Lithuania Entrepreneurs in China can no longer clear their goods because Beijing, from December, expelled Lithuania from its customs system.
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An entrepreneur who exports timber to China has informed about the “15min” portal. Vidmants Janulevičs, President of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists, has also confirmed this news.
“It is. Lithuania, either by mistake or not, has been removed from the electronic customs declaration system for incoming goods in China. There is no such country in the Chinese customs system, and this, of course, causes problems in sending cargo containers from Klaipeda port,” he added. that there are no information yet about possible obstacles to Chinese exports to Lithuania, but the situation is being followed.
The BNS news agency has also confirmed that there are possible obstacles to the entry of Lithuanian products into China. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It has stated that it will try to ensure that it responds to what has happened The European Union (IT IS).
“We are in contact with Lithuanian companies, gathering all possible information from China about the restrictions and also contacting the European Commission about the reaction at the EU level,” the ministry said in a commentary.
Janulevich has also expressed hope that Brussels will support Lithuania, stressing the importance of the European Union as a whole as a single economic and political area.
Roks Radvilavičs, head of the Lithuanian-Chinese Trade Association, noted that there was no official publicly available source information on the blocking of Lithuanian goods, but it was possible that such signals could be sent as “internal instructions”.
The Minister of Economy and Innovation Aušrine Armonaite has also admitted that she does not yet have official information about the situation, but has indicated that the ministry maintains contacts with entrepreneurs and seeks clarity. According to her, preparations for possible problems have taken place in time and the amount of credit guarantees of the development promotion institution “Invega” has been increased for companies that lack working capital.
Beijing is reportedly outraged by Lithuania’s decision to allow this year For Taiwan to establish a representative office in Lithuania, using the word “Taiwan” in its name, because China seeks to prevent any attempt by Taiwan to act as an independent state. Elsewhere in the world, such representations use the name “Taipei” as Taiwan’s capital, in line with Beijing’s “one China” policy, which does not allow Taiwan to be considered a separate country.
Taiwan’s representative office in Vilnius was opened on November 18, but soon after, China announced that it had lowered the level of diplomatic relations with Lithuania, ie in the future Beijing’s interests in Lithuania would be represented not by an ambassador but by a lower-ranking diplomat.
In May, Lithuania announced that it was withdrawing from the 17 + 1 format for economic and political cooperation, which is important for China and involves mainly Central and Eastern European countries, as it considers it divisive.
The intention to open a Taiwanese representation in Lithuania was announced in July.
In August, China recalled its ambassador to Vilnius, citing Lithuania’s position on Taiwan, and demanded the recall of the Lithuanian ambassador to Beijing. Lithuanian Ambassador to China Diāna Mickevičiene returned to Lithuania for consultations in early September.
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