Lithuania Logistics Outlook

The Lithuanian Logistics Outlook is part of the Central and Eastern European Logistics series, which assesses the logistics industry, foreign trade, major industries affecting the logistics sector and the key logistics service providers. The reports also forecast the outlook for freight transportation and logistics across modes out to 2012 for each individual country.
Report Highlights

Lithuania acts as a key transport hub in the CEE region linking the Western and the Eastern Europe; the EU has designated three major routes in Lithuania as being among the ten most important freight routes in Europe. Lithuania has a well developed transport infrastructure, and major logistic centres are being developed near key ports and motorways
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CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5
1.1 Executive Summary 5
CHAPTER 2 KEY FACTS AND OVERVIEW 6
2.1 Key Facts 6
2.2 Country Overview 8
2.3 Policy and Business 8
CHAPTER 3 THE LITHUANIAN ECONOMY 10
3.1 Economic Overview 10
3.2 Economic Performance 14
3.3 Foreign Trade 15
3.4 Major Trading Partners 17
3.5 Key Economic Issues 19
3.6 Economic Prospects 20
CHAPTER 4 MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN LITHUANIA 21
4.1 Furniture, Wood Processing & Paper Industry 21
4.2 Food Industry 23
4.3 Metal Processing and Transport Equipment Manufacture 24
CHAPTER 5 TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS IN LITHUANIA 25
5.1 Logistics Overview 25
5.2 Logistics Players in Baltics 27
5.3 Freight Traffic 32
5.4 Air Transport 35
5.5 Road and rail transport 37
5.6 Water Transport 52
5.7 Pipeline Transport 57
CHAPTER 6 LOGISTICS OUTLOOK FOR LITHUANIA 59
6.1 Logistics Outlook for Lithuania 59
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Figure 1: Lithuania’ geographical Location 6
Figure 2: Lithuania: Exchange Rate 9
Figure 3: Lithuania: Real GDP ($ Billion), 2001-2006 11
Figure 4: Lithuania: Unemployment Rate (%), 1998-2006 12
Figure 5: Lithuania: CPI Inflation (%), 2000-2006 13
Figure 6: Lithuania: Structure of Exports by Commodity (%), 2006 15
Figure 7: Lithuania: Structure of Imports by Commodity (%), 2006 16
Figure 8: Lithuania: Exports by Destination (%), 2006 17
Figure 9: Lithuania: Imports by Country of Origin (%), 2006 18
Figure 10: Lithuania: Sales of Wood, Paper Products and Furniture ($ Million), 2000-2005 21
Figure 11: Lithuania: Sales of Food Products and Beverages ($ Million), 2000-2005 22
Figure 12: Lithuania: Sales of Metal and Fabricated Metal Production ($ Million), 2000-2006 23
Figure 13: Lithuania: Volume and Structure of Goods Transported (Million Tonnes), 2000-2006 31
Figure 14: Lithuania: Transport Performance (Billion Ton-Kilometres), 2000-2006 32
Figure 15: Lithuania: Structure of Modal Transport (%), 2000-2006 33
Figure 16: Lithuania: Volume of Goods Transported by Airways (000 tonnes), 2001-2006 34
Figure 17: Lithuania: Transport Performance of Air Freight (Million Ton-kilometres), 2001-2006 35
Figure 18: Lithuania: Road Freight Volumes (Million Tonnes), 2001-2006 36
Figure 19: Lithuania: National Transport of Goods by Road (Million Tonnes), 2001-2006 37
Figure 20: Lithuania: International Transport of Goods by Road (Million Tonnes), 2001-2006 38
Figure 21: Lithuania: Road Transport Performance (Billion Ton-kilometres), 2001-2006 39
Figure 22: Lithuania: Road Transport Performance (Billion Ton-kilometres), 2001-2006 40
Figure 23: Lithuania: Structure of Road Freight by Activity (Million Tonnes), 2000-2006 41
Figure 24: Lithuania: Road Transport Performance by Activity (Billion Ton-kilometres), 2000-2006 42
Figure 25: Lithuania: Length of Roadways (Kilometres), 2001-2006 43
Figure 26: Lithuania: Structure of Roads (%), 2001-2006 44
Figure 27: Lithuania: Rail Freight Volumes (Million Tonnes), 2001-2006 45
Figure 28: Lithuania: Structure of Rail Freight Volumes (%), 2004-2006 46
Figure 29: Lithuania: Rail Transport Performance (Billion Ton-Kilometres), 2001-2006 47
Figure 30: Lithuania: Structure of Railway Tracks Based on Operational Status (Km), 2001-2006 48
Figure 31: Lithuania: Structure of Operative Railway Track (%), 2006 49
Figure 32: Lithuania: Structure of Operative Railway Track by Capacity (%), 2001-2006 50
Figure 33: Lithuania: Volume of Goods Transported by Waterways (Million Tonnes), 2000-2006 51
Figure 34: Lithuania: Structure of Water Transport (%), 2006 52
Figure 35: Lithuania: Volume of Goods Transported by Inland Waterways (Million Tonnes), 2001-2006 53
Figure 36: Lithuania: Inland Waterways Transport Performance (Million Ton-kilometres), 2001-2006 54
Figure 37: Lithuania: Structure of Inland Waterways (Km), 2000-2006 55
Figure 38: Lithuania: Volume of Goods Transported Through Oil Pipelines (Million Tonnes), 2000-2006 56
Figure 39: Lithuania: Oil Pipeline Transport Performance (Million Ton-Kilometres), 2000-2006 57
Figure 40: Lithuania: Pipeline Transport Performance (Billion Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 58
Figure 41: Lithuania: Road Transport Performance (Billion Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 59
Figure 42: Lithuania: Rail Transport Performance (Billion Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 60
Figure 43: Lithuania: Air Transport Performance (Million Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 61
Figure 44: Lithuania: Total Transport Performance (Billion Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 62
Figure 45: Lithuania: Logistics and Storage Nominal Market Value ($ Billions), 2006-2012 63
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