EUR 2.4 bn trade deficit for Poland in H1 2025: stats office

Poland had a foreign trade deficit of around EUR 2.4 billion in the first half 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 totalled EUR 179.4 billion, while imports were worth EUR 181.8 billion, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

It added that Poland's exports in the first six months of 2025 increased by 1.6 percent in euro terms at current prices compared with the first half of 2024, while imports rose by 5.3 percent year on year.

Poland’s largest export markets in the first half of 2025 were Germany, the Czech Republic and France, data showed.

Germany was also the country's largest import market, followed by China and the United States.

From January to June 2025, the negative balance in #ForeignTrade amounted to 10.0 billion PLN. Compared to the corresponding period of 2024, exports decreased by 0.6%, while imports increased by 3.1%.https://t.co/Who5pwCGlP#StatisticsPoland #ForeignTrade pic.twitter.com/mIpj6dpINL

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) August 14, 2025

Poland ended last year with a foreign trade surplus of around EUR 500 million, according to Statistics Poland.

Poland’s exports totalled EUR 353.0 billion in 2024 as a whole, while imports were worth EUR 352.5 billion, the statistics agency said at the end of July.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl