Foreign trade deficit at €1.63 billion in Jan-Nov

Poland’s foreign trade deficit amounted to €1.63 billion ($2.16 billion) in January-November 2013, statistics office GUS said on Tuesday. When calculated in złoty, the deficit was PLN 6.75 billion. Exports amounted to €141.05 billion ($187.31 billion, PLN 589.51 billion), while imports stood at €142.68 billion ($189.47 billion, PLN 596.26 billion). Trade with EU countries stood for 74.9 percent of Poland’s export value and for 58.0 percent of the import value.