EUR 1.8 bn trade surplus for Poland in first eight months of 2021: stats office

Poland had a foreign trade surplus of around EUR 1.8 billion in the first eight 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 August totaled EUR 182.5 billion, while imports were worth EUR 180.7 billion, the state-run statistics agency said.

Foreign trade turnover in January-August 2021 in #exports at current #prices amounted to PLN 829.5 bn (increase by 25.9% YoY), while in #imports PLN 821.2 bn (increase by 29.2% YoY). https://t.co/U7f1Bp8UqD#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ForeignTrade #Poland pic.twitter.com/ZrvhHz9HZb

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) October 15, 2021

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