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Belarus on Thursday announced that it is blocking a range of imports from Lithuania after the latter closed two more checkpoints on the border with Belarus, reports AFP.

President Gitanas Nausėda welcomes the proposal of a group of MPs to ban the import of agricultural goods and feed originating in Russia or Belarus.

A group of MPs from various political groups proposes suspending imports to Lithuania of agricultural products and feed whose country of origin is Russia or Belarus.

The Ministry of Agriculture said Monday it is tightening control of grain imports from Russia and other higher risk countries. The new measures will also apply to the products in transit through the port of Klaipėda.

The European Commission's ban on imports of Ukrainian poultry meat and poultry products will have no major effect on Lithuania, a food control official said.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda expects the European Commission to propose a mechanism to restrict imports from third countries "that go beyond electricity".

Lithuanian goods were only second to Belarus in terms of the number of seizures by the Russian Federal Customs Service under the Russian embargo of certain products and foodstuffs.

A Russian ban on Turkish food products has caused a glut of fruit and vegetables on European markets, causing a price war among producer countries, but it is not clear if it will have any effect on prices in Lithuania.

The Veterinary Supervision Authority of Kazakhstan has decided to introduce temporary restrictions on imports of Estonian and Latvian fish products, including canned fish, following the lead of Russia, Public Broadcasting reports.

The plans of the Russian phytosanitary service Rosselchoznadzor to ban imports of flowers from some European Union (EU) countries, including Lithuania, may have something to do with politics, says Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius.

Statistics Lithuania reports that, based on non-final data obtained from customs declarations, Intrastat reporting and VAT returns data, exports in May 2015 amounted to EUR 2 billion, imports - EUR 2.2 billion.

This summer, Russia banned imports of agricultural products from the European Union countries for one year, while various sanctions on Lithuanian dairy and meat products have been applied for a long time already. Ban on Lithuanian foods, excessive customs checks on Lithuanian trucks or other market ...

Statistics Lithuania reports that, based on non-final data from customs declarations, Intrastat reporting and VAT returns data, exports in July amounted to LTL 7.4 billion (EUR 2.14 billion), while imports to LTL 8.1 billion (EUR 2.34 billion).