PAIH Business Brief November 2017
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Events

The 12th auto parts int. Exhibition 2017 in Teheran
When: November 13-19, 2017
Where: Teheran (Iran)
Singapore Investor Summit - #DealDay
When: November 13-17, 2017
Where: Singapore
German-Polish B2B contacts for IT /ICT /Industry 4.0 companies
When: November 16, 2017
Where: Warsaw
Clusters in the Visegrad Group - Challenges of the Future
When: November 23, 2017
Where: Brenna near Bielsko-Biała & Czechowice Dziedzice
Business Mission to Vietnam headed by the President of Poland Andrzej Duda
When: November 27-30, 2017
Where: Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
3rd Exporters and Investors Forum
When: November 29, 2017
Where: Expo-Łódź
Top Automotive 2017
When: December 7-9, 2017
Where: Łódź
Economic and Commercial Forum Poland-El Salvador
When: November 22, 2017
Where: KIG, Warsaw

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Market insight

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Business support

Foreign Trade Offices of the Polish Trade Agency (PAIH) is a global, constantly developed network of the Agency’s divisions responsible for providing support for Polish exporters and investors who look for new business opportunities, overseas. Offices have also been designed to attract foreign investors and assist them in their way to Poland.

PAIH Foreign Trade Offices are focused on distant markets of rapid growth with the biggest business potential for Polish companies. Ultimately, there will be 70 locations of PAIH Foreign Trade Offices in the world.

Foreign Trade Offices will help you to:
  • reduce business risk in foreign expansion by managing business information
  • select reliable business partners, arrange B2B talks and trade shows as well as offer investment site advisory
  • get the access to full range of business support tools offered by the Polish Development Found

Business in Brief

Chinese revolution in PAIH portfolio
First time in PAIH’s history Chinese investors made it into the top regarding FDI stock, while the German companies had to say goodbye to the leading position. When it comes to the number of investment projects, the US remains in charge.
Polish edu-tech enters Singapore
Supported by PAIH and its Singaporean division, Polish e-learning start-up, Nuadu is to launch a business hub in the South - East Asia. The company was invited to PAIH co-work in Singapore and signed a business agreement with Singaporean partner.
Winners of FDI Poland Award 2017
Companies supported by PAIH were listed among this year’s winners of FDI Poland Awards.  The title of the Most Innovative Exporter went to Vzór furniture start-up while the Top JV Investment of 2017 award went to Lufthansa’s and GE Aviation’s XEOS in Środa Śląska.
CETA: a game changer for trade with Canada
Canada is liberalising trade exchange with the EU. There is a huge interest in this market among Polish business. PAIH Trade Office in Toronto already served 200 enquiries from companies representing a wide variety of sectors.

Reports and comments

PFR TFI: Polish business ready for FDI
Nearly half of large Polish companies are planning to invest abroad within the next 2 years. Western and Central Europe will be the major destination for expansion - according to a research carried by TFI BGK (PFR TFI).

As many as 83.7% of the enterprises are going to acquire some entity located abroad, and  the rest of the responders are considering further expansion of their controlled companies. Interestingly, no firm is planning to start a foreign subsidiary from the scratch. More >>

Do you know that…

Poland in Lonely Planet Ranking as “must visit 2018”
Poland has been named one of the best value destinations in the world to visit in 2018 in Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel, the highly anticipated announcement of the world’s hottest destinations that should feature on every traveller’s wish list for the year ahead. Each year Lonely Planet highlights the top ten countries, cities, regions and best value destinations that experts recommend travellers experience in 2018 r. Poland has been shortlisted together with Lanzarote, Estonia, Bolivia and Morocco.
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