The increasing figures in the Lithuanian trade statistics with the United Arab Emirates

The increasing figures in the Lithuanian trade statistics with the United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi: According to Mrs. Šarūnė Šablevičienė, Agricultural and Commercial Attaché at the Embassy of The Republic of Lithuania to United Arab Emirates, from January to March 2023, the exports of food and agricultural products to the UAE from Lithuania grew by 180%.

From January to March 2023, the main exports to the UAE were concentrated milk and cream of Lithuanian origin, accounting for 38.9% of the value of all agri-food products of Lithuanian origin exported to the UAE, and other foodstuffs, accounting for 18.1% of the total value of all agri-food products exported to the UAE. Cheese and curd - 10.1% (86.7% more than in the same period of 2022), malt beer - 7.2% (68.3% more than in the same period of 2022), fish fillets and other fish meat - 4.0%.

Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, and mangoes were the main imports from the UAE from January to March 2023, accounting for 97.9% of the total value of agri-food imports from this country.

In 2022, the total export of agricultural and food products from Lithuania to the UAE amounted to 15.2 million. EUR (79.6% more than in 2021) and in the structure of exports by country, the UAE was in 50th place