. Due to Latvia's geographic location, the transport sector, particularly freight transit, plays a key role in the economy of the country. Latvia possesses unique possibilities of participation in the international transit. Nearly 90 percent of the turnover of Latvian ports and 75 percent of railway cargo is transit. Considering the importance of transit and related services in Latvia's national economy, the government pays additional attention to transit development. In accordance with “The Latvian Transport Development Strategy 2007-2013” the Latvian Government as a priority recognizes the development of high quality transport and logistics services in order to increase transit transportation volumes. Attraction on the Latvian transport network of the foreign trade cargoes is connected with construction of transport-logistical system on the basis of modernization of an existing transport infrastructure and introduction of logistical approaches of management in system of interaction of all participants of a chain of deliveries, on the basis of access equal in rights to the information about freight transport flows. It is identified that the creation of logistics centers is one of the main measures of the improvement of transport-logistical infrastructure in the country. In the paper the author provides analysis of significance of logistics centers for the transit transportation development. The paper brings an overview of current situation of logistics centers development in Latvia. In the situation when the projects of creating international and regional logistics centers have not gone further than stage of feasibility studies many business units have decided to engage in their own undertakings. Many relatively small, functionally and territorially disintegrated objects of local center type have been set up. These objects are most often developed and operated by business units and transport forwarding companies. Part of the objects is warehousing centers built by developers and rented to various users. In the paper the main goals and tasks to logistics centers development are discussed. The paper concludes with the recommendations of further actions toward logistics centers development to increase transit traffic.