Conference participants find system of state support of exports ineffective

The Polish system of state support of exports is ineffective, agreed participants in a conference on exports, which took place in the Sejm yesterday. According to a report by the Supreme Chamber of Audit (NIK), in the years 1997-1998, the state did not provide any guarantees on export loans, while in 1999 only one company took advantage of subsidies for interest on export loans. "At least once every two years new government programs for supporting exports are being drafted. However, they lack specific regulations and technical procedures," said professor Anna Wziatek Kubiak from the Academy of Sciences (PAN). Entrepreneurs present at the conference said that they are slowly losing hope that state support for exports will work effectively in Poland. (Rzeczpospolita, p.B2)