EUR 19.8 billion trade deficit for Poland in 2022: stats office

Poland ended last year with a foreign trade deficit of around EUR 19.8 billion, the country’s statistics office reported on Wednesday.

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Poland’s exports totaled EUR 343.8 billion in 2022 as a whole, while imports were worth EUR 363.7 billion, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

It added that Poland's exports last year increased by 22.1 percent in zloty terms at current prices compared with 2021, while imports grew by 28.5 percent year on year.

Poland’s largest export markets in 2022 were Germany, the Czech Republic and France, while Germany, China and Italy were the country’s largest import markets, data showed.

Foreign trade turnover in I-XII 2022 amounted to PLN 1,607.3 billion in exports (up 22.1% YoY) and PLN 1,699.8 billion in imports (up 28.5% YoY) at current prices. https://t.co/iLmvfVG0mI#StatisticsPoland #ForeignTrade #imports #exports pic.twitter.com/tTIIJ2pI2a

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) February 15, 2023

In 2021, Poland's foreign trade showed a 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, data showed.

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Source: PAP, IAR, stat.gov.pl