In April 2020 retail sales at constant prices were by 22.9% lower than the year before (against a growth of 11.9% in April 2019). Compared with March 2020 retail sales decreased by 12.3%. In the period of January-April2 2020 retail sales y/y were by 5.8% lower (against a growth of 6.5% in 2019).

According to preliminary data construction and assembly production (in constant prices) carried out domestically by construction enterprises employing more than 9 persons was in April 2020 by 0.9% lower than a year before (against an increase by 17.4% the year before) and by 2.3% higher compared with March 2020 (against an increase by 7.1% the year before).

In the first four months of 2020, there were less dwellings completed than the year before. The number of dwellings for which permits have been granted or which have been registered with a construction project and the number of dwellings in which construction has begun also decreased.

In May business tendency is assessed less negative than in the previous month in most presented kinds of activities, although further deterioration of current assessments (“diagnosis”) and improvement of expectations (“forecast”) are observed. The latter, however, remain at historically negative levels.

Price of one square meter of usable floor space of a residential building in the first quarter of 2020 was 4567 PLN.

According to preliminary data in April 2020 the prices of construction and assembly production were higher by 2.8% in comparison with the corresponding month of the previous year and by 0.2% in comparison with March 2020.

In April 2020, sold production of industry was by 24.6% lower than in April 2019, when the growth was recorded by 9.2%, whereas in comparison with March 2020, it decreased by 25.5%. In the period January-April of 2020, sold production of industry was by 5.6% lower than in the corresponding period of 2019, which saw a 6.8% increase.

According to preliminary data in April 2020 the prices of sold production of industry decreased compared to the same month of the previous year by 1.3% and compared to March 2020 by 0.6%.

Price index of construction and assembly production in the first quarter of 2020 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2019 increased by 0.7%.

As of the end of 2019, 523 indoor cinemas were operating (5.2% more in comparison to 2018). During the year, 61.7 million spectators watched films in indoor cinemas on 2.2 million screenings. In 2019 in Poland, 283 films were produced for presentation in cinemas and in television.