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Ministry of Economy

Partnership for prosperity Poland - Your Strategic Business Partner in Europe

Mr. Dariusz BOGDAN Undersecretary of State Ministry of Economy

Shanghai, May, 2010

Ministry of Economy Strengths of Poland

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Area: 312 thousand sq. km - 9th in Europe, 68th in the world Population: 38.1 million – 8 th in Europe, 32nd in the world Currency: Polish Zloty (USD 1

PLN 3.4, in 2008 = PLN 2.4) GDP per capita PPP: USD 17 560 (est. 2008) – 55% of EU level GDP total: USD 567 bln (est. 2008) GDP growth: 4.8 % (est. 2008) GDP growth: 1.7 % (est. 2009) Membership: OECD, WTO, NATO, EU - Large domestic market - Central location in Europe - International legal and business standards - Young and well educated workforce

Ministry of Economy Poland is country of young people 20 mil. entrepreneurial and multilingual

87% of students can communicate in a foreign language50% of the population is less than 35 years old, 35% under 25a nationwide network of 448 universities and polytechnics

Percentage of population in higher education in the 20-29 age group 29 26.7

24.9

22.3

22.2

19.3

16.6

13.2

Number of students in selected countries in thou.

Poland Spain Romania Hungary Czech Republic Lithuania Ireland Slovakia Latvia Estonia 68 195 186 181 130 336 436 738 1804 2118

Source: EIU, Eurostat 2008

Ministry of Economy GDP growth in Poland 8,0 6,0 4,0 2,0 2,0 3,8 5,2 7,0 6,2 7,1 5,0 4,5 4,3 1,2 1,4 3,9 5,3 3,6 6,2 6,7 4,8 1,7 0,0 -2,0

1991

-4,0 -6,0

1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007

-8,0 -7,0 GDP real, growth percentage from previous year for Poland by OECD est. 3,0 % Economic Outlook issued in March 2009)

2009

Est.

GDP growth in %

Ministry of Economy Stable and fast economic growth (GDP in bln USD) JOHN PAUL II 1978 Poland joins the EU 1 maja 2004 Schengen

600 500 400

OECD Entry into the NATO WTO

300 200 100

Beginning of transformation

0

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008*

Source: International Monetary Found, World Economic Outlook Database, Oct 2008

Ministry of Economy PL CZ SK HU LT LV EE RO BG BY UA MD Country POLAND CZECH REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA HUNGARY LITHUANIA LATVIA ESTONIA ROMANIA BULGARIA BELARUS UKRAINE MOLDOVA Total Population in millions 159.3

38.1

10.3

5.4

10.1

3.4

2.2

1.3

21.6

7.6

9.6

46.2

3.4

% 100.0%

23.9

6.5

3.4

6.3

2.1

1.4

0.8

13.5

4.8

6 29 2.1

US DE RU UNITED STATES GERMANY RUSSIA

302.0

82.2

142.1

189.5

51.6

89.2

Source: International Monetary Found, World Economic Outlook Database, Oct 2008

G D P in bln USD 1294

422 175 75 138 39 27 21 166 40 45 142 4 13 808 3 321 1 290

% 100.0%

32.6

13.5

5.8

10.7

3 2.1

1.6

12.8

3.1

3.5

10.9

0.3

1067.2

256.7

99.3

2000 Ministry of Economy

Ministry of Economy Poland - exports structure (2008)

Other countries 31,4% Germany 24,6%

19. USA 1,4%

Hungary 2,7% Sweden 3,7% Ukraine 3,7% Netherlands 3,9% Russia 5,2% France 6,1% Czech Republic 5,6% UK 5,6% Italy 5,9% • • In 2008 main receivers of Polish exports were developed countries (82.8%), in which UE countries (77.6%).

In 2008 the highest dynamics were in exports to developing countries – 135.2

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UK 2,8% Netherlands 3,4% Chech Republic 3,6% France 4,7% Italy 6,4%

Poland - imports structure (2009)

South Korea 2,4% Belgium 2,4%

11. USA 2,2%

Other countries 31,2% China 8,0% Russia 10,0% Germany 22,9% • • In 2009 main importers were developed countries (69.0%), in which EU countries (61.6%) In 2009 the highest dynamics were in imports from Central and Eastern countries – 140.5

Ministry of Economy Foreign Direct Investment inflow into Poland in 2000-2009

25,0 20,0 15,0 10,0 5,0

5,7 4,1 4,6

USD bn

12,5 13,1 10,4 22,9 16,6 10,0

0,0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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Est. Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency

Source: National Bank of Poland

Ministry of Economy Foreign direct investment in Poland by country of origin the Netherlands 18,5% Germany 16,0% Others 39,6% USA 6,6% Total FDI value at the end of 2007 USD 175 851 mln Last geographical data for 2007 published in January 2009 Luxembourg France 11,2% 8,2%

Ministry of Economy Major American investors in Poland 3M Googl e

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Poland is an attractive place for

investment

It is confirmed by some ranking

references

Ministry of Economy Poland among top ten most attractive countries for investments

48% 33% 26% 18% 12% 11% 11% 8%

Warsaw City Center

7% 7%

C hi na U SA In di a G er R m us an si y an F ed er ati U on ni te d Ki ng do m Po la nd Ja pa n B ra C zi l ze ch R ep ub lic

Source: Ernst &Young European Attractiveness Survey 2008 ranking for 2007

Ministry of Economy European location sites considered for new investment or expansion projects – Poland ranks 2nd 20% 18%

Total Western Europe: 43% Total Central & Eastern Europe: 49%

13% 12% 12% 11% 11% 10% 9% 8% 0.08

0.06

Germany Czech Rep.

Hungary Russia

*(% of citations for each country – several responses possible)

Source: 2007 Ernst&Young European Attractiveness Survey

Bulgaria Spain

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UE Funds - Budget allocation

EU 94% EU 80.6% Poland 6% European Union (2000-2006) - 276.9 bn USD Poland - 16.6 bn USD Poland 19.4% European Union (2007-2013) - 450.5 bn USD Poland - 87.5 bn USD

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Thank you for your attention DARIUSZ BOGDAN

MINISTRY OF ECONOMY

www.mg.gov.pl