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Trade between Poland and the United Kingdom

In 2024, Poland exported $19.4 billion to the United Kingdom and imported $6.6 billion. Poland ran a surplus of $12.8 billion with the United Kingdom, compared with a surplus of $8.2 billion in 2019. The United Kingdom was Poland’s 8th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Poland was the United Kingdom’s 12th (2%).

Summary

Poland → United Kingdom
$19.4billion
United Kingdom → Poland
$6.6billion
Poland’s balance
$12.8billion

Balance

Poland’s trade balance with the United Kingdom

Trade between Poland and the United Kingdom grew 9.7-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 19.4
  • Imports 6.6
  • Balance +12.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.1 billion$1.6 billion-$482 million
1996$1.1 billion$2.2 billion-$1.1 billion
1997$1.1 billion$2.4 billion-$1.3 billion
1998$1.2 billion$2.4 billion-$1.2 billion
1999$1.2 billion$2.2 billion-$950 million
2000$1.5 billion$2.3 billion-$780 million
2001$1.8 billion$2.2 billion-$394 million
2002$2.1 billion$2.3 billion-$129 million
2003$2.7 billion$2.7 billion$60 million
2004$3.6 billion$3 billion$597 million
2005$5 billion$3.2 billion$1.8 billion
2006$6.3 billion$3.7 billion$2.6 billion
2007$8.3 billion$5.1 billion$3.2 billion
2008$9.3 billion$5.9 billion$3.4 billion
2009$7.4 billion$4.4 billion$2.9 billion
2010$9.9 billion$5.2 billion$4.8 billion
2011$12.4 billion$5.6 billion$6.8 billion
2012$11.9 billion$4.7 billion$7.2 billion
2013$13 billion$5.4 billion$7.6 billion
2014$13.4 billion$5.7 billion$7.8 billion
2015$13.3 billion$5.2 billion$8.1 billion
2016$13.2 billion$5.2 billion$8 billion
2017$14.2 billion$5.4 billion$8.8 billion
2018$15.4 billion$6.7 billion$8.7 billion
2019$14.8 billion$6.6 billion$8.2 billion
2020$14.7 billion$5.6 billion$9.1 billion
2021$15.1 billion$5.4 billion$9.7 billion
2022$17.9 billion$6.7 billion$11.3 billion
2023$19.4 billion$6.7 billion$12.7 billion
2024$19.4 billion$6.6 billion$12.8 billion

What they sell each other

What Poland sells to the United Kingdom

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

  1. Auto parts$1.1 billion · 5.8%
    107 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  2. Computers$977 million · 5.1%
    5 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  3. Poultry meat$797 million · 4.1%
    193 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  4. Monitors and projectors$637 million · 3.3%
    23 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  5. Seats and chairs$560 million · 2.9%
    74 thousand tonnes
  6. Trucks$541 million · 2.8%
    71 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  7. Prepared meat$538 million · 2.8%
    108 thousand tonnes
  8. Chocolate$515 million · 2.7%
    81 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  9. Silver$473 million · 2.4%
    523 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s sources
  10. Furniture$457 million · 2.4%
    180 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations

What the United Kingdom sells to Poland

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

  1. Cars$689 million · 10.5%
    36 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  2. Crude petroleum$392 million · 6%
    1.1 million tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  3. Turbojets and gas turbines$337 million · 5.1%
    230 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  4. Spirits$226 million · 3.4%
    36 thousand tonnes
  5. 5 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  6. Bulldozers and excavators$194 million · 3%
    29 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  7. Auto parts$173 million · 2.6%
    15 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  8. Airplanes and helicopters$163 million · 2.5%
    278 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  9. Platinum$158 million · 2.4%
    5 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  10. Natural gas and LPG$110 million · 1.7%
    158 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Gdańsk to Felixstowe.

The estimated sea route between Gdańsk and Felixstowe is 935 nautical miles (1,732 km) long: ≈ 2–3 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Øresund.

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$20.6 billion · 79.4%
  2. Air$5.3 billion · 20.6%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Kingdom was Poland’s 8th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Poland was the United Kingdom’s 12th (2%).

The United Kingdom in Poland’s trade
3.6%
The United Kingdom’s rank among Poland’s partners
8th
Poland in the United Kingdom’s trade
2.3%
Poland’s rank among the United Kingdom’s partners
12th

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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.