Poland’s imports of RMG and India’s position

About Poland

Details

Figures

Population (July 2007 est.)

38.5 million

Population Density

328 per square mile

Total Area

312, 679 sq.Km.

Literacy (2003 est.)

99.8 %

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity - PPP)

$624.6 billion (2007 est.)

GDP per capita (PPP)

$ 16200 (2007 est.)

HDI

0.870 (2005)

Currency

Zloty

Official Languages

Polish

Inflation

4.1 % (2007)

Entry into European Union

1 May 2004

Membership of Groupings

NATO, EU and OECD

Commodities Produced in the country

Electronics, cars, buses, helicopters, transport equipment, locomotives, planes, ships and military engineering

Sectoral contribution to GDP 2007 (est.):
Agriculture:
Industry:
Services :


4.1 %
31.9 %
64 %

Labour Force by Occupation
Agriculture:
Industry:
Services :


16.1 %
29 %
54.9 %

Source: World Factbook

Poland’s imports

Of the total imports of US $163064.85 million in 2007, Germany’s share was about 29 per cent or in value terms it was US $ 47041.68 million. Other significant countries in Poland’s imports are Russia (8.83 per cent), Italy (6.46 per cent), Netherlands (5.63 per cent), France (5.09 per cent) and China (4.25 per cent). Top six supplier countries account for about 60 per cent of the total imports of Poland. Poland’s imports from India were to the tune of US $ 537.84 million, much lower than top five countries, and significantly lower than China. Pakistan and Bangladesh’s share has been below 0.1 per cent while Indonesia and Vietnam have a share of 0.18 and 0.15 per cent respectively.

In terms of change over the last year, China recorded the largest increase in its imports to Poland, i.e. 54 per cent increase in 2007 over 2006 level; followed by India (about 52 per cent increase) and Kazakhstan (39 per cent increase).

Poland’s imports from various countries (in mn. of US $) and share of these countries in total Imports of Poland

2005 to 2007

 

 

 

Value in mn. Of US$

 

Percentage Share

Percentage Change

Rank

Country

2005

2006

2007

2005

2006

2007

-  07/06  -

 

 World              

101402.15

127239.82

163064.85

100

100

100

28.16

1

Germany                 

30035.42

36901.67

47041.68

29.62

29

28.85

27.48

2

Russia                  

8774.40

12150.12

14397.54

8.65

9.55

8.83

18.5

3

Italy                   

6668.64

8154.61

10528.03

6.58

6.41

6.46

29.11

4

Netherlands             

5992.13

7252.15

9177.50

5.91

5.7

5.63

26.55

5

France                  

5791.60

6895.02

8306.66

5.71

5.42

5.09

20.47

6

China                   

3229.09

4497.72

6929.87

3.18

3.54

4.25

54.08

33

India                   

268.67

354.05

537.84

0.27

0.28

0.33

51.91

34

Kazakhstan              

476.41

292.83

407.87

0.47

0.23

0.25

39.29

40

Indonesia               

194.72

256.40

293.60

0.19

0.2

0.18

14.5

46

Vietnam                 

91.85

174.84

240.40

0.09

0.14

0.15

37.48

64

Pakistan                 

34.18

41.11

52.47

0.03

0.03

0.03

27.63

70

Bangladesh              

23.78

35.07

38.97

0.02

0.03

0.02

11.13

Poland’s exports

Of the total exports of Poland to the tune of US $ 139093 million in 2007, Germany’s share is the largest i.e., about 26 per cent; followed by Italy and France. Exports to India in 2007 were US$ 163.51 million, compared to US $ 996.52 million worth exports to China. India’s share in Poland’s total exports is much less than its share in total imports, and so is its ranking. India being 33rd most significant supplier of goods to Poland and 50th most significant destination for Polish goods. It can also be seen from the table below that India has in fact experienced a fall in total exports of goods from Poland, both in value terms and share terms.

Poland’s exports to various countries (in mn. of US $) and share of these countries in Poland’s exports

2005 to 2007

 

 

 

Value in mn. Of US$

Percentage Share

Percentage Change

Rank

Country                                           

2005

2006

2007

2005

2006

2007

-  07/06  -

 

