In brief: distillers sold 14% less vodka; PKP Cargo; Elektrim; Totalizator

Polmos distilleries sold 51.9 million liters of vodka last year, down 14% over 1999. The value of sales dropped by some zl.300 million to zl.4.33 billion. Polmos Bialystok, which makes the Zubrowka brand, is the market leader with sales of zl.1.21 billion (Puls Biznesu, p.5) ... Polish State Railways (PKP) transported 183.71 million tonnes of cargo last year, up 0.54 million over 1999, signalling the end of a four-year downtrend. (Puls Biznesu, p.4) ... Elektrim subsidiary Elektrim-Megadex signed a euro 377 million deal to build the largest brown-coal energy block in Poland for Patnow-Adamow-Konin (PAK) power plant, in which Elektrim has a 38.46% stake. (Prawo I Gospodarka, p.10) ... State lottery company Totalizator Sportowy (TS) has concluded negotiations with all three investors bidding for a $100 million IT system contract, namely Telenor Satelite of Norway, GTECH and Automated Wagering International (AWI). TS will choose a winner by the end of this month. (Prawo I Gospodarka, p.2) T.J.