Poland imported US$420.9 billion worth of products purchased from around the world in 2025.

That dollar amount results from a 25.5% increase in Polish spending compared to $335.5 billion in imports five years earlier in 2021.

Year over year, the dollar value of Poland’s imports accelerated by 10.9% gain from $379.5 billion during 2024.

Based on the average exchange rate for 2024, the Polish złoty appreciated by 6.1% against the US dollar from 2024 to 2025. Poland’s stronger local currency makes imports paid for in weaker US dollars relatively less expensive when converted starting from the Polish złoty.

Domestically, Poland’s inflation rate averaged 4.286% for 2025 up from an average 3.723% in 2024.

Poland’s Most Valuable Suppliers for Imported Products

The latest available country-specific data shows that 70.9% of products imported into Poland was furnished by exporters in: Germany (25.5% of the Polish total), mainland China (10%), Netherlands (6.8%), Italy (4.5%), Czech Republic (4.3%), France (4.1%), Belgium (4%), United States of America (2.8%), Spain (2.5%), South Korea (2.2%), Sweden (2.1%) and Slovakia (2%).

From a continental perspective, almost three-quarters (74.1%) of Poland’s total imports by value was purchased from fellow European countries. Trade partners based in Asia supplied 20.6% of the value for import products bought by Poland.

Smaller percentages originated from North America (3.4%), Latin America (1.2%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (0.7%), then Oceania (0.1%) led by New Zealand and Australia.

Poland joined the European Union on May 1, 2004. Fellow EU members furnished over two-thirds (67%) of all imports sold to Poland in 2025.

Given Poland’s population of 36.6 million people, its total US$420.9 billion in 2025 imports translates to roughly $11,500 in yearly product demand from every person in the Central European country. That dollar metric surpasses the average $10,400 per capita one year earlier in 2024.

Poland’s Top 10 Imports

The following product groups represent the highest dollar value in Poland’s import purchases during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each product category represents in terms of overall imports into Poland.

1. Machinery including computers: US$54.2 billion (12.9% of total imports)
2. Electrical machinery, equipment: $50.1 billion (11.9%)
3. Vehicles: $45.5 billion (10.8%)
4. Mineral fuels including oil: $26.6 billion (6.3%)
5. Plastics, plastic articles: $20.3 billion (4.8%)
6. Pharmaceuticals: $15.7 billion (3.7%)
7. Iron, steel: $12.5 billion (3%)
8. Articles of iron or steel: $10.2 billion (2.4%)
9. Clothing, accessories (not knit or crochet): $9.6 billion (2.3%)
10. Knit or crochet clothing, accessories: $9.5 billion (2.2%)

Poland’s top 10 imports generated just over three-fifths (60.4%) of the overall value of Polish product purchases from other countries.

Items made from iron or steel recorded the strongest increase in cost among Poland’s top 10 import categories, up by 28% from 2024 to 2025.

Polish spending on imported knitted or crocheted clothing and accessories grew by 28% year over year.

In second place were Poland’s international purchases of unknitted and non-crocheted clothing or accessories via a 20.4% advance since 2024.

The other double-digit gainers were the import product categories machinery including computers (up 15.8%), unknitted and non-crocheted clothing and accessories (up 15.2%), vehicles (up 13.8%), electrical machinery and equipment (up 10.4%) then pharmaceuticals (up 10.3%).

The lone declining product category was Poland’s imports of mineral fuels including oil (down -7.7% from 2024).

Please note that the results listed above are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level. Information below drills down at the more granular 4-digit level.

At the more detailed 4-digit HTS code level, Poland’s 10 biggest imported products are cars (5% of Poland’s imported total), crude oil (3.2%), automobile parts or accessories (3%), medication mixes in dosage (2.2%), computers including optical readers (2%), processed petroleum oils (1.9%), phone devices including smartphones (1.8%), turbo-jets (1.6%), blood fractions including antisera (1.3%), and electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies (1.1%).

Combined, those 10 leading import products total over one-fifth (23.1%) of the total value for all Polish imports.

Poland’s Major Imports of Machinery Products

In 2025, Polish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of machines including computers.

1. Computers, optical readers: US$8.3 billion (up 42.1% from 2024)
2. Turbo-jets: $6.7 billion (up 41.7%)
3. Piston engine parts: $3.3 billion (up 4.2%)
4. Computer parts, accessories: $2.77 billion (down -3.1%)
5. Transmission shafts, gears, clutches: $2.62 billion (up 15.6%)
6. Taps, valves, similar appliances: $2.30 billion (up 12.8%)
7. Air or vacuum pumps: $2.24 billion (up 13.1%)
8. Centrifuges, filters and purifiers: $1.93 billion (up 8.8%)
9. Liquid pumps and elevators: $1.78 billion (up 10.8%)
10. Miscellaneous machinery: $1.76 billion (up 14.6%)

Among these import subcategories, Polish purchases of computers or optical readers (up 42.1%), turbo-jets (up 41.7%) then transmission shafts, gears and clutches (up 15.6%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported machinery among Polish businesses and consumers.

Poland’s Major Imports of Electrical Products

In 2025, Polish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of electronic equipment including computers.

1. Phone devices including smartphones: US$7.5 billion (up 4.1% from 2024)
2. Integrated circuits/microassemblies: $4.8 billion (up 35.7%)
3. Insulated wire/cable: $3.3 billion (up 12.9%)
4. Electric storage batteries: $2.7 billion (up 0.6%)
5. Electrical converters/power units: $2.6 billion (up 10.2%)
6. Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $2.4 billion (up 8.9%)
7. Electric water heaters, hair dryers: $2.23 billion (up 16%)
8. Parts for flat panel displays: $2.22 billion (up 27.8%)
9. TV receivers/monitors/projectors: $2.17 billion (down -4.7%)
10. Electric motors, generators: $1.8 billion (up 13.8%)

Among these import subcategories, Polish purchases of integrated circuits or microassemblies (up 35.7%), television, radio or radar device parts (up 27.8%) then electric water heaters or hair dryers (up 16%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported electronics among Polish businesses and consumers.

Poland’s Major Imports of Vehicles and Related Products

In 2025, Polish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of vehicles and related products.

1. Cars: US$21.1 billion (up 12.1% from 2024)
2. Automobile parts/accessories: $12.6 billion (up 4.5%)
3. Tractors: $3.1 billion (up 26.4%)
4. Armored vehicles, tanks: $3 billion (up 119.9%)
5. Trucks: $2.5 billion (up 0.8%)
6. Trailers: $1.2 billion (up 2.8%)
7. Motorcycle parts/accessories: $480.4 million (up 10.2%)
8. Motorcycles: $459.1 million (up 32.1%)
9. Public-transport vehicles: $375.6 million (up 40.7%)
10. Special purpose vehicles: $266.8 million (up 29.7%)

Among these import subcategories, Polish purchases of armored vehicles like tanks (up 119.9%), public-transport vehicles (up 40.7%) then motorcycles (up 32.1%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported vehicles among Polish businesses and consumers.

Poland’s Major Imports of Mineral Fuels

In 2025, Polish importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of mineral fuels including oil.

1. Crude oil: US$13.6 billion (down -10.7% from 2024)
2. Processed petroleum oils: $8 billion (down -8.1%)
3. Electrical energy: $1.9 billion (up 48%)
4. Petroleum gases: $1.3 billion (down -18.4%)
5. Coal, solid fuels made from coal: $972.2 million (down -23.4%)
6. Petroleum jelly, mineral waxes: $311.8 million (up 21.8%)
7. Petroleum oil residues: $167 million (up 7.7%)
8. Coal tar oils (high temperature distillation): $114.8 million (down -3.4%)
9. Lignite: $70.6 million (up 27.6%)
10. Peat: $63.8 million (up 32.8%)

Among these import subcategories, Polish purchases of electrical energy (up 48%), peat (up 32.8%) then lignite (up 27.6%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.

These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported mineral fuels-related products among Polish businesses and consumers.
 

See also Poland’s Top Trading Partners, Poland’s Top 10 Exports, Czech Republic’s Top Trading Partners and Germany’s Top Trading Partners

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Country Profiles, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on May 3, 2026

EXCHANGE-RATES.org, Exchange Rates (Polish Zloty (PLN) To US Dollar (USD)). Accessed on May 3, 2026

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on May 3, 2026

Wikipedia, Poland. Accessed on May 3, 2026