Germany becomes stopover for Polish exports to China

Germany is increasingly playing the role of a stopover, and not the final destination for goods and services exported from Central and Eastern Europe, according to a report prepared by scientists from the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdańsk University of Technology. The researchers analyzed the results of trade between seven selected countries of the CEE region (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) and Germany in 2000-2014.

As it turns out, the German economy is slowly becoming a hub through which products from Poland, as well as from our entire region, reach new markets. In 2000, about 25 percent of German imports from Poland were sent to recipients in other countries, while in 2014 the figure already stood at about 33 percent. However, it should be noted that the authors of the report still clearly emphasize the role of Germany as a key trading partner and one of the main sources of foreign direct investment in the region.

(300Gospodarka)