GUS: Exports up 5.6%; imports up 3% y/y in H1

In January-July 2016, Polish exports inched up by 5.6 percent year-on-year, whereas imports were 3 percent higher than in the corresponding period of last year, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. Polish exports were worth PLN 455,339.5 million, versus the imports totaled PLN 436,501.5 million. The positive balance amounted to PLN 18,838 million, compared to PLN 7,158.9 million in January-July 2015, GUS calculated.