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 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 – 55% of EU level (est. 2008) 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 Strengths of Poland

Ministry of Economy 87% of students can communicate in a foreign language 50% of the population is less than 35 years old, 35% under 25 a nationwide network of 448 universities and polytechnics Source: EIU, Eurostat 2008 Number of students in selected countries in thou. Percentage of population in higher education in the age group Poland is country of young people 20 mil. entrepreneurial and multilingual

Ministry of Economy GDP real, growth percentage from previous year for Poland by OECD est. 3,0 % Economic Outlook issued in March 2009) GDP growth in % GDP growth in Poland Est.

Ministry of Economy Source: International Monetary Found, World Economic Outlook Database, Oct 2008 Stable and fast economic growth (GDP in bln USD) Beginning of transformation Entry into the NATO OECD WTO Schengen Poland joins the EU 1 maja 2004 JOHN PAUL II 1978

Ministry of Economy Country Population % G D P % in millionsin bln USD Total % % PL POLAND CZ CZECH REPUBLIC SK SLOVAKIA HU HUNGARY LT LITHUANIA LV LATVIA EE ESTONIA RO ROMANIA BG BULGARIA BY BELARUS UA UKRAINE MD MOLDOVA US UNITED STATES DE GERMANY RU RUSSIA Source: International Monetary Found, World Economic Outlook Database, Oct 2008

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Ministry of Economy 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 – Poland - exports structure (2008)

Ministry of Economy Poland - imports structure (2009) 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 Source: National Bank of Poland Foreign Direct Investment inflow into Poland in * * Est. Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency

Ministry of Economy Foreign direct investment in Poland by country of origin Last geographical data for 2007 published in January 2009 Total FDI value at the end of 2007 USD mln

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

Ministry of Economy Poland is an attractive place for investment It is confirmed by some ranking references

Ministry of Economy Source: Ernst &Young European Attractiveness Survey 2008 ranking for 2007 Poland among top ten most attractive countries for investments Warsaw City Center

Ministry of Economy European location sites considered for new investment or expansion projects – Poland ranks 2nd Total Western Europe: 43% Total Central & Eastern Europe: 49% *(% of citations for each country – several responses possible) Source: 2007 Ernst&Young European Attractiveness Survey

Ministry of Economy European Union ( ) bn USD Poland bn USD European Union ( ) bn USD Poland bn USD UE Funds - Budget allocation EU 94% Poland 6% EU 80.6% Poland 19.4%

Ministry of Economy Thank you for your attention DARIUSZ BOGDAN MINISTRY OF ECONOMY