Poland secures largest-ever food export contracts in 2024
Poland has achieved a record EUR 53.5 billion in food exports in 2024, marking nearly a tenfold increase over the past 20 years, the National Support Centre for Agriculture (KOWR) reported.
The growth followed Poland’s accession to the European Union in 2004, which opened access to the EU market.
KOWR said the rise in exports was driven by improvements in product quality, diversification of markets and adaptation to foreign consumer preferences. Sales to key African markets, including Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Congo, Guinea and Mauritius, also contributed to the increase.
Four major partners, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy, accounted for roughly 45 percent of total agri-food export revenue. In the first seven months of 2025, exports reached EUR 24.7 billion, up 9.3 percent year on year, with 75 percent going to the EU.
Leading export categories included tobacco and tobacco products (EUR 2.8 billion), poultry meat and offal (EUR 2.3 billion, up 27 percent), dairy products (EUR 1.8 billion, up 19 percent), pork meat and offal (EUR 620 million) and chocolate products (EUR 557 million, up 16 percent). Germany remained the top destination, generating EUR 8.3 billion, up 8 percent.
KOWR said that Poland is now among the EU’s leading food exporters, supported by promotion of the “Poland tastes good” campaign. In 2024, the centre organised 131 promotional activities abroad, including 23 national stands for over 500 companies. Plans for 2025 and 2026 envisage 24-28 stands and 140-160 activities involving more than 600-700 exporters across 24 countries.
In September 2025, KOWR and the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) signed a project agreement to boost agri-food exports to markets including Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Nigeria, Singapore, the USA, the UK and Northern Ireland between 2025 and 2028. Experts will assist Polish exporters in these markets. (PAP)
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