Foreign trade turnover1 in the January – April this year according to exports at current prices amounted to PLN 320.8 bn, while imports amounted to PLN 317.5 bn. The positive balance reached the level of PLN 3.3 bn, while in the same period of 2019 year amounted to PLN 1.5 bn. In comparison to the corresponding period of the 2019, both exports and imports decreased by 5.3% and 5.8% respectively.

The price index of consumer goods and services in May 2020 as related to April 2020 amounted to 99.8 (price decrease of 0.2%).

Consumer prices in May 2020 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year increased by 2,9% (with an increase of prices of services – by 7,1% and goods – by 1,4%). As related to the previous month consumer prices decreased by 0,2% (with a decrease of prices of goods and services by 0,2% each).

In the first quarter of 2020 the producer prices for business services increased by 0.9% compared to the previous quarter and by 2.0% compared to the first quarter of 2019.

14,140 persons injured in accidents at work were reported in the first quarter of 2020, by 10.5% fewer than in the first quarter of 2019. The number of injured persons per 1,000 employed persons also decreased (the so-called incidence rate) from 1.17 to 1.04 respectively.

24,040 persons injured in accidents at work were reported in the first half of 2020, by 29.9% fewer than in the same period of 2019. The number of injured persons per 1,000 employed persons (the incidence rate) also decreased from 2.54 to 1.77 respectively.

At the end of the first quarter of 2020, the number of job vacancies in Poland, in entities of the national economy or in their local units employing at least 1 person, was 76.5 thousand and was 48.9 thousand or 39.0% lower than at the end of the fourth quarter of 2019. As compared to the end of the first quarter of 2019, the number of vacancies was lower by 65.9 thousand or 46.3%. At the end of the first quarter of 2020, there were still 16.2 thousand unfilled newly created jobs.

At the end of 2019, there were operating 271 health resort facilities. 858.0 thousand patients were admitted to health resort facilities during a year, of which 782.1 thousand were inpatients. 73.9 thousand inpatients were treated in 34 inpatient rehabilitation facilities.