Deeper, more efficient and broader economic cooperation between Poland and Ukraine was the key issue raised during the bilateral meeting of Deputy Prime Ministers of Poland and Ukraine. This goal is to be achieved by removing customs and bureaucratic barriers preventing access to the Ukrainian market, improving the quality of B2B cooperation and continuous cooperation in the area of migration policy and support for Ukrainian citizens employed in Poland.

EU trade policy in the wake of the changing global structure, eliminating barriers on the single market and the recovery of the EU economy after the crisis were the main topics brought up during the meeting between Robert Tomanek, Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Labour and Technology, and Franck Riester, the Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness.

For the seventh consecutive time, the industrial sector in Poland shows growing economic activity. Contrary to previous forecasts, in January the PMI index rose to 51.9 points – 0.2 more compared to December. This corresponds to the biggest improvement of conditions in the Polish industry since July last year. At the same time, the January index scores the highest since July 2018.

According to the CSO data, Polish gross domestic product in the entire 2020 decreased by 2.8% compared to 2019. Although this is the first annual decrease in Polish GDP since the beginning of the democratic transition, its scale is smaller than originally expected at the beginning of the pandemic (around 4%). This result is in line with market expectations.

Strategic cooperation within the EU and the V4 Group, strengthening bilateral cooperation at the business level and joint action in the field of space policy are the main topics of today's meeting between the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology, Jarosław Gowin, and his Hungarian counterpart, Péter Szzijártó

The reopening of stores in malls and shopping centres, the reopening of art galleries and museums, as well as the withdrawal of “senior hours”, are the most important principles that will apply in the first half of February throughout Poland. The regulation in this matter awaits the signature of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

Polish-German relations, joint trade contacts, situation related to the coronavirus pandemic, IPCEI projects, issues related to the Green Deal and German investments in Poland are some of the topics discussed by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Economic Development, Labour and Technology Jarosław Gowin during his visit to Berlin on January 21. Deputy prime minister met with, among others, the President of the German Bundestag, Wolfgang Schäuble, and with Peter Altmaier, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy.

November was the third month in a row with increasing exports (+6.7% y/y). The trade balance surplus after 11 months reflected the record amount of EUR 11.4 billion, the best result in the 21st century. Such positive figures are the result of the high competitiveness of Polish products on foreign markets and the improved condition of our exporters.

175 billion PLN, 35 billion PLN under the PFR financial shield 2.0 for entrepreneurs that are most severely affected by restrictions today and 1 billion PLN of support for mountainous communes – this is the most recent summary of governmental support under anti-crisis shields. ‘Our reply to the second pandemic wave is the second financial shield of the Polish Development Fund for micro-, small and medium enterprises,’ said Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin – Minister of Development, Labour and Technology. He said that new PKD codes were likely to be added to the list of industries covered by aid already the following week, and support from the industry shield would be extended for further two months.