POLAND - Economic Newsletter  December 30, 2004

         Have a Great and Prosperous New 2005 Year !



How to find public offers in EU

Nearly 130 thousand public offers have been announced in EU since May 1, 2005. The biggest offers (with the value of Euro130,000 for purchase goods and services, and of Euro 5 MN for construction projects) are published in the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union – Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) http://ted.publications.eu.int .

How to search the offers database?

In opinion of experts the most efficient way is to use CPV code (Common Procurement Vocabulary). The code consists of 9 digits maximum. First 8 digits describe goods or services. The 9th digit is used for verification of the previous 8 digits. The system is as follow:

first 2 digits describe an industry – 33000000-0 (medical and laboratory instruments, optical and controlling instruments, watches, pharmaceuticals and medicaments)
first 3 digits describe a sector – 33100000-1 (medical instruments)
first 4 digits describe a sub sector – 33110000-4 (visual instruments for medical, dentistry, and veterinary use)
first 5 digits describe a category – 33111000-1 (X-ray apparatus)
To improve search a supplement vocabulary code may be use, for example M016-4 - for hospital use.

For the Polish Law on Public Procurement you can visit the web site of the Public Procurement Office in Poland, http://www.uzp.gov.pl .

Information about tenders in other countries may be found:
Estonia: http://www.rha.gov.ee
Finland: http://www.credita.fi
France: http://djo.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/marchespublics
Germany: http://www.bundes-ausschreibungsblatt.de

Great Britain: http://www.supplyinggovernment.gov.uk

Spain: http://www.boe.es/g/es
Ireland: http://www.opw.ie

Italy: http://www.gazettaufficiale.it
Slovakia: http://www.uvo.gov.sk
Sweden: http://www.ajour.se


New foreign companies on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
Four foreign companies are now listed on the WSE and the flow of foreign money into the country has gone from a trickle to a torrent. The new ones are: Hungarian chemical producer - BorsodChem, Bank of Austria Creditanstalt, American pharmaceutical firm based in Florida - IVAX, and German venture-capital fund BMP AG debuted this December at the same time in Frankfurt and Warsaw. Others, such as Hungarian fuel concern MOL, have got the green light from the Securities Commission. The WSE is one of a few European bourses offering international stocks.


Polish soda market
Poles drink less soda than during previous years. The sector giants are Coca-Cola (40% share of the Polish market) and Pepsi-Cola (25%). Minor soda producers are Hellena and Hoop. The rest of the market is divided into 200 local soda producers. Only 40 of them heavily invested to improve the production lines and become countrywide recognized brand.


Polish economy in brief:
- Mazda, the Japanese carmaker is going to open a new distribution and service company in Poland to serve the European market.
- Inflation in December 2005 will be up for 0.1 – 0.2%, and the forecast for inflation of 2005 is 4.4 – 4.5%.
- Commercial construction – office buildings planed to build in 2005 in Warsaw are expected to provide new 2 MN square foot of office space.

 

Outsourcing and Investment Opportunities in Poland

    

    For economic information on the Polish market potentials please contact:

 

 

Polish Information & Foreign Investment Agency ul. Bagatela 12 00-585 Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48 22) 334 98 00 fax: (+48 22) 334 99 99 e-mail: post@paiz.gov.pl

Commercial & Economic Division Consulate General of the Republic of Poland 12400 Wilshire Blvd. # 555 Los Angeles, CA 90025 tel.: (310) 442 – 8500 x 114 fax: (310) 442- 8526 e-mail: tradeconsul@earthlink.net