the secondary income balance decreased from €70.5 million to €37.1 million;

the negative net flow of financial account investment (€627.3 million) was mainly determined by the negative net flow of portfolio investment (€954.4 million), resulting from the Government’s eurobond issue (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 May is available on Lietuvos bankas’ website (External statistics). 

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