Doing Business in Poland, Warsaw

The objectives of the subject “International Trade and Business in” Poland” are the following:

1. To analyze the Polish Economy and Foreign Trade;
2. To know the business opportunities in the Polish Market;
3. To analyze the trade relations of Poland with the country of the student;
4. To know the Polish trade agreements as a member of the European Union;
5. To develop a business plan for the Polish Market.

The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Poland” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate (DIB): European Business, World Trade.

Masters (MIB): International Business, Foreign Trade.

EENI in Polish Magisterskie Handel zagraniczny.

Learning materials in + Polonia Pologne Polonia.

1. Credits of the Subject “International Trade and Business in” Poland”: 1 ;
2. Duration: one week.

1. North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium);
2. Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Italy, Slovenia);
3. Pan-European Corridor II (Russia-Belarus-Poland-Germany);
4. Access to the
   1. Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea);
   2. Pan-European Corridor IX;
   3. Eurasian Land Transport Initiative.

Polish Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements:

1. Poland and the European Economic Area;
2. European Union
   1. European Customs Union;
   2. European Single Market;
   3. EU Services Directive;
   4. European Digital Single Market;
   5. As a member of the European Union, Poland is a beneficiary of the EU Free trade agreements with Algeria, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Ukraine, Moldova, South Korea, India, Mexico, MERCOSUR, Chile, Georgia etc. besides the Customs Union with Turkey.
3. Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS);
4. Central European Initiative (CEI);
5. Regional Cooperation Council (RCC);
6. Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (observer country).

1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
   1. WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS);
   2. WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS);
   3. WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT);
   4. WTO Agreement on Preshipment Inspection (PSI);
   5. WTO Agreement on Safeguards (SG);
   6. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).
2. World Customs Organization (WCO)
   1. Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC).
3. International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (UNECE);
4. Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD);
5. Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF);
6. International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport (BIC);
7. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, Chicago Convention);
8. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
   1. International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC);
   2. Convention Relating to Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention).
9. Customs Convention on Containers (CCC, UN);
10. Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR, UN);
11. Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (Rotterdam Rules, UN);
12. Uniform Rules concerning the Contract of International Carriage of Goods by Rail (CIM, CIT);
13. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
    1. TIR Convention;
    2. Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport.

European Trade and Economic Organizations:

1. European Union
   1. European Central Bank;
   2. European Investment Bank (EIB);
   3. Group of States of the European Council Convention against Corruption (GRECO).
2. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
3. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Global Organizations:

1. World Trade Organization (WTO);
2. World Bank (WB);
3. Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM);
4. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
   1. OECD anti-corruption measures.
5. International Monetary Fund (IMF);
6. United Nations (UN)
   1. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD);
   2. International Trade Centre (INTRACEN);
   3. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

The Republic of Poland (Europe).

1. Poland has a population of 38.5 million people (34th largest in the world);
2. Borders of Poland: Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany;
3. Polish Capital: Warsaw;
4. Official Language of Poland: Polish;
5. Polish Area: 312,685 square kilometers;
6. Polish Government: Parliamentary Republic.

Religion in Poland: Catholicism (Christianity).

Poland belongs to the Western Civilization (European Economic Area).

Polish Economy.

1. Poland is the largest market in Central Europe and the eighth largest European market;
2. An important privatization and economic liberalization process (1990s);
3. Polish Nominal GDP: 531.76 thousand million dollars.
   1. Agriculture: 4.6%;
   2. Industry: 28.1%;
   3. Services: 67.3%.
4. GDP per capita of Poland: 26.402 dollars;
5. The main Polish products are machines, shipbuilding, iron and steel, coal, chemical products, beverages, foods, glass, textile;
6. Polish Currency: Zloty;
7. Headquarters of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex): Warsaw (Poland).

Polish Foreign Trade

1. The Republic of Poland has an important domestic market and a strategic location for Export products for the European market;
2. Top Polish exports destinations are Germany, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, the Russian Federation, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Sweden, and Hungary;
3. Main Polish exports: transport equipment, semi-manufactured products and foods;
4. Main origins of Polish imports: Germany, the Russian Federation, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Belgium, South Korea;
5. As a member of the European Union, Poland is a beneficiary of the EU Free trade agreements: Japan, Chile, South Africa, the ASEAN, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia...;
6. Headquarters of the Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD).

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