EUR 14.7 bn trade deficit for Poland in first nine months of 2022: stats office

Poland had a foreign trade deficit of around EUR 14.7 billion in the first nine months of this year, the country’s statistics office reported on Thursday.

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Poland’s exports from the beginning of January to the end of September totaled EUR 251.9 billion, while imports were worth EUR 266.7 billion, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

Foreign trade turnover in January-September 2022 amounted, in current prices, to PLN 1,170.9 billion in exports (up 22.9% YoY) and PLN 1,239.3 billion in imports (up 31.4% YoY).https://t.co/GvfDZrF0nb #StatisticsPoland #statistics #ForeignTrade #import #exports pic.twitter.com/hLBJ6eU2wI

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) November 17, 2022

It added that Poland's exports during this period increased by 22.9 percent in zloty terms at current prices compared with the first nine months of 2021, while imports grew by 31.4 percent year on year.

Polski eksport wzrósł o ponad 20 proc. GUS podał nowe dane https://t.co/edl8Ce7YkJ

— Gospodarka - Polskie Radio (@Gospodarka_PRSA) November 17, 2022

Poland’s largest export markets in the first nine months of this year were Germany, the Czech Republic and France, while Germany, China and Russia were the country’s largest import markets, data showed.

Jakie są wyniki Polski w handlu towarowym po trzech kwartałach? Znamy dane GUS i analizę PIE https://t.co/BbPVpXQnee

— Gospodarka - Polskie Radio (@Gospodarka_PRSA) November 17, 2022

Poland ended last year with a foreign trade deficit of around EUR 1.5 billion, according to Statistics Poland.

Poland’s exports totaled EUR 288.1 billion in 2021 as a whole, while imports were worth EUR 289.6 billion.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl, polskieradio24.pl