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Trade between China and Lithuania

In 2024, China exported $2 billion to Lithuania and imported $229 million. China ran a surplus of $1.8 billion with Lithuania, compared with a surplus of $798 million in 2019. Lithuania was China’s 119th largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was Lithuania’s 11th (3%).

Summary

China → Lithuania
$2billion
Lithuania → China
$229million
China’s balance
$1.8billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Lithuania

Trade between China and Lithuania grew 615.3-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 2
  • Imports 0.2
  • Balance +1.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2 million$1 million$1 million
1996$10 million$386 thousand$9 million
1997$15 million$6 million$10 million
1998$21 million$2 million$19 million
1999$23 million$1 million$21 million
2000$88 million$10 million$78 million
2001$128 million$5 million$123 million
2002$190 million$13 million$176 million
2003$309 million$18 million$291 million
2004$316 million$19 million$298 million
2005$387 million$19 million$368 million
2006$499 million$25 million$474 million
2007$743 million$26 million$717 million
2008$888 million$36 million$851 million
2009$558 million$41 million$518 million
2010$678 million$48 million$630 million
2011$748 million$91 million$657 million
2012$823 million$95 million$728 million
2013$883 million$127 million$755 million
2014$1 billion$170 million$863 million
2015$885 million$141 million$745 million
2016$920 million$175 million$745 million
2017$1.1 billion$265 million$822 million
2018$1.2 billion$306 million$861 million
2019$1.2 billion$421 million$798 million
2020$1.4 billion$453 million$987 million
2021$1.9 billion$380 million$1.5 billion
2022$2 billion$121 million$1.9 billion
2023$1.9 billion$178 million$1.7 billion
2024$2 billion$229 million$1.8 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Lithuania

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$129 million · 6.3%
    47 thousand tonnes
  2. Cameras and broadcast equipment$118 million · 5.8%
    230 tonnes
  3. Amino acids and amino alcohols (lysine)$54 million · 2.6%
    37 thousand tonnes
  4. Printed circuit boards$51 million · 2.5%
    1 thousand tonnes
  5. Motorcycle and bicycle parts$45 million · 2.2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  6. Computers$43 million · 2.1%
    204 tonnes · China’s destinations
  7. Auto parts$40 million · 2%
    7 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  8. Metal hardware and fittings$38 million · 1.9%
    19 thousand tonnes
  9. New tires$37 million · 1.8%
    11 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  10. Other plastic articles$34 million · 1.7%
    3 thousand tonnes

What Lithuania sells to China

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Other plastic articles$40 million · 17.7%
    58 tonnes
  2. LCD panels, lasers and other optical devices$25 million · 10.9%
    22 tonnes
  3. Artificial filament yarn (viscose)$17 million · 7.5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  4. Logs$17 million · 7.4%
    93 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  5. Copper scrap$14 million · 6.2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  6. Control panels$13 million · 5.7%
    172 tonnes
  7. Enzymes$11 million · 4.7%
    22 tonnes
  8. Nucleic acids and other heterocycles$7 million · 2.9%
    3 tonnes
  9. Furniture$6 million · 2.7%
    3 thousand tonnes · Lithuania’s destinations
  10. Leather footwear$6 million · 2.7%
    120 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Klaipeda.

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Klaipeda is 15,071 nautical miles (27,911 km) long: ≈ 35–45 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund (15,071 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund (11,557 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.7 billion · 73%
  2. Air$612 million · 27%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Lithuania was China’s 119th largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was Lithuania’s 11th (3%).

Lithuania in China’s trade
0%
Lithuania’s rank among China’s partners
119th
China in Lithuania’s trade
2.9%
China’s rank among Lithuania’s partners
11th

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Other partners of China

Other partners of Lithuania

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.