Pandemic hitting hard on automotive industry but Poland may gain compared to region

Car production is likely to be one of the sectors most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. There are of course factories producing cars in Poland (including the Opel factory in Gliwice, Fiat in Tychy and VW in Poznań), car components and parts (including the Toyota factory in Wałbrzych), but compared to other countries in the Visegrad Group region (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia), the share of the sector in the economy is small.

The Visegrad Group is dependent on the…