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Poland
http://en.poland.gov.pl
According to figures recently published by the Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) the Polish economy had a growth rate of about 4.3% in 2011, higher than forecasts of most analysts. This was the fourth highest GDP growth in 2011 in the European Union, after Estonia (+6.5%), Lithuania (+5.9%) and Sweden (4.4%). According to GUS, this growth was mainly driven by domestic demand, which rose 3.8% compared to 2010. Watch an amusing video about the Polish economic success at http://youtu.be/JC4xh1bO7ww. |
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A member of the European Union since 2004, Poland has seen its economy grow stronger with community integration. The Polish economy has shown great resilience to the economic crises. Commercially, since joining the EU, exports to Poland increased by over 30%. Its three principal trading partners are Germany, Russia and France.
The United States is Poland’s 16th largest supplier and 10th largest customer. In 2010 the U.S. was the fifth largest foreign investor in Poland, accounting for 6.5% of total FDI received by the country. The American Chamber of Commerce in Poland celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2010 by publishing a report produced with the assistance of KPMG titled 20 Years of American Investment in Poland. It reports that the total amount invested by the United States in Poland since the beginning of economic liberalization, in 1989, has exceeded $20 billion. The main targets of U.S.FDI are business services and Research and Development (R & D). U.S. companies operating in the country employ nearly 180,000 people.
Poland, which will host the Euro 2012 football championship, has launched major construction projects: roads, airports, railways, stadiums. It also launched the construction of its first nuclear power plant. These are sectors that have real business opportunities for companies wishing to invest in a market considered the economic center of Eastern Europe.
To learn more about trade relations between the United States and Poland:
• The US-Polish Trade Council
• Trade in Goods with Poland on the Census Bureau's Website
• The American Chamber of Commerce in Poland
To assist you in your business in Poland:
• Polish government’s official business information website
• Website of the Polish Trade and Investment Office in New York
• Website of the Polish Trade and Investment Office in London
• The US Commercial Service in Poland
• The US Diplomatic Mission to Warsaw
• The Polish-American Business & Professional Association
• The US-Poland Business Council
• The Polish Agency for Foreign Investment
• Find import export service providers in Poland
For information about other countries:
• Find reports and resources for 185 countries, FITA Country Miniportals
• The mini portals of GlobalTrade.net
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Worldwide Postal and Phone Codes
http://countrycode.org/
CountryCode.org is a guide to calling anywhere in the world. The calling chart on the home page will help you find the dialing codes you need to make long distance phone calls around the globe. Simply find and click the country you wish to call. You'll find instructions on how to call that country using its country code, as well as other helpful information like city area codes, ISO country codes and the kinds of electrical outlets and phone jacks found in that part of the world.
Zip Codes & Postal Codes of the World enables you to find the postal code for most cities in the world. Click on the name of each country and you will be on that country’s official postal service’s website. |
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