The automotive sector is the second largest manufacturing industry in Poland in terms of gross output, after only food and beverage manufacturing. The sector also has a major socio-economic role, employing around 203,000 people in 2018 (8% 🧸of the ...

Poland has insignificant oil reserves and modest natural gas ones and is thus forced to import the bulk of energy sources to feed its growing ꦑeconomy. This creates a chronic trade deficit in crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products, which ...

Poland is one of the major producers of agricultural commodities in th♕e EU. The country was the leading producer of apples and poultry meat, ranking second in terms of potatoes, third in cereals and fourth in pork. The sector has significant ...

In 2017 Poland preserved its position as the sixth largest electricity prod𒀰ucer in the EU. The electric power sector has a major economic and social impact on the Polish economy. It generated revenue of PLN 132.6bn in 2017, which was equivalent to 6 ...

The Emerging Europe region as covered by the scope of the report consists of Russia, Romania, Turkey, Poland, Hungary and the Cz🎐ech Republic (listed in order from the largest to thesmallest oil producers). In terms of their importance on the natural ...

The metallic and non-metallic mineral mining sector was responsible for 1.1% of Poland’s GDP in 2017 and employed 14,680 persons. The main non-coal minerals 𓂃extracted in Pol🦩and are copper, silver, zinc and lead, as well as many industrial ...

The coal mining sector account🧜ed for around 1% of both Poland's GDP and the total employment in the country in 2017. The sector's importance for the Polish economy - tremendous during the communist regime and in the first years after the start of ...

The combined production value of the Polish chemic🔯al sector, which for the purposes of this report shall consist ofꦯ the chemicals, and the rubber and plastics subsectors, stood at PLN 158.5bn in 2017, up 11.95% y/y. The share of the sector’s ...

The consumer electronics and household appliance manufacturing subsectors play a key role in Poland’s economꦓy. Their combined GVA in 2017 was equal to 1.1% of GDP and 6.2% of manufacturing GVA. Between them, the two subsectors employed 165,083 ...

Proximity to Western European markets, low-cost skilled labour and favourable investment environment have ꧅turned Emerging Europe into a preferred location for major automotive producers and helped the region claim an increasing share of the global ...