Food exports increased, while dairy exports decreased in Poland

In the period January-July 2023, the value of sales of agri-food products across the border amounted to 29.7 billion euros and was about 13% higher than in the same period of 2022. At the same time, imports of agri-food products amounted to 18.9 billion euros and were 7% higher than last year. The faster growth of exports than imports led to a significant increase in the positive balance of foreign trade, which amounted to 10.8 billion euros in January-July 2023, which is 25% higher compared to the same period last year. As in previous years, agricultural products were exported from Poland mainly to the European Union market. In January-July 2023, deliveries to EU-27 countries amounted to 21.8 billion euros (+11%), which accounted for almost ¾ (73%) of the revenues received from all exports of agri-food products. In January-July 2023, agro-food products worth 8.0 billion euros were exported from Poland to countries outside the EU, which is 20% more than in the same period last ...