EUR 4.9 bn trade surplus for Poland in first two months of 2023: stats office

Poland posted a foreign trade surplus of around EUR 4.9 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 totaled EUR 57 billion, while imports were worth EUR 52.1 billion, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said on Friday.

It added that Poland's exports in January and February increased by 13 percent in zloty terms at current prices compared with the first two months of 2022, while imports grew by 1 percent year on year.

Poland’s largest export markets in the first two months of 2023 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 January-February 2023 at current prices amounted to PLN 267.0 bn in exports (up 13.0% YoY) and PLN 244.0 bn in imports (up 1.0% YoY).https://t.co/2dSqz750hR#StatisticsPoland #statistics #foreigntrade #import #exports pic.twitter.com/Y7d1pudHvZ

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Poland ended last year with a foreign trade deficit of around EUR 19.8 billion, according to Statistics Poland.

Poland’s exports totaled EUR 343.8 billion in 2022 as a whole, while imports were worth EUR 363.7 billion, the statistics agency said earlier this year.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl