Importer opportunity guide

Poland import opportunities
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Explore Poland's import market by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and sourcing gaps. Use reported market size and calculated indicators to decide where deeper supplier research may be useful.

POL50 opportunities screened2024 trade year$370.8B imports
Latest imports$370.8B2024 reported value
Import CAGR+3.7%Three-year reported change
GDP$917.8BLatest reported value
GDP per capita$25.1KLatest reported value
Trade openness97.7%Reported share of GDP

Poland import opportunities

What makes this an attractive import market?

Compare market size and growth with supplier concentration. A large market may still need product, quality, tariff, logistics, and buyer validation.

Largest market shown

Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude

$16.2B of latest reported imports and $9.9B of calculated three-year opportunity.

Current import base

$370.8B in imports

Poland recorded $370.8B in imports in 2024, with a three-year change of +3.7%.

How to use the guide

Compare demand with supply

Start with the highest-value products, then review supplier concentration and market conditions before choosing a sourcing route.

Import market overview

Find products where demand and sourcing options meet

This page separates reported import observations from calculated indicators so market size is not mistaken for a guaranteed sourcing opportunity.

Poland imports products from suppliers across major trade regions. The current profile reports $370.8B of imports in 2024, while the opportunity view highlights product and supplier combinations where market demand and supply context may justify further research.

Use the opportunity table to compare product market size, demand growth, supplier counts, concentration, and projected imports. High concentration can indicate reliance on a small supplier base; it can also reflect specialized products that require careful validation.

Top import opportunities

Products and supplier context to review

The top 50 screened products are ranked by calculated three-year opportunity. Reported market values and calculated indicators are labeled separately.

RankProductMarket sizeDemand growthSuppliersConcentrationTop supplierProjected imports
1HS 270900Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude$16.2BLatest imports+8.1%133667SAUDeclining$20.5B
2HS 851712Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks$5.9BLatest imports+16.9%952964CHNDeclining$9.4B
3HS 930690Ammunition: n.e.s. in chapter 93$2.0BLatest imports+25.0%305552BGRGrowing$4.0B
4HS 030214Fish: fresh or chilled, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99$1.8BLatest imports+44.6%234939NORDeclining$3.5B
5HS 284190Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids: n.e.c. in heading no. 2841$1.6BLatest imports+28.5%245919KORStable$3.1B
6HS 870340Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power$5.5BLatest imports+45.8%361123JPNGrowing$10.8B
7HS 271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas$1.6BLatest imports+48.5%105207QATGrowing$3.2B
8HS 880240Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg$1.7BLatest imports+10.7%147227USADeclining$2.4B
9HS 271019Product description unavailable$5.6BLatest imports+10.2%861487USADeclining$7.5B
10HS 847130Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display$2.2BLatest imports+10.8%983975CHNDeclining$3.0B
11HS 871000Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles: motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles$1.3BLatest imports+19.9%216353KORDeclining$2.3B
12HS 850760Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square)$1.4BLatest imports+27.4%734364CHNDeclining$2.7B
13HS 300490Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale$5.9BLatest imports+10.2%81820DEUDeclining$7.9B
14HS 840999Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition)$1.7BLatest imports+16.3%1003853DEUSlowing$2.6B
15HS 870323Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc$3.0BLatest imports+8.7%561720DEUSlowing$3.9B
16HS 010391Swine: live, other than pure-bred breeding animals, weighing less than 50kg$739.1MLatest imports+93.7%119615DNKDeclining$1.4B
17HS 300215Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale$3.2BLatest imports+22.0%391574HUNDeclining$5.8B
18HS 870350Vehicles: with both compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power$1.6BLatest imports+59.3%262863DEUDeclining$3.1B
19HS 870332Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 2500cc$2.4BLatest imports+14.9%541862DEUDeclining$3.6B
20HS 271600Electrical energy$1.3BLatest imports+17.3%84307DEUDeclining$2.1B
21HS 847330Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units$2.3BLatest imports+9.3%1072148CHNDeclining$3.0B
22HS 840820Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87$1.1BLatest imports+10.8%316133DEUDeclining$1.5B
23HS 271020Product description unavailable$887.8MLatest imports+12.7%198780DEUDeclining$1.3B
24HS 870829Vehicles: parts and accessories, of bodies, other than safety seat belts$2.1BLatest imports+12.7%941954DEUDeclining$2.9B
25HS 230910Dog or cat food: put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding$1.5BLatest imports+18.8%592401DEUDeclining$2.5B
26HS 271012Product description unavailable$1.4BLatest imports+11.7%413684DEUDeclining$2.0B
27HS 870850Vehicle parts: drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and non-driving axles: parts thereof$1.1BLatest imports+14.3%704756DEUDeclining$1.6B
28HS 841112Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN$931.1MLatest imports+22.3%94323USADeclining$1.7B
29HS 852990Reception and transmission apparatus: for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors$1.5BLatest imports+9.2%783542CHNDeclining$1.9B
30HS 840991Engines: parts, suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines (for other than aircraft)$1.3BLatest imports+13.0%903285DEUDeclining$1.8B
31HS 930110Military weapons: artillery weapons (e.g. guns, howitzers, and mortars)$565.1MLatest imports+33.9%88316KORDeclining$1.1B
32HS 841191Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers$1.3BLatest imports+21.5%482265USAGrowing$2.3B
33HS 854140Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes$859.2MLatest imports+17.8%685095CHNDeclining$1.4B
34HS 382600Biodiesel and mixtures thereof: not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals$521.9MLatest imports+53.4%178960DEUAccelerating$1.0B
35HS 392690Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39$2.1BLatest imports+12.1%1481480DEUDeclining$2.9B
36HS 870120Tractors: road, for semi-trailers$1.6BLatest imports+10.8%372451NLDDeclining$2.2B
37HS 850440Electrical static converters$1.4BLatest imports+12.8%1072410CHNDeclining$2.1B
38HS 284390Inorganic or organic compounds: of precious metals (excluding gold and silver), whether or not chemically defined, amalgams of precious metals$500.8MLatest imports+41.6%179190DEUDeclining$978.2M
39HS 950300Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds$1.6BLatest imports+11.4%1192164CHNDeclining$2.3B
40HS 852852Monitors: other than cathode-ray tube: capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 84.71$838.8MLatest imports+18.7%784078CHNDeclining$1.4B
41HS 721049Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically)$1.3BLatest imports+14.2%482423DEUDeclining$1.9B
42HS 870899Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708$2.4BLatest imports+8.4%1031166DEUDeclining$3.0B
43HS 870840Vehicles: parts, gear boxes$1.1BLatest imports+11.2%863389DEUDeclining$1.5B
44HS 870322Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc$2.7BLatest imports+7.3%471229CZEDeclining$3.4B
45HS 870830Vehicle parts: brakes, servo-brakes and parts thereof$1.5BLatest imports+15.5%931870DEUDeclining$2.3B
46HS 870333Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 2500cc$795.6MLatest imports+17.0%374414DEUDeclining$1.3B
47HS 760612Aluminium: plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square)$1.4BLatest imports+14.1%541870DEUDeclining$2.2B
48HS 230400Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil$1.4BLatest imports+8.3%303401ARGDeclining$1.8B
49HS 260300Copper ores and concentrates$560.8MLatest imports+12.0%129074BRASlowing$788.9M
50HS 851762Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus$2.2BLatest imports+14.0%1111063CHNGrowing$3.3B

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Product sectors

Which sectors carry the most demand?

HS2 sectors group the screened products into broader families for an easier first comparison.

SectorProductsMarket sizeOpportunityAverage growth
VehiclesHS2 8713$27.1B$15.3B+18.9%
Mineral fuelsHS2 273$19.1B$13.2B+24.6%
Electrical equipmentHS2 857$14.1B$11.0B+16.7%
MachineryHS2 847$10.8B$9.0B+14.9%
HS2 sector 00HS2 003$7.9B$4.2B+11.6%
Arms and ammunitionHS2 932$2.6B$3.9B+29.5%
Inorganic chemicalsHS2 282$2.1B$3.2B+35.1%
Pharmaceutical productsHS2 302$9.1B$3.1B+16.1%
Fish and crustaceansHS2 031$1.8B$2.4B+44.6%
AircraftHS2 881$1.7B$2.0B+10.7%
Food industry residuesHS2 232$2.9B$1.9B+13.5%
Live animalsHS2 011$739.1M$1.4B+93.7%

Supply gaps

Where supplier concentration deserves attention

The concentration index helps identify products where reported imports rely more heavily on a smaller supplier base. It is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

ProductMarket sizeSuppliersConcentrationTop supplierShare gap
HS 010391Swine: live, other than pure-bred breeding animals, weighing less than 50kg$739.1M119615DNK98.0%
HS 284390Inorganic or organic compounds: of precious metals (excluding gold and silver), whether or not chemically defined, amalgams of precious metals$500.8M179190DEU95.8%
HS 260300Copper ores and concentrates$560.8M129074BRA95.2%
HS 382600Biodiesel and mixtures thereof: not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals$521.9M178960DEU94.6%
HS 271020Product description unavailable$887.8M198780DEU93.6%
HS 930110Military weapons: artillery weapons (e.g. guns, howitzers, and mortars)$565.1M88316KOR91.0%
HS 880240Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg$1.7B147227USA84.6%
HS 871000Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles: motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles$1.3B216353KOR77.6%

Supplier landscape

Which supplier markets appear most often?

These supplier names come from the leading peer signal in the screened opportunity rows and should be validated at product level.

DEU

Germany

22 screened products

$24.4BCalculated opportunity across these rows

CHN

China

10 screened products

$15.0BCalculated opportunity across these rows

SAU

Saudi Arabia

1 screened products

$9.9BCalculated opportunity across these rows

USA

USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands

4 screened products

$6.0BCalculated opportunity across these rows

KOR

Republic of Korea

3 screened products

$5.1BCalculated opportunity across these rows

BGR

Bulgaria

1 screened products

$2.9BCalculated opportunity across these rows

NOR

Norway

1 screened products

$2.4BCalculated opportunity across these rows

JPN

Japan

1 screened products

$2.1BCalculated opportunity across these rows

Frequently asked questions

Using the Poland import opportunity index

Definitions and practical guidance for interpreting market size, growth, suppliers, and concentration.

What are the import opportunities?

They are product and supplier combinations in Poland's screened import market with substantial reported demand and calculated opportunity indicators. They are research priorities, not guaranteed savings or supply contracts.

What does supplier concentration mean?

The concentration index indicates how much reported imports rely on a smaller supplier base. A high value can suggest supply dependence, but it can also reflect specialized products or limited reporting.

How should sourcing teams use this page?

Start with products that fit your specification and volume needs, then validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity for Poland.

Data source

OECD trade statistics with CEPII context

OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.