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Trade between Germany and Poland

In 2024, Germany exported $78.8 billion to Poland and imported $82.5 billion. Germany ran a deficit of $3.7 billion with Poland, compared with a deficit of $2.7 billion in 2019. Poland was Germany’s 5th largest trading partner (6% of its trade), and Germany was Poland’s largest (23%).

Summary

Germany → Poland
$78.8billion
Poland → Germany
$82.5billion
Germany’s balance
-$3.7billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Poland

Trade between Germany and Poland grew 9.4-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 78.8
  • Imports 82.5
  • Balance -3.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$8.2 billion$8.9 billion-$653 million
1996$10 billion$8.5 billion$1.5 billion
1997$11 billion$8.5 billion$2.5 billion
1998$12.7 billion$9.8 billion$2.9 billion
1999$12.3 billion$9.9 billion$2.4 billion
2000$12.7 billion$11.1 billion$1.6 billion
2001$13 billion$12.7 billion$365 million
2002$14.5 billion$13.7 billion$782 million
2003$17.6 billion$18.3 billion-$653 million
2004$21.9 billion$19.8 billion$2.1 billion
2005$26.4 billion$22.7 billion$3.7 billion
2006$32.6 billion$27.2 billion$5.5 billion
2007$42.5 billion$31.5 billion$11 billion
2008$52.7 billion$38.2 billion$14.4 billion
2009$36.7 billion$31.3 billion$5.4 billion
2010$42.2 billion$36.8 billion$5.4 billion
2011$50.5 billion$44.7 billion$5.8 billion
2012$44.1 billion$41.7 billion$2.5 billion
2013$47.1 billion$47 billion$78 million
2014$51.4 billion$51.3 billion$80 million
2015$47.3 billion$48.3 billion-$1 billion
2016$48 billion$49.1 billion-$1.1 billion
2017$54.5 billion$55 billion-$442 million
2018$64.3 billion$63.6 billion$647 million
2019$60.1 billion$62.8 billion-$2.7 billion
2020$60.5 billion$65 billion-$4.4 billion
2021$76.2 billion$79.3 billion-$3.2 billion
2022$79.3 billion$82.9 billion-$3.7 billion
2023$79.7 billion$88.7 billion-$9 billion
2024$78.8 billion$82.5 billion-$3.7 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Poland

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

  1. Auto parts$4.7 billion · 5.9%
    589 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Cars$4.6 billion · 5.9%
    224 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Refined petroleum$2.9 billion · 3.7%
    3.2 million tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Engine parts$1.7 billion · 2.2%
    111 thousand tonnes
  5. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$1.4 billion · 1.7%
    38 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  6. Diesel engines$1 billion · 1.3%
    65 thousand tonnes
  7. Other plastic articles$902 million · 1.2%
    77 thousand tonnes
  8. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$868 million · 1.1%
    70 thousand tonnes
  9. Coated flat steel$858 million · 1.1%
    800 thousand tonnes
  10. Industrial fatty acids and oils$836 million · 1.1%
    566 thousand tonnes

What Poland sells to Germany

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

  1. Auto parts$6.6 billion · 8%
    887 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  2. Batteries$3.1 billion · 3.8%
    137 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  3. Cigarettes and cigars$2.2 billion · 2.7%
    44 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  4. Seats and chairs$2.2 billion · 2.6%
    383 thousand tonnes
  5. Trucks$1.9 billion · 2.3%
    189 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  6. Furniture$1.9 billion · 2.3%
    769 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  7. Cameras and broadcast equipment$1.4 billion · 1.7%
    5 thousand tonnes
  8. Cars$1.3 billion · 1.5%
    100 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  9. Centrifuges and filters$1.1 billion · 1.4%
    40 thousand tonnes
  10. Computers$1.1 billion · 1.4%
    4 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations

How it travels

Germany and Poland traded $161.4 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly over land: 90% of the value travels by truck, rail or pipeline.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$16 billion · 9.9%
  2. Land$145.3 billion · 90.1%

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

How much each matters to the other

Poland was Germany’s 5th largest trading partner (6% of its trade), and Germany was Poland’s largest (23%).

Poland in Germany’s trade
5.7%
Poland’s rank among Germany’s partners
5th
Germany in Poland’s trade
22.5%
Germany’s rank among Poland’s partners
1st

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

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.