Poland joined the European Union in 2004
Capital city: Warsaw
Population: 38,482,919 (July 2009 est.)
Currency: Zloty
Language: Polish
In 2008, Poland’s GDP grew an estimated 4.8%, based on rising private consumption, a jump in corporate investment, and EU funds inflows. GDP per capita is still much below the EU average, but is similar to that of the three Baltic states. Since 2004, EU membership and access to EU structural funds have provided a major boost to the economy. Unemployment is falling rapidly, though at roughly 9.7% in 2008, it remains above the EU average. In 2008 inflation reached 4.3%, more than the upper limit of the National Bank of Poland's target range, but has been falling due to global economic slowdown. Poland's economic performance could improve further if the country addresses some of the remaining deficiencies in its business environment. An inefficient commercial court system, a rigid labour code, bureaucratic red tape, and persistent low-level corruption keep the private sector from performing up to its full potential. Rising demands to fund health care, education, and the state pension system present a challenge to the Polish Government's effort to hold the consolidated public sector budget deficit under 3.0% of GDP, a target which was achieved in 2007-08. The PO/PSL coalition government which came to power in November 2007 plans to further reduce the budget deficit with the aim of eventually adopting the euro by 2012. The new government has also announced its intention to enact business-friendly reforms, reduce public sector spending growth, lower taxes, and accelerate privatization. The government, however, has moved slowly on major reforms. Pension and health-care bills passed through the legislature, but the legislature failed to overturn a presidential veto.
GDP - composition by sector
agriculture: 4.5%
industry: 31.2%
services: 64.3% (2008 est.)
Source: CIA
Latest news on Polish poultry
13 Apr 2012 - IKO Kompania Drobiarska, established on the Polish poultry market since 1999, recently expanded its hatchery with Pas Reform equipment.
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19 Jan 2012 - The Czech Republic has banned the import of Polish eggs as they have failed to conform to the new EU laying hen welfare regulations.
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07 Dec 2011 - International animal feed company, De Heus, has been announced as the seventh winner of the Dutch-Polish Business Award (DPBA).
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26 Sep 2011 - The first HatchBrood facility in Poland has been taken into operations the month. The HatchBrood facility is part of a large new project where Zwd Sztuder ordered a complete HatchTech product portfolio as part of an investment program aimed at maximising chick quality.
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16 May 2011 - Meyn-Ishida, the alliance dedicated to the sales of total poultry processing solutions, has just won its fourth major contract since its official launch in January 2011.
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24 Jan 2011 - Until recently, Polish broiler producers tended to build poultry buildings outside of villages and towns so as not disturb inhabitants with unpleasant smells emitted during boiler production.
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05 Jan 2011 - Poultry production in Poland is one of the strongest and most profitable branches of national agriculture. Hundreds of large and small poultry farms produce millions of chickens, hens and eggs yearly.
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20 Dec 2010 - Aviagen EPI (producer of Ross breeding stock) and De Heus Pasze in Poland signed an agreement to supply specific feed for Aviagen Grand Parent Stock (GPS). This will be used at the Aviagen breeder farms that supply hatching eggs to their new hatchery in Hilbersdorf (Germany).
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29 Oct 2010 - One of the new hotels built for the Euro 2012 football tournament – the Remes Hotel, near Poznań – was the venue for the Cobb Germany conference for 155 Polish customers including feed mill, hatchery and veterinary representatives.
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06 Oct 2010 - Proteon Pharmaceuticals, a Łódź, Poland-based company that is conducting advanced research to produce a bacteriophage-based preparation to prevent salmonella infections in farm animals, was named the third most innovative biotechnology company in Central and Eastern Europe at this year’s BioForum fair in Łódź.
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20 Sep 2010 - A report on animal welfare in Poland has highlighted concerns over the transportation of laying hens and calves, and warns of the apparent lack of preparedness for the ban on conventional battery cages for egg production for 2012.
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21 Jun 2010 - Aviagen EPI was delighted to welcome representatives from all sectors of Poland’s poultry industry to a 3-day technical seminar in the spa town of Dzwirzyno.
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25 May 2010 - Hubbard Polska, for many years the only primary breeder with GP farms and hatchery in Poland, celebrates its 20th anniversary with a strong position in its local market.
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24 May 2010 - Aviagen EPI has announced the signing of an agreement of cooperation with BroMargo, a leading Polish private poultry integration, on a Grandparent (GP) project in Poland.
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04 May 2010 - Polish poultry company Zwd Sztuder and HatchTech from the Netherlands have agreed upon the delivery of a complete HatchTech product portfolio. VIV Europe 2010 was the podium for this major signing event.
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17 Feb 2010 - The Polish government is the first country to formally ask the EU’s Agricultural Council to delay the ban on battery cages by 5 years to 2017.
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19 Feb 2007 - Nutreco Holding N.V. announced today the takeover of
the animal feed blends, premix and base mix business of BASF in Poland, Italy,
USA, UK, Mexico, Guatemala, China and Indonesia. The purchase price is not
disclosed.
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