Polish food export to grow by 5% this year - BGŻ
Michał Koleśnikow, economist at the Bank Gospodarki Żywnościowej, has said that he predicts Polish food exports will rise by “only” 5 percent in 2014.
“If the recent outbreak of African Swine Flu in Poland [which halted exports of Polish pork] and the turmoil in the East are not under control soon, the growth in exports will be 5 percent at the most,” said Koleśnikow in Rzeczpospolita.
Last year, Polish food exports were worth nearly €20 billion, 11.5 percent more than in 2012. Russia is the third biggest Polish export market, with €1.25-billion worth of products sold there last year. In comparison, in 2010 that figure stood at € 725 million.
In recent months Russia put an embargo on importing many Polish products, stopping the import of pork due to African Swine Flu being found in several samples of Polish-reared meat.
