GUS: Trade surplus over PLN 18.2 bln in H1

In H1 2016, the foreign trade surplus reached € 4.2 billion (PLN 18.2 billion), whereas in the same period in 2015 the figure equaled € 2.2 billion (PLN 9.4 billion), the Central Statistical Office (GUS) informed in a statement. The value of Polish exports amounted to PLN 392.9 billion, while the value of imports stood at PLN 374.7 billion. Poland recorded an increase in exports to Germany, Sweden, Holland, France, Spain, Hungary, the UK and the Czech Republic, and imports - from Belgium, China, the US, Germany, France, the Netherlands and the UK. Meanwhile, a drop was observed in exports to Russia, and in relation to imports - from Russia and Italy.