EUR 2.4 bn trade surplus for Poland in first eight months of 2024: stats office

Poland posted a foreign trade surplus of around EUR 2.4 billion in the first eight 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 August totaled EUR 229.6 billion, while imports were worth EUR 227.1 billion, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said on Monday.

It added that Poland's exports from January to August decreased by 2.2 percent in euro terms at current prices compared with the first eight months of 2023, while imports fell by 0.1 percent year on year.

Poland’s largest export markets in the first eight months of this year 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 turnover in PLN in January-August 2024 in PLN was lower year-on-year: #exports by 8.3%, while #imports by 6.3%.https://t.co/8xgPvV8awA#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ForeignTrade #Poland pic.twitter.com/oBCuoD4mmg

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Poland ended last year with a foreign trade surplus of around EUR 9.8 billion, according to Statistics Poland.

Poland’s exports totaled EUR 353.1 billion in 2023 as a whole, while imports were worth EUR 343.3 billion, the statistics agency reported at the end of July.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl