EUR 1.2 bn trade deficit for Poland in first two months of 2024: stats office

Poland had a foreign trade deficit of around EUR 1.2 billion in the first two months of this year, the country’s statistics office has reported.

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The country’s exports from the beginning of January to the end of February totalled EUR 56.6 billion, while imports were worth EUR 57.8 billion, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said earlier this week.

It added that Poland's exports in January and February decreased by 2.7 percent in euro terms at current prices compared with the first two months of 2024, while imports rose by 3.4 percent year on year.

Poland's largest export markets in the first two months of 2025 were Germany, the Czech Republic and France, data showed.

Germany was also the country's largest import market, followed by China and the United States.

Foreign trade in goods turnover in January-February 2025 amounted to PLN 240.7 billion in exports at current prices (decrease by 5.0% YoY) and PLN 245.7 billion in imports (increase by 1.1% YoY).https://t.co/TDoXtzzVwF#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ForeignTrade #Poland pic.twitter.com/1gyDidjDlg

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Poland ended 2024 with a foreign trade surplus of around EUR 700 million, according to Statistics Poland.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl