2007 - A RECORD YEAR OF FDI IN POLAND

12 billion, 834 million EUR, of foreign direct investments (FDI) flowed into Poland in 2007 - it appeared from the initial findings of the National Bank of Poland (NBP). This is almost a billion more than last year.

In comparison to 2006, there was a noticeable tendency of a change in the structure of FDI - there followed by an increase in the size of reinvested profits instead of firms increasing their capital.
“This is also a testimony to the creditworthiness of our economy” NBP President Mr Sławomir Skrzypek, stated.

85% of FDI came from the EU countries; the leaders remained France and Germany, which had 17.7% and 17.2% shares of FDI respectively. Following was Austria with over 8% and then Italy and Sweden with almost 7% each. As usual the biggest investor from outside the EU was the USA; with app. 10%, following this were the Dutch Antilles, South Korea and Japan.
A total of almost 13 billion EUR of foreign investment inflows enabled Poland to retain ...