As many major foreign corporations treat the Baltic states as one country, they have often chosen one of the three countries as a “base”, organizing the supply of goods in the area from the selected center. That’s why Estonian trade, as well as Latvian and Lithuanian, includes a large percentage of imported industrial and consumer goods.
Seetõttu ongi Eesti, aga ka Läti ja Leedu kaubavahetuses suur osakaal mujalt imporditud tööstus- ja tarbekaupadel.