 World             

89246.31

110924.52

139092.58

100

100

100

25.39

1

Germany                 

25182.52

30102.16

35965.05

28.22

27.14

25.86

19.48

2

Italy                   

5466.68

7237.00

9496.21

6.13

6.52

6.83

31.22

3

France                  

5547.29

6908.17

8369.43

6.22

6.23

6.02

21.15

4

United Kingdom          

4989.79

6339.12

8230.27

5.59

5.72

5.92

29.83

5

Czech Republic          

4071.67

6145.84

7591.28

4.56

5.54

5.46

23.52

23

China                   

591.85

768.75

996.52

0.66

0.69

0.72

29.63

50

India                   

200.44

203.22

163.51

0.23

0.18

0.12

-19.54

51

Hong Kong               

58.51

90.03

162.70

0.07

0.08

0.12

80.72

58

Taiwan                  

75.91

110.02

119.19

0.09

0.1

0.09

8.33

89

Pakistan                

64.56

32.57

24.52

0.07

0.03

0.02

-24.71

RMG imports of Poland

Germany and China are the two leading countries from where RMG are imported into Poland each accounting for more that 23 per cent of the total RMG imports of Poland in 2007.  In value terms, Poland’s imports from Germany and China were US$ 464.21 million and US$ 459.28 million respectively. Share of top five supplier countries is almost 65 per cent of the total RMG imports of Poland during the same period. RMG imports from India were US$ 42 million in the year 2007, increasing from US$ 23 million in 2005 and US$40 million in 2006. Share of India has increased from 2.03 per cent in 2005 to 2.14 per cent in 2007, though there has been a fall in its share, when compared to the value of 2.79 per cent in 2006. Close to India’s value of imports to Poland is Netherlands with imports worth US$38 million and share of 1.94 per cent in RMG imports of Poland. Bangladesh’s share is 1.21 per cent and value is US$ 23.7 million.

Leading suppliers of RMG to Poland, value of imports and their share in total imports of Poland,

2005 to 2007

 

 

Value in millions of  US$

Percentage Share

Rank

Country

2005

2006

2007

2005

2006

2007

1

Germany                  

280.48

341.43

464.22

24.68

23.64

23.63

2

China                   

278.18

310.16

459.28

24.48

21.48

23.38

3

Italy                   

114.69

131.42

179.24

10.09

9.1

9.13

4

France                  

59.55

73.95

97.14

5.24

5.12

4.95

5

Turkey                   

53.28

65.24

77.82

4.69

4.52

3.96

7

Belgium                 

35.16

42.66

65.17

3.09

2.95

3.32

9

Denmark                 

38.70

53.10

64.73

3.41

3.68

3.3

11

Austria                 

17.18

35.90

47.15

1.51

2.49

2.4

12

India                    

23.11

40.35

41.99

2.03

2.79

2.14

13

Netherlands             

22.87

29.79

38.09

2.01

2.06

1.94

16

Bangladesh              

10.50

24.40

23.71

0.92

1.69

1.21

17

Vietnam                 

6.92

14.29

22.75

0.61

0.99

1.16

25

Indonesia               

7.66

12.93

3.95

0.67

0.9

0.2

30

Pakistan                

1.10

2.02

2.52

0.1

0.14

0.13

42

Sri Lanka               

0.67

0.91

0.90

0.06

0.06

0.05

Poland’s RMG imports at 4 digit HS code level

Poland’s imports of knit apparel amounted to US$ 928.73 million in 2007, which is 0.57 per cent of the total imports of Poland. Under the category of Knit Apparel, 6109 (T-Shirts, Singlet, Tank Tops Etc, Knit Or Crochet), 6110 (Jerseys, Pullovers, Cardigans, Waistcoats, Etc, Knit Or Crocheted) 6104 (Women's Or Girls' Suits, Dresses, Skirts, Shorts, Etc), 6115 (Panty Hose, Tights, Stockings, Other Hosiery, Knit Or Crocheted)  and 6108 (Women's Or Girls' Slips, Panties, Pyjamas, Bathrobes etc) are the most significant items of import. The imports of all these items have increased during 2005-07 in value terms, with the largest increase during 2007 being in the case of 6104 (Women's Or Girls' Suits, Dresses, Skirts, Shorts, Etc).

Similarly, Poland’s imports of Woven Apparel amounted to US$ 1035.59 million, which is 0.64 per cent of the total imports of Poland. The most significant items of imports are 6204 (Women's Or Girls' Suits, Jackets, Dresses, Skirts, etc not Knit), 6203 (Men's Or Boys' Suits, Jackets, Trousers, Shorts, Etc, not Knit), 6202 (Women's Or Girls' Overcoats, Capes, Wind- Jackets, Etc), 6201 (Men's Or Boys' Overcoats, Capes, Wind-Jackets, Etc,) and 6205 (Men's Or Boys' Shirts, not Knitted Or Crocheted). Again, the imports of all these items have increased during 2005-07 in value terms, with the largest increase during 2007 being in 6205 (Men's Or Boys' Shirts, not Knitted Or Crocheted).

Poland’s global imports of Knit and Woven Apparel, 2005 to 2007, in value and percentage terms

 

Value in million of US $

Percentage Share

Percentage Change

 

2005

2006

2007

2005

2006

2007

-  07/06  -

Articles Of Knit Apparel And Clothing

 6104

30.98

37.27

72.11

5.8

5.59

7.76

93.46

 6108

43.87

47.65

56.55

8.22

7.15

6.09

18.68

 6109

125.48

165.31

234.80

23.51

24.81

25.28

42.04

 6110

140.11

169.26

226.65

26.25

25.4

24.4

33.91

 6115

39.66

45.62

65.14

7.43

6.85

7.02

42.79


Articles Of Woven Apparel And Clothing

 6201

55.22

74.68

90.05

9.16

9.6

8.7

20.58

 6202

63.90

78.50

101.86

10.6

10.09

9.84

29.77

 6203

125.85

152.42

220.50

20.88

19.6

21.29

44.66

 6204

164.39

219.83

290.53

27.28

28.26

28.05

32.16

 6205

44.25

45.67

71.13

7.34

5.87

6.87

55.73

Table below shows the movement in average global price of imports of Poland of these commodities and the change in quantity imported. It can be seen that in case of Knit Apparel there has been a decline in the quantity imported of 6108 (Women's Or Girls' Slips, Panties, Pyjamas, Bathrobes etc) and 6110 (Jerseys, Pullovers, Cardigans, Waistcoats, Etc, Knitted or Crocheted) during 2007. However, in the case of 6108 the quantity imported has fallen continuously from 2005 to 2007, in case of 6110, there was first an increase in the quantity imported in 2006 and then a fall in 2007. It can further be noted that there has been a sharp increase in the price of 6108 (81 per cent) and 6110 (64 per cent) during 2007, which could have been responsible for the fall in quantity imported by Poland.

Average global price and quantity imported of Knit and Woven Apparel, 2005 to 2007

 

Quantity

Percentage  Change

Average Price (US$)

Percentage Change

 

2005

2006

2007

-  07/06  -

2005

2006

2007

-  07/06  -

 Articles Of Knit Apparel And Clothing 

 6104

10170116

13151173

18280704

39.00

3.05

2.83

3.94

39.18

 6108

91873842

79650649

52372014

-34.25

0.48

0.6

1.08

80.50

 6109

64797299

75367491

90651092

20.28

1.94

2.19

2.59

18.09

 6110

40465528

47789784

39089558

-18.21

3.46

3.54

5.8

63.71

 6115

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

 

 Articles Of Woven Apparel And Clothing

 6201

7372320

10571271

10030204

-5.12

7.49

7.06

8.98

27.09

 6202

8995760

10806922

9523755

-11.87

7.10

7.26

10.7

47.25

 6203

21046116

21986649

28516772

29.70

5.98

6.93

7.73

11.54

 6204

32767040

35816671

39989525

11.65

5.02

6.14

7.27

18.37

 6205

16611820

19113651

17768453

-7.04

2.66

2.39

4.00

67.52

Note: Quantity for all commodities are measured in numbers other than 6115 where it is measured in pairs

In case of Woven Apparel, 6201 (Men's or Boys' Overcoats, Capes, Wind-Jackets, Etc), 6202(Women's or Girls' Overcoats, Capes, Wind- Jackets, Etc) and 6205 (Men's or Boys' Shirts, Not Knitted or Crocheted) have experienced in fall in quantity imported during 2006-07. In case of all these commodities there was first an increase in quantity imported during 2006 and then a fall of 5 per cent, 12 per cent and 7 per cent respectively in 2007. Here again, a large increase in price of these commodities could have led to a decline in imports of Poland.

Poland’s tariffs

Total Tariff lines for RMG in Poland are 448 at the 10 Digit HS Code level out which 174 are under HS Chapter 61 (Knit Apparel) and 274 are under HS Chapter 62 (Woven Apparel).  The tabulation below provides duty range under HS Chapter 61 & 62 for Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam:  

Country

Knit Apparel

Woven Apparel

Bangladesh (LDC) and Sri Lanka (GSP+)

0%

0%

 India  Indonesia and Vietnam

12%       -  157 Items
10.50%   -      1 Item
8%       -   8 Items
8.90%   -   8 Items
12%    -  230 Items
10.50% -  12 Items
10%    -   4 Items
8%      -   12 Items
7.60%  -   1 Item
6.50%  -   7 Items
6.30%   -  8 items
Source : Eurostat
 
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