Companies with Polish capital build Polish exports

Domestic capital has been responsible for the strength of Polish exports for several years, displacing the dominant role of foreign capital. According to the analysis of the Polish Economic Institute, a public think tank, the basic processes in Polish exports in the period of economic transformation (i.e. at the beginning of the 1990s) were conditioned by the significant involvement of foreign investors.

The survey conducted by PIE shows that the percentage of beneficiaries of European funds in 2007-2019 was on average almost twice as high in the case of producers-exporters with exclusively Polish capital than among exporters with foreign capital.

Since 2012, companies with only Polish capital have regained a majority share in exports.

Are there any chances for Polish exports to enter a new phase, which would be characterized by a simultaneous increase in the share of technologically advanced products in the exports of companies with both foreign and exclusively Polish capital? This may be facilitated by the shortening of global value chains in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in the strategic sectors of key importance for the security of the state and the population, such as the production of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

(WBJ)