Business in Poland, Warsaw

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

1. To analyse the Polish Economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI)
2. To know the business opportunities in the Polish Market
3. To analyse 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

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. Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (observer country)

Trade Facilitation Programs

1. World Trade Organisation (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 Organisation (WCO)
   1. Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC)
3. International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (UNECE)
4. Organisation 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 Organisation (ICAO, Chicago Convention)
8. International Maritime Organisation (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 Organisations

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. Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

Global Organisations

1. World Trade Organisation (WTO)
2. World Bank (WB)
3. Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
4. Organisation 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 Organisation (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 kilometres
6. Polish Government: Parliamentary Republic

Religion in Poland: Catholicism (Christianity)

Poland belongs to the Western Civilisation (European Economic Area)

Polish Economy.

1. Poland is the largest market in Central Europe and the eighth largest European market
2. An important privatisation and economic liberalisation 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, China, 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 Organisation for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD)