Foreign trade surplus at PLN 5.8 bln

In January-March 2016, Poland's foreign trade surplus reached PLN 5.76 billion, compared with a PLN 4.55 billion in the corresponding period last year, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. Since the beginning of the year, the value of Polish exports has reached PLN 123.4 billion, whereas the value of imports amounted to PLN 117.6 billion. Poland recorded an increase in exports to Sweden, Italy, Germany, Holland, France, Spain, Hungary, the UK and the Czech Republic, and imports - from the Netherlands, the US, China, France, Belgium and Germany. Meanwhile, a drop was observed in export to Russia, and in relation to imports - from Russia, Italy, the Czech Republic and the UK.