2014: exports rose by 5.2% and imports by 5.5%

In January-December 2014, the value of Polish exports reached €163.1 billion, an increase of 5.2 percent year-on-year and imports value reached €165.5 billion, an increase of 5.5 y/y, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) informed. The trade deficit amounted to around €2.44 billion, whereas in the same period in 2013, it stood at €1.98 billion. Germany continued to be Poland's top trade partner. Its share in Polish exports was 26 percent (an increase by 1 percentage point y/y) and in imports it was 22 percent (up by 0.3 pp y/y).