According to preliminary data, the prices of sold production of industry in February 2017 reached the level similar to the one recorded in the previous month. The growth of prices was recorded in mining and quarrying by 1.4%, of which in mining of metal ores (by 1.9%) as well as in mining of coal and lignite (by 1.4%).

In February of 2017, sold production of industry was by 1.2% higher than in February of 2016, whereas a decrease of 5.4% was reported in construction-assembly production.

In the period of two months of 2017 there were more 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 increased.

Average monthly wage and salary in enterprise sector excluding payments from profit in February 2017 was PLN 4304.91

Average monthly gross wage and salary in enterprise sector in February 2017 was PLN 4304.95

Price index of consumer goods and services in January 2017 increased by 0.4%, as related to December 2016.

Index of consumer goods and services in January 2017 increased by 0.3 %, as related to December 2016.

Presented data have been computed after introducing the annually updated weight system which is based on the structure of households’ expenditure (excluding own consumption) from the year preceding the surveyed year.

In January 2017, exports at current prices amounted to PLN 65929.9 mln, while imports amounted to PLN 63888.8 mln. The positive balance reached the level of PLN 2041.1 mln, while in the first month of 2016 PLN 2534.3 mln. In comparison to the corresponding period of the 2016, exports increased by 9.4% and imports by 10.7%.