agriculture and food economy in poland
agriculture and food economy in poland
agriculture and food economy in poland
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General <strong>in</strong>formation on trade <strong>in</strong> agri-<strong>food</strong> products<br />
2003 saw for the first time <strong>in</strong> 10 years a surplus <strong>in</strong> foreign trade <strong>in</strong> agri-<strong>food</strong><br />
products. The positive trade balance was observed <strong>in</strong> the case of all Pol<strong>and</strong>’s major<br />
trad<strong>in</strong>g partners thanks to a much more rapid growth <strong>in</strong> Polish exports than<br />
imports.<br />
The value of exports grew by 37.6% <strong>and</strong> that of imports by 12.2%. In<br />
consequence the trade balance was positive, amount<strong>in</strong>g to USD 506 million.<br />
Aga<strong>in</strong>st Pol<strong>and</strong>’s total foreign trade, <strong>in</strong> which a significant growth was<br />
observed, agri-<strong>food</strong> products obta<strong>in</strong>ed better results. In 2003 the total export<br />
was valued at USD 53.6 billion (an <strong>in</strong>crease by almost one third compared<br />
to 2002), import at USD 68.0 billion (an <strong>in</strong>crease by nearly one fourth) <strong>and</strong><br />
the negative trade balance was equal to USD 14.4 billion aga<strong>in</strong>st USD 14.1<br />
billion <strong>in</strong> 2002.<br />
Figure 23. Results of foreign trade <strong>in</strong> agri-<strong>food</strong> products aga<strong>in</strong>st total products <strong>in</strong> 2000 – 2003<br />
(million USD)<br />
5000<br />
4000<br />
3000<br />
2000<br />
1000<br />
Table 15. Share of agri-<strong>food</strong> products <strong>in</strong> total foreign trade (%)<br />
Source: CIHZ<br />
0<br />
-1000<br />
FOREIGN TRADE IN AGRI-FOOD PRODUCTS<br />
2650<br />
3183<br />
-533<br />
Source: CIHZ (Foreign Trade IT Centre)<br />
3030<br />
3406<br />
-376<br />
49<br />
3285 3576<br />
-291<br />
4519<br />
4013<br />
2000 2001 2002 2003<br />
Export Import Balance<br />
Specification 2000 2001 2002 2003<br />
% share of agri-<strong>food</strong> products <strong>in</strong>:<br />
- total exports 8,4 8,4 8,0 8,4<br />
- total import 6,5 6,8 6,5 5,9<br />
506