{"id":5848,"date":"2026-06-25T17:41:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/?p=5848"},"modified":"2026-06-28T17:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T17:17:16","slug":"cross-border-trade-delivers-pln-3-1bn-positive-balance-for-poland-72995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/cross-border-trade-delivers-pln-3-1bn-positive-balance-for-poland-72995\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-Border Trade Delivers PLN 3.1bn Positive Balance for Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign visitors spent PLN 10.9bn in Poland in the first quarter of 2026, generating a PLN 3.1bn surplus over Polish spending abroad. The data underline the importance of cross-border trade for local retail economies, with Germany remaining the largest source of spending while airports and eastern-border traffic recorded some of the strongest growth rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ceo-bdr-article\">\n<style>\n.ceo-bdr-article{--navy:#131F49;--navy2:#1a3a6c;--amber:#e67a2d;--ink:#1f2433;--muted:#5b6477;--line:#e4e7ee;--bg:#f6f7fa;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;color:var(--ink);max-width:860px;margin:0 auto;line-height:1.7;font-size:18px;padding:0 4px}\n.ceo-bdr-article *{box-sizing:border-box}\n.ceo-bdr-kicker{display:inline-block;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#fff;background:var(--navy);padding:7px 13px;border-radius:3px;margin-bottom:18px}\n.ceo-bdr-article h1{font-size:34px;line-height:1.2;color:var(--navy);margin:6px 0 18px;font-weight:700}\n.ceo-bdr-article 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li:last-child{padding-bottom:0}\n.ceo-bdr-takeaways li:before{content:\"\";position:absolute;left:0;top:9px;width:9px;height:9px;background:var(--amber);border-radius:2px;transform:rotate(45deg)}\n.ceo-bdr-source{font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:var(--muted);border-top:1px solid var(--line);padding-top:16px;margin-top:34px;font-style:italic}\n@media(max-width:680px){.ceo-bdr-article{font-size:17px}.ceo-bdr-article h1{font-size:27px}.ceo-bdr-kpis{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr)}.ceo-bdr-kpi .v{font-size:25px}.ceo-bdr-canvas-box{height:300px}.ceo-bdr-table{font-size:13.5px}.ceo-bdr-table th,.ceo-bdr-table td{padding:8px 9px}}\n<\/style>\n\n<span class=\"ceo-bdr-kicker\">Cross-border trade \u00b7 Statistics Poland Q1 2026<\/span>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/cross-border-trade-delivers-pln-3-1bn-positive-balance-for-poland-72995\/#Foreign_visitors_spent_PLN_109bn_in_Poland_The_country_benefits_from_cross-border_trade\" >Foreign visitors spent PLN 10.9bn in Poland. The country benefits from cross-border trade<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/cross-border-trade-delivers-pln-3-1bn-positive-balance-for-poland-72995\/#Visitors_buy_goods_Poles_pay_for_services\" >Visitors buy goods, Poles pay for services<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/cross-border-trade-delivers-pln-3-1bn-positive-balance-for-poland-72995\/#Germany_dominates_but_the_eastern_border_and_airports_are_growing_fastest\" >Germany dominates, but the eastern border and airports are growing fastest<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/cross-border-trade-delivers-pln-3-1bn-positive-balance-for-poland-72995\/#What_this_means_for_the_market\" >What this means for the market<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Foreign_visitors_spent_PLN_109bn_in_Poland_The_country_benefits_from_cross-border_trade\"><\/span>Foreign visitors spent PLN 10.9bn in Poland. The country benefits from cross-border trade<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n<p class=\"ceo-bdr-lead\">In the first quarter of 2026, foreign visitors spent PLN 10.9bn in Poland \u2014 7.8% more than a year earlier and PLN 3.1bn more than Poles spent abroad. These are, however, two distinct markets: visitors mainly purchase goods in Poland, while Poles spend abroad primarily on services. Border traffic increased by 2.1%, although Germans still account for the largest share.<\/p>\n\n<p>The latest data from Statistics Poland and the Border Guard show a quarter of solid, although uneven, growth. Poland\u2019s borders were crossed 63.5 million times \u2014 1.3 million more than in the corresponding period of 2025. Foreign visitors accounted for 56.0% of crossings, while Polish residents accounted for 44.0%. Non-resident traffic increased by 1.4%, while crossings by Poles rose by 3.0%. It is worth noting, however, that compared with the peak in the fourth quarter of 2025, the number of crossings fell by 5.9%, reflecting a typical seasonal winter slowdown.