According to “Verslo žinios” data, in 2023 Lithuanian expenses in Poland in January-September amounted to 271.3 million. EUR and it was 17 percent. higher than in 2022 in three quarters, when we spent 231.9 million in the neighboring country. EUR, data from the Polish Statistical Office show. Adding the values of the amounts traveling online from Poland will make the total costs in this country even higher.
Lithuanians spend more and more in Poland
The biggest increase in shopping in Poland was in 2018 and 2019, when we spent 359.4 million, respectively. EUR and 367.1 million Eur. The intensification of trade had subsided during the pandemic and increased again in 2022, when Lithuanian spending in Poland reached 315 million. Eur.
Lithuanians spent the most in Poland on industrial goods (49.2%) and services (28.7%). Expenditures for food products and non-alcoholic beverages accounted for 16.2 percent. of all Lithuanian expenditures, while alcohol and tobacco products accounted for 10 percent. all expenses.
What attracts Lithuanians to Polish shops?
Lithuanians living in border towns, no further than 50 km from the border, usually come to Poland. It turns out that such great interest in Polish products is favorable for the activities of intermediaries.
There is no shortage of companies transporting goods from Poland to Lithuania.
Lithuanians spent an average of 119 euros per person during one shopping trip. Why do they shop in Poland? Many of them choose to buy food products because food products are subject to zero VAT.
It is true that the price of food products has increased in Poland since April of this year, after the preferential 5% tariff came into effect again. for the value added tax (VAT) rate.
In November last year, the Czech daily “Mladá Fronta Dnes” wrote that 21 percent Czechs also go shopping in Poland. Lower prices of basic products such as bread, meat and dairy products were cited as the main reason.
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