Polish food exports to UK begin to soar

According to the British Office of National Statistics, Poland is now at 18th place among the largest exporters to the UK (as compared to the 25th position in 2005). The main component of Polish exports is food. "This stems from not only a 1.6 million Polish minority in the UK, but also the increasing popularity of Polish food among the British," stated Martin Oxley, the general director of the British-Polish Chamber of Commerce. According to estimates, Poland exported food worth zl.1.7 billion to the UK in 2006. Cars are also popular products. "It is one of the four most important export markets for us," stated Boguslaw Cieslar, a spokesperson for Fiat Auto Poland, "Last year we exported 10,000 Panda cars to Britain." Other exported products include furniture, white goods and LCD TV sets. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4; Parkiet, p. 13)