Border boredom

Despite the expansion of the checkpoints on the EU's eastern border, most carriers have been avoiding the Polish boundary and enter the bloc through Lithuania, Hamburg or Amsterdam. As a result, income from duty charges through May amounted to just zł.0.5 billion though zł.2.5 billion is projected for the year. If this trend continues, Poland can only count on an income of about zł.1.2 billion by the end of 2005.