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Trade between China and Poland

In 2024, China exported $54.1 billion to Poland and imported $4.1 billion. China ran a surplus of $50 billion with Poland, compared with a surplus of $28.6 billion in 2019. Poland was China’s 26th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and China was Poland’s 2nd (8%).

Summary

China → Poland
$54.1billion
Poland → China
$4.1billion
China’s balance
$50billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Poland

Trade between China and Poland grew 88.6-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 54.1
  • Imports 4.1
  • Balance +50

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$560 million$96 million$465 million
1996$799 million$66 million$734 million
1997$947 million$49 million$898 million
1998$1.2 billion$90 million$1.1 billion
1999$1.2 billion$167 million$1.1 billion
2000$1.4 billion$119 million$1.3 billion
2001$1.7 billion$229 million$1.4 billion
2002$2.1 billion$259 million$1.8 billion
2003$2.9 billion$374 million$2.5 billion
2004$4 billion$648 million$3.4 billion
2005$5.4 billion$656 million$4.8 billion
2006$7.6 billion$798 million$6.8 billion
2007$11.6 billion$1.1 billion$10.5 billion
2008$16.6 billion$1.4 billion$15.2 billion
2009$13.7 billion$1.6 billion$12.1 billion
2010$16.3 billion$1.8 billion$14.6 billion
2011$17.6 billion$2 billion$15.5 billion
2012$17.3 billion$2 billion$15.3 billion
2013$19.3 billion$2.3 billion$17 billion
2014$21.8 billion$2.6 billion$19.2 billion
2015$21.6 billion$2.4 billion$19.2 billion
2016$22.7 billion$2.2 billion$20.5 billion
2017$26.4 billion$2.8 billion$23.6 billion
2018$32 billion$3 billion$29 billion
2019$32 billion$3.3 billion$28.6 billion
2020$37.5 billion$3.8 billion$33.7 billion
2021$49.2 billion$4.5 billion$44.8 billion
2022$56.1 billion$4 billion$52.2 billion
2023$50.8 billion$3.8 billion$46.9 billion
2024$54.1 billion$4.1 billion$50 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Poland

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$4.3 billion · 8%
    36 thousand tonnes
  2. Computer and office machine parts$2.8 billion · 5.3%
    73 thousand tonnes
  3. Computers$2.4 billion · 4.4%
    11 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  4. Parts for broadcast equipment$1.4 billion · 2.5%
    63 thousand tonnes
  5. Batteries$1.2 billion · 2.2%
    62 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  6. Auto parts$1.1 billion · 2%
    217 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  7. Transformers and power supplies$1.1 billion · 2%
    38 thousand tonnes
  8. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$830 million · 1.5%
    260 thousand tonnes
  9. Lamps and light fittings$800 million · 1.5%
    73 thousand tonnes
  10. Toys$752 million · 1.4%
    78 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations

What Poland sells to China

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined copper$689 million · 17%
    76 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  2. Turbojets and gas turbines$227 million · 5.6%
    97 tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  3. Auto parts$212 million · 5.2%
    14 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  4. Transformers and power supplies$139 million · 3.4%
    946 tonnes
  5. Batteries$132 million · 3.3%
    3 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  6. Logs$83 million · 2.1%
    559 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  7. Leather footwear$63 million · 1.6%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Other plastic articles$62 million · 1.5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Valves and taps$60 million · 1.5%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$60 million · 1.5%
    3 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Gdańsk.

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Gdańsk is 15,017 nautical miles (27,811 km) long: ≈ 35–44.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund (15,017 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund (11,503 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$46.4 billion · 79.9%
  2. Air$11.7 billion · 20.1%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Poland was China’s 26th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and China was Poland’s 2nd (8%).

Poland in China’s trade
1%
Poland’s rank among China’s partners
26th
China in Poland’s trade
8.1%
China’s rank among Poland’s partners
2nd

Compare with

Other partners of China

Other partners of Poland

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.