Poland: beef to be allowed onto Thai market

Poland’s Agriculture Ministry has announced that 11 beef-processing companies have received authorisation to export the meat to Thailand. The ministry said that Thai authorities had informed it that beef meats and beet offal from Poland would be allowed onto the Thai market. “Eleven beef production plants have been granted the right to export to the…

Poland: economy down in Q2 2023

Poland’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by 0.5% YoY in the second quarter of 2023, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. Compared to the previous quarter, the economy fell by 3.7%, GUS said in a flash estimate. Poland’s economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2023, after a 2.3% growth in the fourth…

Poland: Asians replace Ukrainians on labour market

The number of Asians working in economic sectors previously dominated by Poles and Ukrainians is increasing every month, according to the newspaper Rzeczpospolita. Asian workers, from countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia, are becoming common-place in the manufacturing, hospitality and construction sectors, the paper writes. They are taking the place, it appears, of Ukrainians…

Poland: CPI up in July 2023

Prices of consumer goods and services (Consumer Price Index, CPI) rose by 10.8% YoY and were down by 0.2% MoM in July, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on August 14. GUS confirmed its figures reported earlier in a flash CPI estimate. In June, the prices of consumer goods and services increased by 11.5% YoY…

Poland: corporate bankruptcies up in O2 2023

97 companies went bankrupt in Poland in the second quarter of 2023, up by 21.3% YoY, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. The number of newly registered companies totalled 88,549 in the April-June period, down by 5.5%, GUS wrote on August 10. According to GUS, the number of bankruptcies increased mainly in the industrial sector…