EUR 3.8 bn trade surplus for Poland in first six months of 2021: stats office

Poland had a foreign trade surplus of around EUR 3.8 billion in the first six 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 June totaled EUR 136.8 billion, while imports were worth EUR 133 billion, the state-run statistics agency said on Monday.

Foreign trade turnover in January-June 2021 in #exports at current #prices amounted to PLN 621.2 bn (increase by 27.4% YoY), while in #imports PLN 603.8 bn (increase by 28.3% YoY).https://t.co/uUoV5xtmei#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ForeignTrade #Poland pic.twitter.com/W6g0Q7fbxZ

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) August 16, 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 10.5 billion, according to the Central Statistical Office.

The country’s exports totaled EUR 239.9 billion in 2020 as a whole, while imports were worth EUR 229.4 billion.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl