According to the data of the APPLiA employers’ association, quoted by the Polish Economic Institute, last year factories located in Poland produced a record number of 27.2 million pieces of large household appliances, which constituted as much as 39% of the production of this type of equipment in the EU.<\/p>\n
This group includes washing machines and dryers (representing 60% of EU production), dishwashers (58%), kitchens, ovens (50%) and refrigerators (28%).<\/p>\n
In 2021, Polish companies provided foreign customers with 26 million pieces of large household appliances for a total amount of EUR 5.3 billion, which was 1.85% of all Polish exports. This means that 96% of the total equipment produced in 2021 was exported. Compared to 2020, the volume of exports increased by 15%, and the value – by 17%. Compared to 2019, i.e. the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic, the increases amounted to 30%, respectively. and 20%.<\/p>\n
In the last decade, the value of Polish exports of this type of equipment has almost doubled, and since Poland joined the EU \u2013 it enhanced by more than seven times.<\/p>\n
The largest recipient of large household appliances from Poland was Germany, which purchased equipment worth EUR 1.4 billion i.e. 26.3% of Polish exports of this equipment. Other recipients included France (10.1%), Great Britain (9.3%) and Italy (8.4%). Together, these four countries accounted for more than half of Polish exports of large household appliances.<\/p>\n
Washing machines, refrigerators and freezers dominated the commodity structure of Polish exports. The value of their sales abroad in 2021 amounted to EUR 2.5 billion, which accounted for 46.5% of Polish exports of large household appliances. The following most popular items were dishwashers, dryers and centrifuges, as well as cookers and ovens.<\/p>\n
Adrian Andrzejewski<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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