Foreigners spent PLN 38 bln for shopping in Poland

In 2015, the foreigners spent PLN 37.7 billion for goods and services in Poland, that means 6.4 percent y/y increase, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reports. Meanwhile, Poles wasted only PLN 18.6 billion abroad (2.7 percent y/y increase). According to the statement, Germans spent the most money (40.3 percent of total amount). The second place of expenditures in Poland, belongs to Ukraine (27.1 percent). Other nations were Czechs (11.2 percent), Belarusians (7.9 percent), Slovaks (7.2 percent), Lithuanians (4.4 percent), and Russians (1.9 percent).