Handel zagraniczny Polski w warunkach kryzysu w strefie euro

The purpose of this paper is analysis of the changes in Poland's foreign trade between 2006 and 2010. The euro-area countries are the most important Polish trade partners. The main effect of the financial crisis in this area (which has appeared in 2008) was decreasing of the GDP growth rate in all member countries of the UE. Polish foreign trade turnovers also decreased in 2009: exports about 20%, imports about 30% (comparing to previous year). The analysis indicates that mentioned crises didn't change the structure of our exports and imports but generally the value of our turnovers significantly decreased. In researched years the geographical directions of Polish foreign trade has changed a bit, because the share of China has increased. But basing on the data in this paper, it is not possible to ascertain that it is the effect of the crises in euro-area