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Chemicals

Rapid development throughout deep production specialization and installation of new technologies

Chemicals and plastics, the two closely related sectors, stand out as some of the best-established industrial activities in Lithuania. The production of main chemicals, fertilizers and primary forms of plastics account for over 80 percent of the country’s chemical industry turnover.

Key manufacturers within the sector include Lithuanian companies Achema (a leading manufacturer of nitrogen fertilizers and chemical products in the Baltic States) and Lifosa (a producer of nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizer), and foreign-capital companies Neo Group and Orion Global Pet (makers of PET raisin, based in the seaport city Klaipėda). The chemical and plastics sector employs over 5,400 people.

In 2019 growth of domestically produced chemicals and chemical products exports was around 4.5% – the value of which reached 2,044.4 million euro. In 2019 exports of domestically produced goods consisted mainly of fertilizers (33.8%), plastics in primary forms (29.8%), miscellaneous chemical products (19.2%), inorganic chemicals (4.9%), organic chemicals (3.5%) and albuminoidal substances, enzymes etc. (3.5%). Increase in domestically produced exports in 2019 was driven by the growth of fertilizers exports, whereas the largest decline in exports was recorded for miscellaneous chemical products.

The most important export markets for the domestically produced chemical industry in 2019 were Poland (14.3%) followed by France (8.6%), Germany (8.3%), the United Kingdom (7.8%) and the United States (7.5%). Countries in the European Union accounted for 74.0% of exports by the chemical industry in 2019.

Sector’s key product lines

  • Fertilizers for agriculture
  • Paints for industries
  • PET production
  • Cosmetics
  • Household chemical cleaning products
  • Plastics and primary forms

Sector’s key competitive advantages

  • Effective partnership with major international industrial groups
  • Deep production specialization
  • Well-established position in the global market
  • Lithuania is the 13th largest exporter of fertilizers in the world, with a 1.7 percent share of the global fertilizers exports

Overview of Lithuanian Chemicals and Chemical Products Industry