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Challenges for the Transport and Logistics Services Business: The Case of Lithuania

“…Such scientists as Reinsdorf and Slaughter as well as. Langvinienė agree that the international trade in services probably will never reach the volume of international trade in merchandize [21], [14], but explosive rise of their export undoubtedly forces to look with more attention to opportunities as well as challenges to meet the requirements of high competition in the international services market.…”

“…Forecasting the changes in the international services market Langvinienė identified that the following point should be considered: more than half of all foreign direct investment is made in the services industry [14]. The turnover of foreign services subsidiaries recently has grown 3.5 times faster than the export of goods and services totally.…”

“…The transport and logistics services sector is one of the most perspective and fastest growing sectors in Lithuania. Langvinienė states that it links to the scientific and technological progress, movement of the products, services and labour, transformation of the enterprises: merging, acquisitions, changing the field of activity, and structural and environmental changes [14].…”

“…o Bigger amount of containers for the transport and logistics is used [14]; o The processes of the logistics are better optimized [14]; o The developed domestic transport systems minimize the dependence on foreign services [25]; o Many of services' statistics could be "moved" to the measurement of other services. Particularly because of that reason the costs for transport and logistics services often are included in the costs of material items [21]; o The demand for the transport and logistics services to be bought internationally could be replaced by substitutes.…”

“…Of course, a few of obstacles for selling services internationally still exist: services usually require the participation of the consumer, of the supplier, and both of them. That is why Langvinienė and Lipsey state many reasons, which do not allow the services to reach the level of merchandise trade [14], [16].…”