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European and Asian countries, and exports more than Klaipeda seaport Port Lithuania harvested grainyield.a) b)Figure 5. Grain handling linear dependence of the grain produced in Lithuania (a) and Latvia (b)While every million tons of cereal production in the country has an impact on grain handling andport of Riga (193,17 thousand tons) and Klaipeda seaport (196.9 thousand tons), however, the seaport ofKlaipeda cereal production effects seen 78 percent signal strength, which means that only 22 percent ofthe effect of grain handling port goes to the other factors. The fact that the port of Klaipeda intensiveexport crops grown shows and the first quarter of 2013 the port report, which states that 70 percent of allcargo handling during this period amounted to Lithuania harvested grain residue exports.a) b)Figure 6. Grain handling dependence on grain purchase prices in Lithuania (a) and Latvia (b)The analysis of grain prices in the countries, it was found that the entire analysis period, grainpurchase price of Latvia was higher on average by 8 percent by 2012. The Latvian grain purchase pricewas less than 5 percent, when Lithuania average price of grain increased by 10 percent. However, theRiga port grain handling increased an average of 2 thousand tons of grain purchase price of an averageincrease of EUR 1 per ton of feed grain price increases, and increased grain handling characteristics,which shows that in Latvia grain are exported directly at farms owners and collectors, while Lithuaniagrain exports farmers directly for purchase to receiver which suggests grain export system is flexibleLithuania.ConclusionsAfter the grain handling Klaipeda and Riga ports infrastructure elements comparison, was found thatthe Riga seaport inefficient use of its infrastructural and technological feasibility of grain handling, aspractically all indicators infrastructure elements much better than Klaipeda seaport, except for the landareas of performance. Therefore, it can be said that it is 4.2 times higher in Klaipeda port productivityleads to higher grain handling (port performance recorded in 2011: Klaipeda seaport - 71 thousandtons/ha, Riga port 17 thousand tons/ha). Such figures are determined by the port of Klaipeda seaportefficiently organized and united railway infrastructure. Klaipeda seaport grain handling conclude anaverage of 10% of the bulk, while the Riga port grain handling accounts for only 3% of the bulk.After the grain handling Klaipeda and Riga ports descriptive statistics compared data found that theRiga port grain handling is characterized by stability, but the expected load factor does not exceed theaverage, reaching 444 thousand tons annual turnover. Meanwhile, the Klaipeda port grain handling,87