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Trade between Poland and Ukraine

In 2024, Poland exported $9.8 billion to Ukraine and imported $4.8 billion. Poland ran a surplus of $5.1 billion with Ukraine, compared with a surplus of $1.3 billion in 2019. Ukraine was Poland’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Poland was Ukraine’s 2nd (13%).

Summary

Poland → Ukraine
$9.8billion
Ukraine → Poland
$4.8billion
Poland’s balance
$5.1billion

Balance

Poland’s trade balance with Ukraine

Trade between Poland and Ukraine grew 14.7-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 9.8
  • Imports 4.8
  • Balance +5.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$712 million$282 million$430 million
1996$657 million$392 million$264 million
1997$717 million$412 million$305 million
1998$652 million$354 million$298 million
1999$398 million$318 million$80 million
2000$483 million$451 million$32 million
2001$633 million$493 million$140 million
2002$757 million$524 million$233 million
2003$1.1 billion$790 million$284 million
2004$1.4 billion$1 billion$412 million
2005$1.9 billion$1.1 billion$820 million
2006$2.9 billion$1.4 billion$1.5 billion
2007$4 billion$1.7 billion$2.3 billion
2008$4.9 billion$2.4 billion$2.5 billion
2009$2.6 billion$1.2 billion$1.4 billion
2010$3.1 billion$1.9 billion$1.3 billion
2011$3.7 billion$2.8 billion$890 million
2012$4.2 billion$2.6 billion$1.5 billion
2013$4.7 billion$2.5 billion$2.2 billion
2014$3.4 billion$2.7 billion$782 million
2015$2.7 billion$2 billion$684 million
2016$3.2 billion$2.2 billion$937 million
2017$4 billion$2.8 billion$1.2 billion
2018$4.2 billion$3.3 billion$904 million
2019$4.6 billion$3.3 billion$1.3 billion
2020$4.6 billion$3.2 billion$1.4 billion
2021$5.5 billion$5.1 billion$395 million
2022$6.6 billion$6.6 billion-$76 million
2023$8.5 billion$4.9 billion$3.6 billion
2024$9.8 billion$4.8 billion$5.1 billion

What they sell each other

What Poland sells to Ukraine

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

  1. Bombs, missiles and ammunition$1.9 billion · 19.1%
    27 thousand tonnes
  2. Refined petroleum$853 million · 8.7%
    1.2 million tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  3. Military weapons$567 million · 5.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  4. Cars$365 million · 3.7%
    36 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  5. Trucks$196 million · 2%
    27 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  6. Video recorders and players$179 million · 1.8%
    118 tonnes
  7. Coke$179 million · 1.8%
    532 thousand tonnes
  8. Mixed fertilizers$142 million · 1.4%
    233 thousand tonnes
  9. Natural gas and LPG$130 million · 1.3%
    198 thousand tonnes
  10. Nitrogen fertilizers$129 million · 1.3%
    396 thousand tonnes

What Ukraine sells to Poland

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

  1. Iron ore$479 million · 10%
    5.1 million tonnes · Ukraine’s destinations
  2. 415 thousand tonnes
  3. Hot-rolled flat steel$306 million · 6.4%
    502 thousand tonnes
  4. Soybean oil$224 million · 4.7%
    271 thousand tonnes
  5. Cables and wire$184 million · 3.8%
    9 thousand tonnes · Poland’s sources
  6. Soybean meal and pellets$144 million · 3%
    328 thousand tonnes
  7. Seats and chairs$137 million · 2.9%
    14 thousand tonnes
  8. Meal from other oilseeds$131 million · 2.7%
    601 thousand tonnes
  9. 1 thousand tonnes
  10. Furniture$90 million · 1.9%
    51 thousand tonnes · Poland’s sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Gdańsk to Odesa.

The estimated sea route between Gdańsk and Odesa is 4,468 nautical miles (8,275 km) long: ≈ 10.5–13.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Øresund, Strait of Dover, Strait of Gibraltar, Dardanelles and Bosporus.

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$4.8 billion · 32.9%
  2. Land$9.8 billion · 67.1%

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

How much each matters to the other

Ukraine was Poland’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Poland was Ukraine’s 2nd (13%).

Ukraine in Poland’s trade
2%
Ukraine’s rank among Poland’s partners
13th
Poland in Ukraine’s trade
12.5%
Poland’s rank among Ukraine’s partners
2nd

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Sources and methodology

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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.