Economy of Poland

• The Economy of Poland is the sixth-largest in the EU and 21 economyin the world (in 2013).

• It’ s the largest among the ex-communist members of the European Union.

Warsaw

Currency Złoty ( PLN )

GDP $894.6 billion (PPP, 2013)

GDP by sector agriculture: 3.5%; industry: 34.2%; services: 62.3%

(2012)

Inflation 0.7 % (CPI, 2014)

Unemployment 10.6% - 13 %

Average gross salary €975.96/$1,320, monthly (2014)

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• The employment rate of people aged 15-64 in Poland is 59.7%, while the EU

average is 64.2%.

• In 2012, Poland was the first place among the countries of the European

Union in terms of the number of people working on a fixed term contract -

26.9%, while the European Union is an average of 13.7%.

• The minimum gross salary in 2014 - 1680 zł ( PLN )

• Exports in 2012 were estimated at 185 billion dollars.

• Poland is in eighth place in Europe and 26 in the world.

• In 2012, the largest share of Polish exports were machinery and transport

equipment (37.4% of export earnings), industrial goods (21.1%) and the

goods classified as various manufactured articles (12.7%).

Import

• Imports were estimated at €198 billion (2013).

• Import goods: machinery and transport equipment 38.8%

( for example cars ), intermediate manufactured goods 21.0%,

chemicals 15.0%, minerals, fuels, lubricants and related materials

12.6%, miscellaneous manufactured articles 9.0% (2011)

The most important partners in terms of

export: • Germany (25.1% of turnover),

• United Kingdom (6.8%)

• Czech Republic (6.3%)

• France ( 6 % )

• Russia ( 5,2 )

• Italy ( 5 % )

Main import partners:

In Poland, the most developed is the coal industry, energy, metallurgy, machinery

and automotive.

There are 27 industrial districts.

The largest district is Upper Silesia.

There are more than 20 coal mines, 10 power stations, nitrogen plants, car factory (Fiat) and military factory.

The most important industrial companies in Poland:

1. KGHM Polska Miedź is one of the largest producers of copper and silver

in the world. The mining & metallurgy company is based in Poland in Lubin.

2. Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A. is a large coal mining company in Poland producing around

12 million tonnes of coal every year. It’ s commercial largest coke plant group in the European

Union.

Group's mining area is located in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin.

3. PGNiG ( Polish Petroleum and Gas Mining ) is the largest polish company in dealing with the

exploration and extraction of natural gas and crude oil. Operates mainly in Poland and abroad - in Libya,

Pakistan, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany.

4. PGE ( Polish Energy Group ) is a state-owned power company and the largest power

producing company in Poland. The PGE Group operates two large lignite mines and more than 40

power stations, including the Bełchatów Power Station ( photo ).

5. Orlen is Polish state-owned company engaged in the

processing of crude oil and petroleum products distribution,

including fuels. Orlen is one of Europe's largest fuel supplier,

with over 1700 petrol stations in Poland, 500 in Germany and

330 in Czech Republic.

• Poland is an important world and European manufacturer of a range of agricultural,

horticultural and animal origin.

• Poland is the 3rd world producer of apples.

• Poland is also one of the leading producers of berries, especially strawberries, raspberries

and currants as well as being one of the largest producers of onions, cabbages,

cauliflowers.

Transport in Poland

• In Poland there are 1553 km of motorways and 1472 km of expressways, fora total of 3025 km of highways.

• Length of railway lines belonging to the rail transport system on Polishterritory, is 19 336 km.

• National railway carrier is PKP. The company manages 585 railway stationsacross the country.

• There are 15 airports ( The largest is Warsaw Chopin Airport )

• Flag carrier of Poland is LOT Polish Airlines.

Motorway A2, near Poznań. Pendolino – new high – speed train in Poland.

International Airport in Gdańsk. Embraer 170 LOT in the new painting.

• According to calculations by the Institute of Tourism in 2012 the number of arrivals to the Polish amounted to 67.4 million. 14.8 million of that number is a tourist arrivals. In Poland, tourism receipts in 2012 were 16.3% higher than in the previous year.

• Top Cities in Poland are Krakow, Wrocław, Gdańsk, Warsaw, Poznan, Lublin, Toruń.

• Among the most popular tourist destinations include the Baltic Sea coast, Mazury Lake District, the Tatra Mountains (the highest mountain range of the Carpathians), Sudeten and the Bialowieza Forest.

Zakopane, "the winter capital of Poland", view from Gubałówka in the Tatra Mountains

Masurian Lake District, with more than 2,000 lakes. Pictured: marina in Mikołajki resort town.

Malbork

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Cracow – Royal Castle

Warsaw – Royal Castle

Sources:

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospodarka_Polski

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Poland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Poland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Poland

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