Exports slightly lower than imports in H1

Poland exported goods worth €80.02 billion (PLN 334.7 billion, $110.06 billion) in the first half of 2014, according to data published by the Central Statistical Office (GUS) on Monday. Imports stood at €80.2 billion (PLN 335.46 billion, $110.3 billion). The resulting foreign trade deficit was €183.8 million (PLN 760 million, $241.1 million), GUS said. Trade with EU countries stood for 76.5 percent of Poland’s exports and for 58.4 of imports. Trade with so-called CEE countries (Albania, Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine) stood for 7.5 percent of exports and 13.2 percent of imports.