Foreign trade deficit at €171.3 mln

Poland exported goods worth €93.86 billion (PLN 392.10 billion, $128.83 billion) in January-Julyof 2014, according to data published by the Central Statistical Office (GUS) on Monday. Imports stood at €94.03 billion (PLN 392.83 billion, $129.06 billion). The resulting foreign trade deficit was €171.3 million (PLN 724.4 million, $234.2 million), GUS said. Compared to the corresponding period of 2013, exports grew by 6 percent and imports grew by 5 percent. Trade with EU countries stood for 76.6 percent of Poland’s exports and for 58.7 of imports. Trade with so-called CEE countries (Albania, Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine) stood for 7.5 percent of exports and 12.9 percent of imports.