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1.
Overview:
a.
Total Area:
65,300 sq km
b.
Total
Population: 3,525,761 (July 2012 est.)
i.
Agricultural Population – 14%
ii.
Total labour force – 1.62 million (2011 est.)
c.
GDP: $61.6
billion (2011 est.)
d.
GDP - real growth rate: 5.9%
e.
GDP – per capita: $19,100 (2011 est.)
f.
GDP - composition by sector:
i.
agriculture: 3.3%
ii.
industry: 28.5%
iii.
services: 68.2% (2011 est.)
g.
Investment (gross fixed): 17.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
h.
Unemployment rate: 15.4% (2011 est.)
i.
People under poverty line: 4%
j.
Industries: metal-cutting machine tools, electric motors,
television sets, refrigerators and freezers, petroleum refining,
shipbuilding (small ships), furniture making, textiles, food
processing, fertilizers, agricultural machinery, optical
equipment, electronic components, computers, amber jewelry
k.
Industrial production growth rate: 7.5% (2011 est.)
2.
Trade:
a.
Total Exports: $28.06 billion (2011 est.)
b.
Exports commodities: mineral products 22%, machinery
and equipment 10%, chemicals 9%, textiles 7%, foodstuffs 7%,
plastics 7%
c.
Export partners: Russia 15.6%, Latvia 9.7%, Germany
8.9%, Poland 6.7%, Estonia 6.3%, Netherlands 5.8%, Belarus 4.8%
(2011)
d.
Total Import: $30.17 billion (2011 est.)
e.
Imports commodities: mineral products, machinery and
equipment, transport equipment, chemicals, textiles and
clothing, metals
f.
Import partners: Russia 32.1%, Germany 9.6%, Poland 9%, Latvia
6.5%, Netherlands 4.8% (2009 est.)
g.
CO2 emissions (MT): 4.5
3.
Climate, Land &
Agriculture:
a.
Climate: transitional, between maritime and
continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
b.
Total Agricultural Land Area: 26 950 sq. km.
c.
Land Use:
i.
Arable land: 44.81%
ii.
Permanent crops: crops: 0.9%
iii.
Irrigated land: 54.29% (
iv.
Other: 13.4 sq km
d.
Major Agricultural commodities: grain, potatoes, sugar beets,
flax, vegetables; beef, milk, eggs; fish
4.
Major Industrial
Activities where jute can be used: furniture
making, textiles, food processing, wood and paper processing
industry, wine industries, flax industries etc.
5.
Environmental
information & data:
Environment Current
Issue: contamination of soil and groundwater with
petroleum products and chemicals at military bases
6.
Jute Statistics:
Import
quantity of jute & bast fibre by Lithuania in recent years
|
Year |
Quantity (tonnes) |
|
2010 |
6 |
|
2009 |
4 |
|
2008 |
0 |
|
2007 |
3 |
7.
Any special
information which is related to jute:
Import quantity
of flax fibre & tow by Lithuania in recent years
|
Year |
Quantity (tonnes) |
|
2010 |
11742 |
|
2009 |
6951 |
|
2008 |
9466 |
Export quantity
of flax fibre & tow by Lithuania in recent years
|
Year |
Quantity (tonnes) |
|
2010 |
8703 |
|
2009 |
5282 |
|
2008 |
5747 |
Lithuania: Export of
wheat in recent years:
|
Year |
Quantity (tonnes) |
World Rankning |
|
2010 |
1123107 |
16 |
|
2009 |
1275620 |
18 |
|
2008 |
1126619 |
16 |
Lithuania: Export of
other commodities which may need jute packing
|
Commodities |
2010/Quantity (tonnes) |
2009/ Quantity (tonnes) |
|
Cigarettes |
10666 |
12531 |
|
Rape seed |
278486 |
297283 |
|
Wine |
47654 |
27824 |
8.
Associate
Members: N/A
9.
Flax fibre
Industries and Traders:
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1 |
Contact Person: Mr. Boris Symulevic
Telephone: 370-612-73210
Fax: 370-5-2651296
Address: Algirdo 8 / 6
Zip:03220
Country/Region: Lithuania
Province/State: Vilnius
City: Vilnius |
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2 |
Contact Person:
Mr. Mantas Mantas
Telephone: 370-45-500439
Address: Nevezio g. 60
Zip: LT-38129
Country/Region: Lithuania
Province/State: Panevezys
City: Velzys
Website:
http://www.alibaba.com/member/lt1006892056.html |
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3 |
Contact Person:
Ms. Vitalija Tamosauskiene
Telephone: 370-45-581237
Fax: 370-45-581237
Address: Sermuksniu G 19
Zip: LT-35113
Country/Region: Lithuania
City: Panevezys |
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4 |
Aurimas Gulbinavicius
Contact person:
Mr. Aurimas Gulbinavicius
Telephone: 370-674-92063
Fax: 370
Address: Kosmonautu 1-34
Zip: 37382
Country/Region: Lithuania
Province/State: Lithuania
City: Panevezy |
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5 |
Contact Person:
Mr. Nijole Sukaitiene
Telephone: 370-699-11784
Address: Lauru
Zip: 10150
Country/Region: Lithuania
City: Vilnius
Web:
http://www.alibaba.com/member/lt112189368.html |
10.
Govt.
Department/Ministry dealing with jute:
§
Ministry of Agriculture
dir.yahoo.com/.../Ministries/Ministry_of_Agriculture
§
i Mnistry of
Environment
dir.yahoo.com/.../Ministries/Ministry_of_Environment
§
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
www.urm.lt
11.
IJO and IJSG
Collaboration:
Ø
Lithuania is one of the present member countries
of IJSG from the EU.
Sources:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
http://faostat.fao.org/site/666/default.aspx
http://en.worldstat.info/Europe/Lithuania/Land
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Europe/Lithuania-INDUSTRY.html
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Europe/Lithuania-INDUSTRY.html
http://www.alibaba.com/countrysearch/LT/flax.html
http://in.fashionmag.com/news/Lithuania-s-blue-blooms-gone-as-flax-farming-ends,252051.html
http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Lithuania/Government/Ministries/
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