European Commission to announce open markets for Polish processed foods

According to European Commission (EC) representatives, the EC will probably announce on Wednesday it is prepared to fully open its market to Polish processed food. In return, Poland would have to prepare duty-free quotas for the processed food coming from the EU. In the beginning, the quotas would equal the food goods duty and would increase by 10% every year. Last week's non-processed food trade liberalization and this week's deal would mean that starting next year, Poland-EU food trade would be fairly unrestricted. For Poland it would mean lower prices but a higher level of competition. (Rzeczpospolita, page 1, Sept. 30-Oct. 1)