EUR 2.4 bn trade surplus for Poland in Q1 2021: stats office

Poland had a foreign trade surplus of around EUR 2.4 billion in the first three months of this year, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) has reported.

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The country’s exports from the beginning of January to the end of March totaled EUR 66.3 billion, while imports were worth EUR 63.9 billion, the state-run statistics agency said on Monday.

Foreign trade turnover in Jan.-March. 2021 according to #exports at current prices amounted to PLN 298.8 bn (increase by 14.6% YoY), while #imports amounted to PLN 287.9 bn (increase by 12.3% YoY).https://t.co/AZzbroTE1I #StatisticsPoland #statistics #ForeignTrade #Poland pic.twitter.com/yF1U4LBcw7

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) May 17, 2021

It added that Poland’s largest export markets during this period were Germany, France and the Czech Republic, while Germany, China and Italy were the country’s largest import markets.

Poland ended last year with a foreign trade surplus of EUR 12 billion, according to the Central Statistical Office.

The country’s exports totaled EUR 237.5 billion in 2020 as a whole, while imports were worth EUR 225.5 billion.

(gs/pk)

Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl