lithuania

LITHUANIA

TRANSPORT FACT SHEET

  1. COUNTRY: Lithuania
  2. CAPITAL: Vilnius
  3. GDP GROWTH RATE: -0.9% Growth Rate
  4. MAJOR COMMERCIAL CITIES: Vilnius (capital – 542,300 inhabitants); Kaunas (378,900); Klaipeda (192,900); Šiauliai (133,900); and Panevežys (119,700)
  5. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: Vilnius International Airport, Kaunas Airport, Palanga International Airport, Šiauliai International Airport
  6. MAJOR SEAPORTS: Būtingė, Klaipėda, Šventoji
  7. RAIL AND ROADWAYS: The A roads (Magistraliniai keliai) total 1,748.84 km (1,086.68 mi). There is a total of 1,998 route km of railways, of which: 1,807 km are broad gauge of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) – 122 km of which are electrified 169 km are narrow gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) – as of 2001 22 km are standard gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) The railways connect with Latvia, Belarus, Russia and Poland.
  8. EXPORT GOODS: The top exports of Lithuania are Refined Petroleum ($3.67B), Other Furniture($1.54B), Rolled Tobacco ($808M), Wheat ($770M), and Polyacetals ($621M),
  9. EXPORT PARTNERS: exporting mostly to Russia ($4.27B), Latvia ($2.95B), Poland ($2.49B), Germany ($2.41B), and Estonia($1.5B).
  10. IMPORT GOODS: he top imports of Lithuania are Crude Petroleum ($2.4B), Cars ($1.53B), Packaged Medicaments ($966M), Refined Petroleum ($732M), and Electricity ($730M),
  11. IMPORT PARTNERS: importing mostly from Poland ($3.93B), Russia ($3.87B), Germany ($3.83B), Latvia($2.41B), and Netherlands ($1.74B).