
Manufacturing Intelligence Spotlight: POLAND
by CanadianManufacturing.com Staff
Manufacturing Intelligence Spotlights from CanadianManufacturing.com outline key data on the top 21 global export markets.
The biggest opportunities for Canadian companies include key growth sectors, such as: machinery and equipment, construction materials, food processing equipment
GDP: $721.3B (2010 est.)
GDP growth: 3.8% (2010 est.)
GDP per capita: $18,000 (2010 est.)
Population: 38,441,588 (July 2011 est.)
Labour force: 1.485 million (2010 est.)
Products: potatoes, fruits, vegetables, wheat; poultry, eggs, pork, dairy
Industry: construction, brewing, cement and other construction materials, sugar milling
Exports: $162.3 billion (2010 est.)
Export Markets : machinery and transport equipment, intermediate manufactured goods, miscellaneous manufactured goods, food and live animals
Export partners: Germany (26.9%), France (7.1%), U.K. (6.4%), Italy (6.3%), Czech Republic (6.2%), Netherlands (4.3%), Russia (4.1%)
Trade activity with Canada:
Exports to Poland: $169.4M
Major exports to Poland: machinery and equipment ($57.8M), vehicles ($32.9M), chemicals ($15.9M), base metals ($15.8M)
Imports from Poland: $991.5M
Major imports: foodstuffs (447.6M), chemicals ($20.1M), skins and leathers ($50.1M), precious stones and metals ($197.1M), machinery ($430.1M), miscellaneous manufactured goods ($89.2M)
Trade Commissioner
Mr. Arkadiusz Wysocki
The Embassy of Canada to Poland / Ambassade du Canada en Pologne
ul. Matejki 1/5 , Warsaw, 00-481, Poland
(011-48-22) 584-3360 Fax: (011-48-22) 584-3195
wsaw-td@international.gc.ca
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Sources: Export Development Canada , Statistics Canada and The CIA World Factbook