Only 15 percent of all goods transiting Lithuania to Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad are affected by sanctions, Lithuanian Railways (LTG) said on Monday.
“Out of this volume, ferrous metals comprised up to 9 percent of the total transit cargo traffic between mainland Russia and Kaliningrad, cement accounted for 3 percent, alcohol products – 1.4 percent, and timber products – 0.6 percent,” Kotryna Dzinkaraitė, a spokesperson for LTG, told BNS.
A ban on the transit of Russian-origin cement, alcohol, wood, glass and a number of other goods via Lithuania came into force on Sunday.
Over 550,000 tons of goods, now subjected to new sanctions, were transported between Kaliningrad and the Russian mainland in the first half of 2022.
A ban on the transit of coal and other solid fossil fuels is set to enter into force on August 10, followed by a ban on Russian oil and its products from December 5.
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