The Lithuanian Customs Service reported that in January–August 2025, in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on International Sanctions, the customs administrations conducted inspections and investigations of 45 entities.
“Companies producing potentially dual-use goods in Lithuania (lasers, microchips) know what they are producing and avoid questionable contracts. However, our country is a transit country, and we have many companies providing transit services. They should carefully assess whether it is worth taking on sensitive cargo. The exporter assumes responsibility for the cargo, and the deal can turn into a boomerang even after a few years,” said Rolandas Jurgaitis, Senior Adviser at the Department of Customs Supervision and Control of Non-Tariff Measures.
In August, two cases were initiated in Lithuania on possible violations of sanctions (101 since the beginning of the year).
A quantitative analysis conducted by the European Union for 2022-2024 showed that EU countries reduced exports of critical technologies to Russia and Belarus by 99.5% in response to the actions of both countries, but exports to third countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) over the same period increased by 72%. Recently, the level of exports from Lithuania to the countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus has returned to the level of the beginning of 2022.
