EUR 9.9 bn trade deficit for Poland in first four months of 2022: stats office

Poland had a foreign trade deficit of around EUR 9.9 billion in the first four months of this year, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Wednesday.

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The country’s exports from the beginning of January to the end of April totaled EUR 106.2 billion, while imports were worth EUR 116.1 billion, the state-run statistics agency said.

Foreign trade turnover in January-April 2022 in #exports at current #prices amounted to PLN 487.0 bn (increase by 17.3% YoY) , while in #imports PLN 532.3 bn (increase by 33.7% YoY). https://t.co/tn4MPdln1m#StatPoland #statistics #ForeignTrade pic.twitter.com/3I9GGbYyRc

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) June 15, 2022

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 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