Export relations with Poland
Since last Friday new export data on agricultural export are known. What are the relations on this field between Poland and the Netherlands? We dived into the report and found out that…
The top ten destinations for agricultural exports from the Netherlands account for 71.6% of total agricultural exports. Germany (26%), Belgium (11%), UK (9%) and France (8%) are traditionally the top four destinations. China (4%), Italy, Poland, Spain, US (all 3%) and Sweden (2%) follow at some distance. This puts 7 EU countries in the top 10 destinations. In 2020, the order in the top 10 has changed slightly. China is moving from sixth to fifth place at the expense of Italy, and Poland from eighth to seventh place at the expense of Spain. Compared to 2019, only exports to Germany, China, US and Poland show an increase.
Positive export saldo with Poland
In absolute terms, three countries follow at a great distance from Germany and China: Poland (including increase in fruit exports), Denmark (including fruit, floriculture) and Norway (including beverages). Each of these three countries has an export increase of approximately 0.1 billion euro.
In 2020, Poland imported agricultural goods from the Netherlands for 2.6 billion eur, of which 1.8 billion eur is of a Dutch origin and 1 billion comes from re-export. With those numbers Poland turned out to be the third most important climber in absolute export value.
The Netherlands is also an important country of origin of agricultural imports for Poland. For years, the Netherlands has been the second (after Germany) most important country for import of agricultural goods.
The main product exported from the Netherlands were ornamental plants. Even in the pandemic year 2020 Poland managed to increase export of ornamentals with 3,4%. Together with less demand from Italy, Poland became the fourth most important destination for cut flowers and pot plants from the Netherlands with the value of 284 mln eur.
Import from Poland
Poland is also an important importer of some agriproducts for the Netherlands. Poland is the third major supplier of meat. In 2020, Poland exported 8% more meat to the Netherlands (the total value of meat supplied by Poland was 357 million eur).
In 2020 Poland delivered tobacco and tobacco products worth 214 mln eur, which is actually a significant decrease of 25% compared to 2019. Still Poland is the biggest supplier of tobacco products for the Netherlands. Generally, The Netherlands is the third most important destination for agricultural goods for Poland.
Source: CBS/WUR, Floridata.nl