Economic relations between Poland and Switzerland Swiss-Polish Roundtable on Innovation

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1 Economic relations between Poland and Switzerland Swiss-Polish Roundtable on Innovation Wädenswil, 21th October 2014

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3 1 Poland. Location factors 2 3 Players from Switzerland. Trends What can Switzerland offer to Poland?

4 GDP growth per capita = Source: PAIIZ / UNCTAD Poland. Location factors Poland Ukraine Belarus Czech Republic Hungary Slovakia Bulgaria Romania

5 Poland. Location factors Poland: a few facts Area: km² (6th in EU) Population: 38,5 Mio. (6th in EU) Currency: Zloty (1 USD ~ 3.1 PLN, 1 EUR ~ 4.2 PLN) 2013 GDP: 517,5 Mrd. USD GDP in CH: 650,8 Mrd. USD GPD per capita: ,95 USD GDP per capita in CH: ,54 USD GDP growth: 2008: 5,1%, 2009: 1,8%, 2010: 3,9%, 2011: 4,5%, 2012: 1,9%, 2013: 1,6%, prognosis for 2014: 3,3% Source: NBP, World Bank, 2014

6 Poland. Location factors International investors AUTOMOTIVE Gliwice, Tychy Wrocław, Jelcz Laskowice, Wałbrzych Poznań Other Manufactures AEROSPACE Rzeszów, Mielec, Świdnik Kalisz Other Manufactures Source: Presentation PAIIZ Business Climate in Poland Invest in Poland

7 Poland. Location factors International investors BSS Kraków Wrocław Łódź Other Centers R&D Wrocław Warszawa Other Centers Source: Presentation PAIIZ Business Climate in Poland Invest in Poland

8 Poland. Location factors Evaluation of investment factors: the best five Membership in EU 4,41 4,3 2. Qualifications of employees 3. Academic education 4. Motivation 5. Quality and access to local providers 3,82 3,78 3,69 3,37 3,54 3,61 3,53 3,4 5 max 1 - min Source: Economic Survey 2013, IGCC

9 Poland. Location factors Investment attractiveness - CEE countries compared 6 very attractive, 1 not attractive 4,87 4,17 3,99 3,88 3,79 3,72 3,58 3,57 3,55 3,45 3,41 3,14 Poland Czech Republic Slovakia Estonia Slovenia Croatia Lithuania Latvia Romania Hungary Russia Ukraine Source: Economic Survey 2013, IGCC

10 1 Poland. Location factors 2 Players from Switzerland. Trends

11 Players from Switzerland. Trends Bilateral Trade Poland-Switzerland In terms of trade volume, Poland has overpassed BRIC-countries Brasil and Russia. Switzerland Poland: Foreign trade statistics 2013 Import: 1662 mio CHF Export: 2071 mio CHF Total: 3733 mio CHF Switzerland Russia: Import: 682 mio CHF Export: 1850 mio CHF Total: 2532 mio CHF Switzerland Brasil: Import: 843 mio CHF Export: 2224 mio CHF Total: 3067 mio CHF Source: Swiss Federal Customs Administration

12 Players from Switzerland. Trends Bilateral Trade Data Industry Sectors 2013 Export to Poland 2013 Import from Poland 2071 mio CHF 1662 mio CHF Chemicals Machinery and electronics 851 mio 40,4% 570 mio 27,0% Metals and fabricated metal products 146 mio 6,9% Precision instruments, watches, jewellery 86 mio 4,1% Machinery and electronics Vehicles Metals and fabricated metal products Agriculture and forestry Chemicals 406 mio 23,9% 350 mio 20,6% 186 mio 11,0% 148 mio 8,7% 116 mio 6,8% Source: Swiss Federal Customs Administration

13 Players from Switzerland. Trends Bilateral Trade Data Industry Sectors 2003 Export to Poland 2003 Import from Poland Chemicals Machinery and electronics 1123 mio CHF 565 mio 50,3% 290 mio 25,8% Metals and fabricated metal products 83 mio 7,4% Precision instruments, watches, jewellery 64 mio 5,7% Furniture 504 mio CHF 131 mio 26% Machinery and electronics 104 mio 20,6% Agricultural products 68 mio 13,5% Metals and fabricated metal products 48 mio 9,5% Food 41 mio 8,1% Source: Swiss Federal Customs Administration

14 Players from Switzerland. Trends Poland as a production location 35 out of ca. 150 Swiss subsidiaries operating in the Polish market manufacture or assemble in Poland

15 Players from Switzerland. Trends Shared Service Centres, R&D Swiss companies running SSC or R&D- centres.

16 Players from Switzerland. Trends Swissness Worldwide: the Image of Switzerland in Poland To what extent do you associate to Switzerland? Watches/Jewellery Banking Cheese Chocolate Chemicals/Pharmaceuticals Environmental Technology, Renewable Energy, Cleantech Research/Science Architecture/Design Food/Beverages (excluding cheese and chocolate) Machinery, Plant Manufacturing and Engineering IT Hard- / Software Clothing/Fashion not at all strongly Source: December 2011, study conducted on behalf of Swisschamber Poland

17 1 Poland. Location factors 2 3 Players from Switzerland. Trends What can Switzerland offer to Poland?

18 What can Switzerland offer to Poland? Poland s leading companies on their way to internationalize

19 What can Switzerland offer to Poland? but still underperforming in innovation Union Innovation Scoreboard 2014

20 What can Switzerland offer to Poland? and lacking abroad consistent image

21 What can Switzerland offer to Poland? Conclusions Switzerland as innovation hub Access to university research Switzerland as a global hotspot for life science, biotech and medtech Access to industry network Switzerland as a premium brand worldwide Goodwill in international marketing and sales

22 Thank you for your attention! Ulrich Schwendimann Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce Max Steiner SEC tel tel mobile mobile

23 Economic relations between Poland and Switzerland Swiss-Polish Roundtable on Innovation Wädenswil, 21th October 2014