EUR 1.9 bn trade deficit for Poland in first three months of 2025: stats office

Poland had a foreign trade deficit of around EUR 1.9 billion in the first three months of this year, the country’s statistics office has reported.

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The country’s exports from the beginning of January to the end of March totalled EUR 88.3 billion, while imports were worth EUR 90.3 billion, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

It added that Poland's exports in January, February and March increased by 0.1 percent in euro terms at current prices compared with the first three months of 2024, while imports rose by 6.3 percent year on year.

Poland's largest export markets in the first three months 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 March 2025, the negative balance in #ForeignTrade amounted to 8.0 billion PLN. Compared to the corresponding period of 2024, exports decreased by 2.7%, while imports increased by 3.3%.https://t.co/901ltOodhr #StatisticsPoland #ForeignTrade pic.twitter.com/vCsFGbVhOg

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) May 15, 2025

Poland ended 2024 with a foreign trade surplus of around EUR 700 million, according to Statistics Poland.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl