EUR 3.1 bn trade surplus for Poland in first seven months of 2021: stats office

Poland had a foreign trade surplus of around EUR 3.1 billion in the first seven months of this year, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) has reported.

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The country’s exports from the beginning of January to the end of July totaled EUR 160.2 billion, while imports were worth EUR 157.1 billion, the state-run statistics agency said on Wednesday.

Foreign trade turnover in January-July 2021 in #exports at current #prices amounted to PLN 726.9 bn (increase by 26.0% YoY), while in #imports PLN 712.7 bn (increase by 27.8% YoY).https://t.co/4c3EAWp6UG#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ForeignTrade #Poland pic.twitter.com/KaIRZDpTYY

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) September 15, 2021

It added that Poland’s largest export markets during this period were Germany, France and the Czech Republic, while Germany, China and Italy were the country’s largest import markets.

Poland ended last year with a foreign trade surplus of EUR 10.5 billion, according to the Central Statistical Office.

The country’s exports totaled EUR 239.9 billion in 2020 as a whole, while imports were worth EUR 229.4 billion.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl