POLAND - Pakistan Trade

POLAND RANKED NO. 23 AS PAKISTAN’S EXPORT DESTINATION IN 2018 COUNTRY EXPORT VALUE (US$) % SHARE IN TOTAL EXPORTS World 23,630,893,000 1 United States of America 3,802,500,000 16% 2 China 1,818,069,000 8% 3 United Kingdom 1,728,637,000 7% 4 Afghanistan 1,347,934,000 6% 5 Germany 1,310,444,000 6 United Arab Emirates 983,575,000 4% 7 Netherlands 942,802,000 8 Spain 922,898,000 9 Bangladesh 783,825,000 3% 23 Poland 234,830,000 1% EU is Pakistan’s largest export market and the UK is the most important export market within the EU

POLAND WAS THE EIGHTH LARGEST EXPORT DESTINATION WITHIN THE EU IN 2018 The EU is Pakistan’s largest export market representing 34% of exports Poland accounted for 3% of total EU exports from Pakistan in 2018. EU is Pakistan’s largest export market and the UK is the most important export market within the EU

POLAND RANKS NO. 43 IN PAKISTAN’S IMPORT SOURCES COUNTRY IMPORT VALUE (US$) % SHARE IN TOTAL EXPORTS World 60,162,862,000 1 China 14,544,687,000 24% 2 United Arab Emirates 8,668,637,000 14% 3 Saudi Arabia 3,242,349,000 5% 4 United States of America 2,946,715,000 5 Indonesia 2,502,372,000 4% 6 Qatar 2,386,183,000 7 Japan 2,273,024,000 8 India 1,928,465,000 3% 9 Thailand 1,430,727,000 2% 43 Poland 108,794,000 0.18% EU is Pakistan’s largest export market and the UK is the most important export market within the EU

WITHIN THE EU, POLAND WAS THE TWELVTH HIGHEST EXPORTER TO PAKISTAN IN 2018 EU is Pakistan’s 3rd largest import partner after China and UAE. Imports from the EU stood at $5.46 billion in 2018. Poland accounts for 2% of Pakistan’s imports from the EU and 0.2% of total imports from the world. The UK is the second most important import supplying market of Pakistan in the EU

PAKISTAN POLAND Trade Trends Bilateral trade increased from US$ 221.2 Mn in 2014 to US$ 343.6 Mn in 2018 i.e. by 55.3% in five years Pakistan’s exports to Poland rose by 60.6% during this period. Meanwhile, Poland’s exports to Pakistan rose by 45.1% during these five years. The trade surplus has increased during the last five years, from $71.2 Mn in 2014 to around $126 Mn in 2018.

PAKISTAN’S TOP 10 EXPORTS TO POLAND HS CODE DESCRIPTION EXPORT VALUE 2016 (US$) EXPORT VALUE 2017 (US$) EXPORT VALUE 2018 (US$) 620322 Men's or boys' ensembles of cotton (excluding knitted or crocheted, ski ensembles and swimwear) 11,829,000 47,913,000 51,585,000 630231 Bedlinen of cotton (excluding printed, knitted or crocheted) 18,536,000 19,573,000 20,360,000 630260 Toilet linen and kitchen linen, of terry towelling or similar terry fabrics of cotton (excluding ... 14,905,000 14,050,000 18,317,000 630210 Bedlinen, knitted or crocheted 9,837,000 12,633,000 13,231,000 420329 Gloves, mittens and mitts, of leather or composition leather (excluding special sports gloves) 5,838,000 7,133,000 10,461,000 620342 Men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of cotton (excluding ... 17,460,000 7,108,000 6,885,000 630251 Table linen of cotton (excluding knitted or crocheted) 3,829,000 3,241,000 5,559,000 100630 Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed 2,449,000 3,500,000 5,420,000 620462 Women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton (excluding ... 15,391,000 4,865,000 4,387,000 100620 Husked or brown rice 293,000 2,920,000 3,882,000

PAKISTAN’S TOP 10 IMPORTS FROM POLAND HS CODE DESCRIPTION IMPORT VALUE 2016 (US$) IMPORT VALUE 2017 (US$) IMPORT VALUE 2018 (US$) 270400 Coke and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon 10,709,000 17,608,000 21,996,000 630900 Worn clothing and clothing accessories, blankets and travelling rugs, household linen and articles ... 4,865,000 6,921,000 8,785,000 852352 Cards incorporating one or more electronic integrated circuits "smart cards" - 8,677,000 720449 Waste and scrap of iron or steel (excluding slag, scale and other waste of the production of ... 8,881,000 7,145,000 6,548,000 720441 Turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, sawdust, filings, trimmings and stampings of iron ... 4,907,000 6,258,000 4,270,000 821210 Non-electric razors of base metal 4,538,000 7,280,000 4,028,000 890800 Vessels and other floating structures for breaking up 3,860,000 480411 Unbleached kraftliner, uncoated, in rolls of a width > 36 cm 5,310,000 4,473,000 3,072,000 190190 Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing ... 3,135,000 6,070,000 2,784,000 690210 Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods containing, ... 91,000 863,000 2,375,000

TRADE COMPLIMENTARITY* * Trade complementarity is the ability of each country to satisfy the other’s import needs from its existing export pool

ACTUAL EXPORTS IN 2018 (US$) POTENTIAL EXPORTS IN 2018 (US$) Pakistan’s Theoretical Potential* for Additional Exports to Poland, 2018 Top 10 Potential Products (HS 06). Aggregate Theoretical Potential is $2.1 bn HS CODE DESCRIPTION ACTUAL EXPORTS IN 2018 (US$) POTENTIAL EXPORTS IN 2018 (US$) 901890 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s. 2,941,000 370,241,000 620342 Mens or boys trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of cotton (excluding ... 6,885,000 342,104,000 270900 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude - 262,067,000 610910 T-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted 692,000 242,011,000 271019 Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, ... 235,930,000 610990 T-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excluding cotton) 1,338,000 155,925,000 390761 Poly"ethylene terephthalate", in primary forms, having a viscosity number of >= 78 ml/g 132,994,000 220710 Undenatured ethyl alcohol, of actual alcoholic strength of >= 80% 130,476,000 611595 Full-length or knee-length stockings, socks and other hosiery, incl. footwear without applied ... 2,885,000 109,805,000 410712 Grain splits leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of the whole hides and skins of bovine ... 505,000 109,185,000 8 of the 10 high potential exports already benefit from 0% tariffs under GSP+. The two products that don’t are rice and sugar which are unlikely to receive preferential treatment even under an FTA *Theoretical potential from diverting Pakistan’s existing exports from other countries to meet Poland’s imports, ignoring competitiveness and tariffs

ACTUAL IMPORTS IN 2018 (US$) Pakistan’s Theoretical Potential* for Additional Imports from Poland, 2018 Top 10 Potential Products (HS 06). Aggregate theoretical potential is $8.9 bn HS CODE ACTUAL IMPORTS IN 2018 (US$) POTENTIAL IMPORTS IN 2018 (US$) 271111 Natural gas, liquefied - 3,295,892,000 271019 Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, ... 120,000 1,844,484,000 271012 Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. ... 484,000 698,001,000 851712 Telephones for cellular networks "mobile telephones" or for other wireless networks 696,849,000 870321 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, incl. ... 542,106,000 270112 Bituminous coal, whether or not pulverised, non-agglomerated 491,720,000 300490 Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, ... 2,108,000 430,688,000 390120 Polyethylene with a specific gravity of >= 0,94, in primary forms 298,494,000 720449 Waste and scrap of iron or steel (excluding slag, scale and other waste of the production of ... 6,548,000 296,796,000 870322 291,880,000 In the high potential imports of Pakistan from the UK, most products already face tariffs similar to those faced by Pakistan’s FTA partners *Theoretical potential from switching imports from existing sources to Poland exporters, ignoring competitiveness and tariffs