1. April, 2012 Strategy and Analyses Department Poland’s economy Poland’s economy & CEE region countries

2. 22 Area: 323 thousand km 2 - 9th in Europe, 69th in the world Population: 38.5 million - 8th in Europe, 34th in the world Currency: Polish Zloty (EUR 1 ≈ PLN 4.12) (USD 1 ≈ PLN 2.96) GDP total: EUR 354.3 bln (USD 469.4 bln)* GDP per capita PPP: EUR 15 300 (USD 19 000)* GDP per capita: EUR 9 300 (USD 12 300)* GDP growth: 3.9%*; 4.3% - 2011 Membership: OECD, WTO, NATO, EU Large domestic market Central location in Europe International legal and business standards Young and well- educated workforce * Data for 2010 Strengths of Poland

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9. 99 Country Population in mln GDPTarde with China in USD mln* Nominal in USD mln% change Per capita PPP in USD thous. ExportsImportsBalance 2010 201120102011201020112010 Belarus 9,555,255,57,75,314,00015,028469,41 639,9-1 170,5 Bulgaria 7,547,753,50,41,712,96513,597296,2676,9-380,7 Croatia 4,460,863,8-1,20,017,81918,19237,71 440,7-1 403,0 Czech Republic 10,5197,7215,32,71,726,12127,0621 504,49 982,0-8 477,6 Estonia 1,318,322,22,37,618,53920,380175,7688,9-513,2 Hungary 10,0128,6140,31,31,718,81019,5911 920,66 176,9-4 256,3 Latvia 2,324,028,3-0,35,514,41915,66233,1286,3-253,2 Lithuania 3,336,542,71,45,917,33318,85636,9570,2-533,3 POLAND38,2469,4513,83,94,318,95120,3341 627,0**16 703,0**-15 076,0** Romania 21,5164,4189,8-1,62,511,90412,476410,13 381,5-2 971,4 Slovakia 5,487,296,14,23,522,12223,3041 358,03 922,0-2 564,0 Slovenia 2,047,049,61,4-0,228,13128,642116,41 394,7-1 278,2 Ukraine 45,8137,9165,04,15,26,6987,2331 316,64 700,4-3 383,8 TOTAL161,71 474,71 635,9XXXX9 302,251 563,4-42 261,2 Source: IMF & * UNCTAD ** The source of Polish trade data is Poland's CSO, as the only available data for Poland presented by UNCTAD is estimation CEE region macroeconomic data

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11. 11 Entry into the NATO OECD WTO Schengen Poland joins the EU Leader of GDP growth in EU Poland’s GDP in mn PLN Data: Poland’s CSO Poland Sustainable and balanced economic growth * CSO preliminary estimation EU Presidency

12. 12 % Data: Poland’s CSO Poland’s GDP growth (% change, yoy)  According to preliminary estimates in 2011 GDP growth amounted to 4.3%.  The biggest growth contribution was made by consumption.

13. 13 Nominal GDP of CEE countries - EU member states (PPP, EUR bn, 2010) Data: Eurostat

14. 14 CEE countries GDP growth rates 2009-2011 (compared with the same period of the previous year) Data: Eurostat

15. 15 Data: Eurostat CEE countries industrial production January 2012 (yoy)

16. 16 CEE countries construction production January 2012 (yoy) Data: Eurostat

17. 17 Data: Eurostat CEE countries inflation rate February 2012 (yoy)

18. 18 Data: Eurostat CEE countries unemployment February 2012

19. Foreign trade in the years 2000-2011 19 Data: CSO

20. 20 Foreign Direct Investments in Poland  In 2010 FDI main foreign investors in Poland were European countries (EUR 6.6bn)  At the end of 2010 FDI inward stock accounted to EUR 150.4bn.  Companies from Germany, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg are the biggest foreign investors in Poland * Estimated value Foreign Direct Investments Data: NBP

21. Poland’s EU membership is beneficial for FDI Part of the single market of 455 million Stable economy Free movement of goods, services, capital and labuor Rise in production volume Increase in FDI inflow Increase in economic creditworthiness Transparent legal system Saving time from procedures while exporting and importing to the EU Easy transport within the EU, no delays at border crossing Financial aid from the EU 21

22. 22 Data: European Commission 0 Projection of EU GDP growth in 2012 European Commission

23. 23 Source: 2012 Budgetary Law Poland’s Economy – 2012 forecast IndicatorForecast GDP2.5% Domestic demand2.0% Consumption2.5% Private consumption2.9% Public consumption1.2% Gross capital formation0.1% Gross fixed capital formation1.5% Exports4.6% Imports3.2% Consumer Price Index2.8% Industry Price Index4.6% Unemployment rate12.3%

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