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ceo-bdr-kpis\">\n  <div class=\"ceo-bdr-kpi\"><div class=\"v\">63.5m<\/div><div class=\"l\">border crossings (+2.1% year on year)<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"ceo-bdr-kpi\"><div class=\"v\">PLN 10.9bn<\/div><div class=\"l\">foreign visitors\u2019 spending in Poland (+7.8%)<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"ceo-bdr-kpi\"><div class=\"v\">PLN 7.8bn<\/div><div class=\"l\">Poles\u2019 spending abroad (+10.4%)<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"ceo-bdr-kpi\"><div class=\"v\">+PLN 3.1bn<\/div><div class=\"l\">positive trade balance for Poland<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitors_buy_goods_Poles_pay_for_services\"><\/span>Visitors buy goods, Poles pay for services<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>The structure of expenditure is the most interesting aspect for businesses. Foreign visitors spend as much as 70.0% of their money in Poland on goods \u2014 primarily non-food products at 47.7%, but also food at 13.3% and tobacco products at 7.1%. This is the typical profile of cross-border shopping: lower-priced purchases on the Polish side of the border. Poles behave in the opposite way abroad: 64.0% of their spending goes on services, while only 36.0% goes on goods. In other words, inbound travel to Poland supports primarily retail trade, while Polish trips abroad mainly support the tourism and services sectors in destination countries.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ceo-bdr-chartwrap\">\n  <div class=\"ct\">Structure of spending by product group<\/div>\n  <div class=\"cs\">Share of total expenditure, Q1 2026, %<\/div>\n  <div class=\"ceo-bdr-canvas-box\" style=\"height:240px\"><canvas id=\"ceoBdrAsort\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Spending per individual border crossing only partly confirms this asymmetry: the average foreign visitor spent around PLN 307 per crossing in Poland, while the average Pole spent around PLN 278 abroad. The difference in the total value of spending therefore mainly results from the higher volume of non-resident traffic.<\/p>\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Germany_dominates_but_the_eastern_border_and_airports_are_growing_fastest\"><\/span>Germany dominates, but the eastern border and airports are growing fastest<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>The geography of spending remains highly concentrated. Among foreign visitors crossing Poland\u2019s land borders, more than half of spending, 50.4%, came from people arriving from Germany, followed by Ukraine at 20.1% and the Czech Republic at 14.3%. Among Poles, the dominance of the western neighbour is even clearer: 64.0% of spending abroad at land borders was generated by people crossing into Germany, ahead of the Czech Republic at 23.0% and Slovakia at 10.7%.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ceo-bdr-chartwrap\">\n  <div class=\"ct\">Spending by border section<\/div>\n  <div class=\"cs\">Foreign visitors in Poland vs Poles abroad, Q1 2026, PLN million<\/div>\n  <div class=\"ceo-bdr-canvas-box\" style=\"height:360px\"><canvas id=\"ceoBdrSeg\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The contrast in two segments is particularly striking. At the eastern border, visitors from Ukraine spent PLN 1.6bn in Poland, while Poles spent only marginal amounts beyond the eastern border. At airports, by contrast, Poles spent more, PLN 3.9bn, than foreign visitors, PLN 2.9bn. This channel is also growing the fastest across the entire dataset, by more than 17% year on year on both sides. Another distinct development is the surge at the Belarusian border: foreign visitor traffic rose by 22.7%, while their spending increased by as much as 47.5%.<\/p>\n\n<table class=\"ceo-bdr-table\">\n  <thead><tr><th>Border section<\/th><th class=\"num\">Foreign visitors (PLN m)<\/th><th class=\"num\">y\/y<\/th><th class=\"num\">Poles (PLN m)<\/th><th class=\"num\">y\/y<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n  <tbody>\n    <tr><td>Germany<\/td><td class=\"num\">3,965.0<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+4.7%<\/span><\/td><td class=\"num\">2,403.2<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+2.4%<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td>Airports<\/td><td class=\"num\">2,934.1<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+17.7%<\/span><\/td><td class=\"num\">3,929.7<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+17.5%<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td>Ukraine<\/td><td class=\"num\">1,577.6<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+0.8%<\/span><\/td><td class=\"num\">12.6<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+0.7%<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td>Czech Republic<\/td><td class=\"num\">1,120.5<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+3.4%<\/span><\/td><td class=\"num\">866.1<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+5.9%<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td>Slovakia<\/td><td class=\"num\">670.8<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+8.6%<\/span><\/td><td class=\"num\">403.0<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+11.7%<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td>Lithuania<\/td><td class=\"num\">297.2<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge dn\">\u22124.2%<\/span><\/td><td class=\"num\">67.9<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+3.8%<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td>Belarus<\/td><td