POLISH FOREIGN TRADE OF THE ICT GOODS IN YEARS 2005–2013 Cover Image

POLSKI HANDEL ZAGRANICZNY PRODUKTAMI ICT W LATACH 2005–2013
POLISH FOREIGN TRADE OF THE ICT GOODS IN YEARS 2005–2013

Author(s): Małgorzata Fronczek
Subject(s): Economy, International relations/trade, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: Poland’s foreign trade; ICT goods;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is the presentation of the main tendencies and the structure of Polish foreign trade in ICT goods. The value of exportation and importation of this goods in years 2005–2013 was calculated in the accordance with the list, published by OECD in 2008. The data from GUS Database were used in these calculations. The analysis of the results indicates that the value of exported and imported ICT goods increased significantly in the researched period. The growth rate of the trade in ICT goods was higher than in the total Polish foreign trade. The main consumers of the exported Polish ICT products were the developed countries, but the main suppliers were the developing countries. The most important goods in Polish exportation were: electronic equipment for consumers, communication equipment, computers and peripheral equipment (totally almost 90% in 2013) and importation of ICT goods: computers and peripheral equipment (approximately 30%), all of the remaining groups of ICT products (15–20% each of them).

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 41/1
  • Page Range: 279-290
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish