Poland to produce over 600k cars this year - report

Car production this year may exceed 600k, according to the Polish Automotive Industry Association and consultancy firm KPMG. Last year, Polish factories manufactured 554.6k cars. “Growing output is mainly due to the good situation on the main export markets, where a significant part of the Polish production is sold,” the report said. “We’re still far away from the 1 million cars produced in 2008, and despite the figures growing in the last two years, Poland is still behind Czechia and Slovakia, the regional leaders,” said Mirosław Michna from KPMG. The automotive industry is also an important employer in Poland providing 436.7k jobs and another 654k in the automotive-related sectors. The average monthly salary in the industry, amounting to PLN 4,669 at end-2016, PLN 400 more than the average wage in Poland.