class=\"num\">209.6<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+47.5%<\/span><\/td><td class=\"num\">7.0<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+48.7%<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td>Sea border<\/td><td class=\"num\">92.2<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge up\">+9.0%<\/span><\/td><td class=\"num\">70.1<\/td><td class=\"num\"><span class=\"ceo-bdr-badge dn\">\u22122.7%<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"tot\"><td>Total<\/td><td class=\"num\">10,885.8<\/td><td class=\"num\">+7.8%<\/td><td class=\"num\">7,761.4<\/td><td class=\"num\">+10.4%<\/td><\/tr>\n  <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<p>Within land-border passenger traffic itself, the structure is similar: crossings at the German section dominate at 52.0%, ahead of the Czech Republic at 23.6% and Slovakia at 12.4%. The Ukrainian border accounts for 7.2% of land traffic, while Lithuania, Belarus and Russia account for single-digit or marginal shares.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ceo-bdr-chartwrap\">\n  <div class=\"ct\">Structure of traffic at land borders<\/div>\n  <div class=\"cs\">Share of border sections in land-border crossings, Q1 2026, %<\/div>\n  <div class=\"ceo-bdr-canvas-box\" style=\"height:300px\"><canvas id=\"ceoBdrCross\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ceo-bdr-callout\">\n  <p>Cross-border trade remains a local phenomenon: <strong>72.8%<\/strong> of foreign visitors and <strong>72.9%<\/strong> of Poles crossing land borders are residents of localities located within 50 km of the border.<\/p>\n  <p>Shopping is also concentrated close to the border \u2014 at the EU\u2019s internal borders, <strong>86.4%<\/strong> of foreign visitors made purchases within the 50 km border zone. Small border traffic with Ukraine continues to decline: 172,200 crossings (\u221222.0% year on year) and PLN 71.7m in spending (\u221219.8%).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ceo-bdr-takeaways\">\n  <h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_this_means_for_the_market\"><\/span>What this means for the market<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n  <ul>\n    <li>Poland has a positive cross-border trade balance of PLN 3.1bn: foreign visitors spend more in Poland than Poles leave abroad.<\/li>\n    <li>These are two different markets \u2014 inbound traffic supports Polish retail trade, with 70% of spending going on goods, while Polish trips abroad mainly finance services, accounting for 64% of expenditure.<\/li>\n    <li>Germany remains the backbone of cross-border exchange on both sides, but the airport channel is growing fastest at around 17% year on year, alongside the Belarusian border in relative terms.<\/li>\n    <li>The impact of the border is geographically narrow: almost three-quarters of traffic and the majority of purchases are concentrated within 50 km of the border, making cross-border trade primarily an issue for local economies.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"ceo-bdr-source\">Source: Statistics Poland data, based on a survey conducted by the Statistical Office in Rzesz\u00f3w in cooperation with the National Bank of Poland and the Ministry of Sport and Tourism, as well as the Border Guard Headquarters; publication \u201cBorder Traffic and Expenditure of Foreigners in Poland and Poles Abroad in the First Quarter of 2026\u201d (25 June 2026), preliminary data. 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The data underline the importance of cross-border trade for local retail economies, with Germany remaining the largest source of spending while airports and eastern-border traffic recorded some of the strongest growth rates. Cross-border [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Foreign visitors spent PLN 10.9 billion in Poland in the first quarter of 2026 \u2014 PLN 3.1 billion more than Poles spent abroad.\n\nThe data show two very different cross-border markets. Visitors to Poland spent 70% of their money on goods, supporting retail trade, while Poles travelling abroad directed 64% of spending towards services.\n\nGermany remains Poland\u2019s largest cross-border partner, accounting for more than half of foreign visitors\u2019 land-border spending. Airports were the fastest-growing channel, with expenditure rising by almost 18% year on year for both foreign visitors and Poles travelling abroad.\n\nCross-border trade also remains highly local: nearly three-quarters of land-border travellers live within 50 km of the border.\n\nRead more: [link]\n\n#Poland #CrossBorderTrade #Economy #Retail #Tourism #Germany #StatisticsPoland #Travel\n","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[55,2789,2783,62,148,64,34,322,66,51],"class_list":["post-5848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-belarus","tag-beyond","tag-contrast","tag-czech-republic","tag-lithuania","tag-poland","tag-russia","tag-rzeszow","tag-slovakia","tag-ukraine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceo.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}