Polish companies tipped to benefit from trade liberalization upon accession

Their competitive position will also be improved immensely as EU customs laws will protect them against cheap fertilizers from countries of the former Soviet Union and cheap steel from India, Romania and China. Producers of cigarette lighters and bicycles will also be able to take advantage of the EU's customs barriers with regards to Chinese imports. Meanwhile, the abolition of duties on sugar by fellow acceding countries, such as the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, will benefit the country's sugar mills and sugar goods producers. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B1) T.J.