1. 3 rd Kaliningrad Trade Union Partners Conference

2. POPULATION AND SIZE POLAND Population: 38.5 million (2008) Area: 312,685 sq. km BELARUS Population: 9.685 mill. (June 2008) Area: 207,600 sq km RUSSIA Population: 142.2 mill. (2007) Area: 17,075,200 sq km LATVIA Population: 2,271 mill. Area: 64,589 sq km ESTONIA Population: 1,341 mill. Area: 45,226 sq km LITHUANIA Population: 3,366 mill. Area: 65,200 sq km KALININGRAD OBLAST Population: 947,000 Area: 15,100 sq km

3. INFLIATION 12.6% (Jan 2008) 11.3%* 17.9%* 12%* 2.5% (2007) 8.4% (2007 est) 9.3% (8/2007) *LT, LV, EE – May 2008

4. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.2%* 6.5% 4.9% 5.9% (Jan. 2007) 12.8% (2007 est.) 1.7% (2007) 6.2% *LT, LV, EE – Q1 2008

5. Average gross monthly earnings 788 EUR* 645 EUR 623 EUR 268 EUR 770 EUR (9/2007) 375 EUR 348 EUR *Q1 2008 (LT, LV, EE) (2007) in Euros

6. GDP in Billion EUR 874 71.3 424 28 20 15.5

7. GDP GROWTH 7.1% 10.3% 8.8% 11.2%* *2006 Q1 2008 - EE 0.1%; LV 3.3%; LT 7% 6.5% (est.) 8.1% 8 %

8. GDP per Capita (2007 est.)* $21,100 $17,400 $17,700 $14,700 $16,300 $10,900 *CIA- The World Factbook

9. BELARUS Import/Export (2006) IMPORT Russia 58.6%, Germany 7.5%, Ukraine 5.5% Other EXPORT Russia 34.7%, Netherlands 17.7%, UK 7.5%, Ukraine 6.3%, Poland 5.2%

10. RUSSIA Import/Export (2006) IMPORT Germany 13.9%, China 9.7%, Ukraine 7%, Japan 5.9%, South Korea 5.1%, US 4.8%, France 4.4%, Italy 4.3% EXPORT Netherlands 12.3%, Italy 8.6%, Germany 8.4%, China 5.4%, Ukraine 5.1%, Turkey 4.9%, Switzerland 4.1%

11. POLAND Import/Export (2006) IMPORT Germany 29%, Russia 9.5%, Italy 6.4%, Netherlands 5.7%, France 5.4% EXPORT Germany 27.1%, Italy 6.5%, France 6.2%, UK 5.7%, Czech Republic 5.5%, Russia 4.3%