1. Why Poland? Business Environment 2010: Economy, market and labour. For more information visit www.hireinpoland.com hireinpoland.com

3. Schengen member since 2007

4. Political system: Republic

5. Capital city: Warsaw

6. Total area: 312 679 km²

7. Population: 38.1 million

8. Currency: Zloty (0,26 €)

9. Official language: Polish hireinpoland.com hireinpoland.com

11. from the new EU countries

12. Located in the heart of Europe

13. Part of the trans European road

14. network

15. Easy access to 250 million

16. consumers within a radius of 1,000

17. kilometers

18. Strong economic growth potential

19. Large domestic market hireinpoland.com hireinpoland.com

21. One of the fastest growing economy in Central Europe

22. The only EU member country to have avoided a decline in GDP

24. GDP per capita $18,072 (2009 est.)

25. GDP by sector :agriculture: 4.6%; industry: 28.1%; services: 67.3%

26. (2009 est.) hireinpoland.com hireinpoland.com

28. investment incentives in 14 Special Economic Zones ( income tax

29. exemption, real estate tax exemption, competitive land prices), the

30. possibility to benefit from the EU structural funds, brownfield and greenfield

31. localizations.

32. The level of FDI inflow into Poland in 2006 amounted to 13.9 billion Euro .

33. (Source: The National Bank of Poland)

34. Poland is the 7th in the World in terms of investment attractiveness

35. (Source: Ernst & Young)

36. The selection of Poland as the co-organizer of the European Football

37. Championships in 2012 will speed up a lot of investments in Poland in

38. the coming years. This includes investment in sectors such as roads,

39. railways and air infrastructure, as well as hotel, tourism, gastronomy and

40. recreation industries.

41. Support for foreign investors in all the necessary legal and

42. administrative procedures is provided by Polish Information and Foreign

43. Investment Agency

44. Poland has a high level of political stability hireinpoland.com hireinpoland.com

46. Export goods: machinery and transport equipment 43.2%,

47. manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 19.5%,

48. miscellaneous manufactured articles 13.3%, food and live animals

49. 9.5%, chemicals and related products 7.8%

50. Main export partners :Germany 26.1%, France 6.9%, Italy 6.9%, United

52. Import goods :machinery and transport equipment 35.3%,

53. manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 17.4%, chemicals

54. and related products 14 %, miscellaneous manufactured articles

55. 10.6%, mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 9.6%

56. Main import partners :Germany 22.4%, China 9.3%, Russia 8.5%, Italy

58. Public finances ( Source: CIA World Fact Book) Public debt 47.5% of GDP (2009 est.) Revenues $83.68 billion (2009 est.) Expenses $93.47 billion (2009 est.) Economic aid $68 billion in available EU structural adjustment and cohesion funds (2007-13) Foreign reserves: $67.29 billion (31 December 2009 est.) hireinpoland.com hireinpoland.com

60. 16,5% of population has higher education (GUS, 2005)

61. Polish workers are educated to the EU standards and diplomas,

62. certificates and titles are usually equivalent to those of other EU

63. member states.

64. 30% of Poles speak fluent English

65. Poles like to work for and appreciate foreign employers based on their

66. experience of working in other EU countries or working in subsidiraies

67. of world's largest companies established in Poland.

68. 80% of Poles use internet on a regular basis

69. Labour force by occupation agriculture: 17.4%; industry: 29.2%;

70. services: 53.4% (2005)

71. Unemployment 9.1% (March 2010) steadily decreasing

72. one of the hardest working nations in Europe ( Source: OECD,

73. www.oecd.org )

74. Low labour cost hireinpoland.com hireinpoland.com

75. If you still have not thought about doing business in and with Poland, now is the time to do so. Check out www.hireinpoland.com for useful information and resources. hireinpoland.com hireinpoland.com