Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6
1.1 Executive Summary 6
CHAPTER 2 KEY FACTS AND OVERVIEW 7
2.1 Key Facts 7
2.2 Country Overview 9
2.3 Policy and Business 10
CHAPTER 3 THE POLISH ECONOMY 13
3.1 Economic Overview 13
3.2 Economic Performance 14
3.3 Foreign Trade 16
3.4 Major Trading Partners 18
3.5 Key Economic Issues 20
3.6 Economic Prospects 21
CHAPTER 4 MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN POLAND 22
4.1 Automotive 22
4.2 Retail 23
4.3 Construction & Engineering Industry 25
4.4 Chemicals Industry 28
4.5 Household Appliances Industry 30
CHAPTER 5 TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS IN POLAND 33
5.1 Logistics Overview 33
5.2 Leading Companies 38
5.3 Air Transport 45
5.4 Road and rail transport 49
5.5 Marine economy 63
5.6 Ports 69
5.7 Warehousing 72
CHAPTER 6 LOGISTICS OUTLOOK FOR POLAND 74
6.1 Logistics Outlook for Poland 74


TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Poland: Geographical Location 7
Figure 2: Poland: Consumer Price Inflation in Poland, 2000 - 2006 11
Figure 3: Poland: Exchange Rate, PLN – US$, 1996 – 2006 (annual average) 12
Figure 4: Poland: Real GDP (US$ Billion)*, 2000-2006 13
Figure 5: Poland: Unemployment Rate (%), 2000 - 2006 14
Figure 6: Poland: Major Exports, 2006 16
Figure 7: Poland: Major Imports, 2006 17
Figure 8: Poland: Major Export Destinations, 2006 18
Figure 9: Poland: Major Import Sources, 2006 19
Figure 10: Poland: Food Retail Industry Value ($ Billion), 2002-2006 23
Figure 11: Poland: Market Segmentation of Polish Food Retail Market by Value (%), 2006 24
Figure 12: Poland: Construction & Engineering Industry Value (US$ Billion), 2002-2006 25
Figure 13: Poland: Industry Segmentation by Value, % Share, 2006 26
Figure 14: Poland: Polish Industry Value as a % of European Industry (%), 2006 27
Figure 15: Poland: Chemicals Industry Value (US$ Billion), 2002-2006 28
Figure 16: Poland: Chemicals Market Segmentation (%), 2006 29
Figure 17: Poland: Household Appliances Industry Volumes (‘000), 2002-2006 30
Figure 18: Poland: Household Industry Value ($ Million), 2002-2006 31
Figure 19: Poland: Household Appliances Industry Market Segmentation by Value (%), 2006 32
Figure 20: Poland: Polish Transport Industry Revenues, 2005-2006 35
Figure 22: Poland: Cargo/Freight Volumes (Million Tonnes), 1990-2006 36
Figure 23: Poland: Structure of Goods Transported by Mode (%), 2000-2006 37
Figure 24: Poland: DHL Network 40
Figure 25: Poland: Poland Airlines Industry Value (US$ Million), 2001-2005 45
Figure 26: Poland: Airports 46
Figure 27: Poland: Air Freight Volumes (‘000 Tonnes), 2005-2006 47
Figure 28: Poland: Volume of Cargo at the Katowice Airport, 1996 - 2006 48
Figure 29: Poland: Road & Rail Market Value (US$ Million), 2002-2005 49
Figure 30: Poland: Road & Rail Market Segmentation: % Share by Value, 2006 50
Figure 31: Poland: Volume of Goods Transported by Road (Million Tonnes), 1990-2006 51
Figure 32: Poland: Structure of Goods Transported by Road (Million Tonnes), 1990-2006 52
Figure 33: Poland: Structure of Goods Transported by Road by Activity (%), 1990-2006 53
Figure 34: Poland: Structure of Road Freight Transport (Tonnes) by group of Goods (%), 2006 54
Figure 35: Poland: Total Length of Hard Surface Public Roads (‘000 km), 1990-2006 55
Figure 36: Poland: Hard Surface Public Roads per 100 sq km 56
Figure 37: Poland: Length of Motorways in Poland (Km), 1990-2006 57
Figure 38: Poland: Volume of Goods Transported by Rail (Million Tonnes), 1990-2006 58
Figure 39: Poland: Structure of Operated Railway Line (Km), 1990-2006 59
Figure 40: Poland: Structure of Goods Carried by Rail Transport (Tonnes) by group of Goods (%), 2006 60
Figure 41: Poland: Structure of Goods Carried by Rail Transport by Type of Transport (%), 2006 61
Figure 42: Poland: Modernization plans of the Polish Railroad System, 2004 - 2013 62
Figure 43: Poland: Volume of Goods Transported by Maritime Transport (Million Tonnes), 1990-2006 63
Figure 44: Poland: Maritime Transport Fleet, 1990-2006 64
Figure 45: Poland: Volume of Goods Transported by Inland Waterways (Million Tonnes), 1990-2006 65
Figure 46: Poland: Inland Waterways Fleet, 1990-2006 66
Figure 47: Poland: Length of Navigable Inland Waterways (Km), 1990-2006 67
Figure 48: Poland: Volume of Goods Transported by Pipeline (Million Tonnes), 1990-2006 68
Figure 49: Poland: Goods Loaded & Unloaded at Commercial Seaports (Million Tonnes), 2000-2006 69
Figure 50: Poland: Structure of Goods Carried by Sea-freight by Group of Goods (%), 2000-2006 70
Figure 51: Poland: Structure of Goods Carried by Sea-freight (Tonnes) by Group of Goods (%), 2006 71
Figure 52: Poland: Stock of Warehousing in Poland by Region (%), 2006 72
Figure 53: Poland: Volume of Road Freight (Million Tonnes), 2007-2012 75
Figure 54: Poland: Volume of Rail Freight (Million Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 76
Figure 55: Poland: Volume of Sea/Maritime Freight (Million Ton-kilometres), 2007-2012 77
Figure 55: Poland: Volume of Air Freight Transported (‘000 Tonnes), 2007-2012 78
Figure 56: Poland: Volume of Pipeline Freight Transported (Million Tonnes), 2007-2012 79
Figure 57: Poland: Volume of Total Freight Transported (Million Tonnes), 2007-2012 80
Figure 56: Poland: Logistics and Storage Nominal Market Value ($ Billions), 2006-2012 81