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Steel Exports Report: Poland
Background
Poland, as of 2017, is the world’s twentieth-largest steel exporter. In 2018, Poland exported 5.7 million metric tons of steel, a decrease from 6 million metric tons in 2017. Poland’s exports represented about 1 percent of all steel exported globally in 2017. The volume of Poland’s 2018 steel exports was less than 1/10th the size of the world’s largest exporter, China, and less than 1/5th that of the second-largest exporter, Japan. In value terms, steel represented just 0.3 percent of the total amount of goods Poland exported in 2018.
Poland exports steel to more than 180 countries and territories. The 10 countries labeled in the map below represent the top markets for Polish exports of steel, with each getting over 100 thousand metric tons from Poland, and together accounting for 80 percent of its steel exports in 2018.
Poland has maintained a persistent trade deficit in steel mill products since at least 2005. Since 2009, the volume of exports has grown 43 percent, while the volume of imports has grown 122 percent, as demand for steel has increased while production has remained somewhat constant. In 2018, Poland’s steel trade deficit amounted to –6.3 million metric tons, up 32 percent from –4.8 million metric tons in 2017.
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