KOWR: exports of agri-food products at €15.4 bln in H1 2019
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The value of agri-food exports increased by 8% y/y to €15.4 billion in the first half of this year, according to calculations by the National Center for Agricultural Support (KOWR), based on data from the Ministry of Finance. At the same time, imports were at the level of €10.4 billion, a y/y increase of about 5%.
“From the beginning of 2019, the upward trend in the export of agri-food products from Poland continued. As a result, the positive exchange balance increased by about 17%, to €5 billion,” the report reads.
Livestock, meat and its products occupy the main position in the product structure of Polish agri-food exports. This product group accounted for 20% of the total value of Polish agri-food exports in the first half of 2019.
(ISBnews)
