For the first time since the global financial crisis in 2008, Germany exported more goods to Poland again than to China. This is the result of the data of the German Federal Statistical Office for 2024, which was analyzed by the Reuters agency.
Exports to Poland increased by 3.5 percent. up to almost EUR 94 billion. However, as a whole German exports, last year shrunk by 1 percent. In turn, it fell to China by 7.6 percent. up to around EUR 90 billion. This sharp decline occurred, among others Because the Chinese are more likely to buy goods of their own production.
Poland in fourth place
Poland Thus, she became the fourth largest buyer of “made in Germany” goods – after the USA, France and the Netherlands. Germany traditionally supplies to Poland mainly vehicles, machines and chemical products. – A large part of the increase in exports from Germany to Poland in 2024 falls on the automotive industry – explains in an interview with the Reuters Christopher Fuss agency from the Federal Economic Development Agency Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI). German car manufacturers use the growing demand on Polish automotive market. Cars Fussy as a bonus are becoming more and more important – believes Fuss.
However, the increase was also recorded in other categories. For example, German exports of sanitary facilities (heating, bathroom equipment, ceramics) and measuring, testing and control instruments for scientific purposes (microscopes, lasers, etc.) also increased significantly.
Prosperity and wages are growing
– prosperity and salaries are growing. Only last year wages (in Poland) increased by 11 percent. As a result, Poles have more money for high -quality construction technologies and vehicles – said the German expert. Poland also invests in research and development, which drives the demand for scientific measuring instruments. German also benefits from the Polish economic boom companies.
The organization of economic and development (OECD) states in its latest report that the standard of living in Poland has increased significantly over the past two decades, and since 2005 the gross domestic product has doubled. This year, OECD is expecting an economic increase of 3.4 percent. and 3 percent in 2026. Germany can only dream of such an increase after two years of recession.
The article comes from the website Deutsche Welle