Poland's exports in Jan-Apr 2025 down 2.4% YoY, imports up 3.3% YoY

The total trade deficit reached PLN 11.6 billion during the period.

Exports expressed in US dollars amounted to $125.7 billion during the four-month period, while imports amounted to $128.6 billion. The negative balance reached $2.9 billion, while in the same period last year, it was positive and amounted to $4.3 billion.

The share of developed countries in total exports amounted to 87.1 per cent, of which the European Union’s (EU) share was 74.4 per cent.

In imports during the period, the share of developed countries was 64.4 per cent, of which the EU had a share of 52.7 per cent.

However, the smallest share was observed with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, share of exports to where was 4.7 per cent of the total exports, and the share of imports from these zones during the period was 1.8 per cent of the total imports.

The trade surplus with developed countries during the period was PLN 106.3 billion (~$26.6 billion), of which PLN 102.9 billion (~$25.8 billion) was the surplus with the EU countries and PLN 14.3 billion (~$3.6 billion) was the surplus with Central and Eastern Europe.

A trade deficit of PLN 132.2 billion (~$33.1 billion) was noted with developing countries during the period, an official release from Statistics Poland said.

Poland’s exports to the United States, Slovakia, Ukraine and Spain rose by 6 per cent, 4.2 per cent, 4 per cent and 0.6 per cent YoY during the period.

Imports from South Korea, China, the United States and the Netherlands increased by 26.4 per cent, 15 per cent, 12.2 per cent and  2.2 per cent YoY during the period.

The trade deficit with the United States during January-April 2025 was PLN 8.7 billion (~$2.2 billion). Exports to that country accounted for 3.5 per cent of the total exports, while imports from there amounted to 5.1 per cent of the total imports.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (DS)