EUR 6.6 bn trade surplus for Poland in first six months of 2023: stats office

Poland posted a foreign trade surplus of around EUR 6.6 billion in the first six months of this year, the country’s statistics office reported on Thursday.

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The country’s exports from the beginning of January to the end of June totaled EUR 176.4 billion, while imports were worth EUR 169.8 billion, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

It added that Poland's exports in January, February, March, April, May and June increased by 4.9 percent in euro terms at current prices compared with the first six months of 2022, while imports decreased by 4.3 percent year on year.

Poland’s largest export markets in the first six months of 2023 were Germany, the Czech Republic and France, while Germany, China and Italy were the country’s largest import markets, data showed.

Foreign trade turnover in January - June 2023 in #exports at current prices amounted to PLN 821.4 bn (increase by 6.1% YoY), while in #imports PLN 790.6 bn (decrease by 3.2% YoY).https://t.co/myHVBBV3pW#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ForeignTrade pic.twitter.com/Pxe83iNgc0

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) August 17, 2023

Poland ended last year with a foreign trade deficit of around EUR 20 billion, according to a final estimate by Statistics Poland.

Poland’s exports totaled EUR 346.2 billion in 2022 as a whole, while imports were worth EUR 366.2 billion, the statistics agency said at the end of last month.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl