EUR 1.5 bn trade deficit for Poland in 2021: stats office

Poland ended last year with a foreign trade deficit of around EUR 1.5 billion, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) said in a final estimate on Friday.

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The figure was higher than an initial estimate of EUR 600 million.

Poland’s exports totaled EUR 288.1 billion in 2021 as a whole, while imports were worth EUR 289.6 billion, the government-run statistics agency reported.

Poland’s largest export markets were Germany, the Czech Republic and France, while Germany, China and Russia were the country’s largest import markets.

Foreign trade turnover in 2021 according to final data in exports at current prices amounted to PLN 1 316.0 bn (+23,9% YoY), while in imports - PLN 1 323.0 bn. (+30,3 YoY)https://t.co/lPvm4gvBAo#StatisticsPoland #statistics #freigntrade pic.twitter.com/UmYTuBF4Nz

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) July 29, 2022

In 2020, Poland's foreign trade showed a surplus of EUR 10.5 billion, according to the statistical office.

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Source: PAP, IAR, stat.gov.pl