EUR 3.1 bn trade deficit for Poland in first two months of 2022: stats office

Poland had a foreign trade deficit of around EUR 3.1 billion in the first two 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 February totaled EUR 49.5 billion, while imports were worth EUR 52.6 billion, the state-run statistics agency said.

Foreign trade turnover in the period January-February 2022 amounted to PLN 226.6 billion in exports at current prices (an increase of 18.6%) and PLN 240.8 billion in imports (an increase of 31.4%).https://t.co/91mxECNzZj#StatPoland #statistics #ForeignTrade #exports #imports pic.twitter.com/DpsyJv6bJh

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

Poland ended last year with a foreign trade deficit of EUR 600 million, according to the Central Statistical Office.

Poland’s exports totaled EUR 285.8 billion in 2021 as a whole, while imports were worth EUR 286.4 billion.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl