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HOW TO DO BUSINESS
IN POLAND
Presentation from
Polish Chamber of
Commerce
Polish Chamber of Commerce
Trębacka Str. 4, 00-074 Warsaw, ph. +48 22 630 96 00, fax +48 22 827 46 73
www.kig.pl
Poland in Europe
POLAND
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Population:
38.2 million
Area:
312 685 sq. km.
GDP growth rate: 4,9% (2008)
Export: 118 billion EURO (2008)
Import: 134 billion EURO (2008)
Inflation: 4,2% (2008)
GDP growth in 1990-2008 (in %)
10
7
3,8
5
6,8
4,1
4
3,7
1,5 1,4
6,2 6,7
5,4
3,2
4,9
in %
0
-5
-7,6
-10
-11,6
-15
1990 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Growth of export in %*
previous year = 100
50
40
37,7
30,6
32,8
30
21,1 23
21,9
15,5
20
10 4,1
7,2
6,7 5,4
9,6
13,6
15
18,7
0
-2,9
-10
19
91
19
92
19
93
19
94
19
95
19
96
19
97
19
98
19
99
20
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20
01
20
02
20
03
20
04
20
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20
06
20
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20
08
-20
-11,5
* By SAD
Inflation
80%
72,40%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
32,30%
28%
19,80%
15,10%
7,50% 8,70%
3,60%
2,30%
3,40% 2,10% 1,00% 2,50%
4,20%
0%
1990 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Consumers prices
Why to do business in Poland
-1• UE membership
• Strong democracy
• Tax regulations and procedures
• Currency regulations
• Banking system
• Legal environment
• Double taxation agreements
• Adopted all needed standards (WTO, OECD, UE)
Why to do business in Poland
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Dynamic economic development
 The Polish economy is developing much faster than the Euro zone
and more than the average of all 27 EU members (1.5%).
 One of the highest GDP per capita growth rate in the region
 GDP growth driven by export growth, industrial production and
investments in the last years increasingly also by gaining domestic
demand
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Large and Growing Domestic Market
 38 million consumers driving above 10% annual retail market
growth
 Human capital
Why to do business in Poland
-3•
Central location in Europe
 air, road, railway and sea connections with all major
European capitals and cities
 direct and easy access to 500 million people in Western
Europe and 250 million in Eastern Europe
 Poland - a key distribution centre in Europe
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Industrial Services Hub
 Poland- as a location for Research and Development Centres
(R&D) as well as Business Process Offshoring investments
(BPO) - is growing fast.
Why to do business in Poland
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Investment friendly climate
 Over 90 billion euro available for development, infrastructure
and human capital
 14 Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and Technology Parks
- income tax exemption – a form of regional aid
- land at competitive prices
- free assistance in dealing with formalities relating to the investment
project
- exemption from real estate tax
- grants for employee training programmes
- grants for creation of new jobs
Polish Chamber of Commerce
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Regional and local chambers
Industry oriented associations
Bi- and multilateral chambers
Other organizations
51
58
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CURRENTLY: 147 MEMBERS
Approx. 300 thousand Polish enterprises
Polish Chamber of Commerce
Main activities
• Creation and evaluation of economic
policy in Poland (committees)
• Foreign relations and promotion
• Services, for example:
• - Document legalization
• - Training courses
• - Publications
• Trade arbitration
• Special projects
Polish Chamber of Commerce
Activities in sphere of promotion
• Trade missions
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Facilitating corporate participation in trade fairs,
exhibitions
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Organization of regular trade fairs to help businesses
work closer together (co-production fairs)
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Hosting foreign delegations on their visits to Poland
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Conferences, forums, seminars
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Competitions and Awards: the Polish Quality Award,
Academy of Brands, „Fair Play Company” Competition,
Entrepreneurs-Friendly Bank, Outstanding Polish Exporter,
Mister of Export
Thank you very much
for your attention.
For more information
please visit our website at
www.kig.pl