Supermarkets boost Polish exports
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
29.11.2011 10:16
Foreign retailers at large in Poland are spurring on vast exports of Polish foodstuffs, with some 3 billion zloty worth of products (663 million euros) counted for shipment this year.
The figures were released by the Polish Trade and Distribution Association (POHiD), which has revealed that exports by foreign chains such as Tesco have grown by about 200 million to 300 million zloty per annum (44.1 million to 66.2 million euro) over the last five years.
The trend has been helped by the large numbers of Poles who have emigrated since Poland joined the European Union in 2004.
One third of the exports for 2010 is distributed by Tesco across outlets in Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
Andrzej Falinski, CEO of POHiD, told the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily that exports have risen because the Germans, French and English are in tightened straits owing to the financial crisis, and thus they are “gladly buying cheaper, yet not at all bad Polish products.”
Among the most popular exports are Polish fruit and meat, vodka, juices and sweets.
Meanwhile, breakfast cereals – not a long-standing feature of the Polish table - are becoming increasingly profitable. (nh/pg)