EUR 4.2 bn trade surplus for Poland in first four months of 2024: stats office

Poland posted a foreign trade surplus of around EUR 4.2 billion in the first four 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 April totaled EUR 116.6 billion, while imports were worth EUR 112.3 billion, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said on Friday.

It added that Poland's exports in January, February, March and April decreased by 3.2 percent in euro terms at current prices compared with the first four months of 2023, while imports fell by 4.3 percent year on year.

Poland’s largest export markets in the first four months of 2024 were Germany, France and the Czech Republic, while Germany, China and the United States were the country’s largest import markets, data showed.

#ForeignTrade turnover in January - April 2024 in #exports at current prices amounted to PLN 505.6 bn (-9.9% YoY), while in #imports - PLN 487.2 bn (-10.3% YoY).https://t.co/tcS50eABn8#StatisticsPoland #statistics pic.twitter.com/JIwX9Iq61d

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Poland ended last year with a foreign trade surplus of around EUR 10.6 billion, according to Statistics Poland.

Poland’s exports totaled EUR 351 billion in 2023 as a whole, while imports were worth EUR 340.5 billion, the statistics agency said earlier this year.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl