Poland is one of the world’s leading furniture exporters. Most Polish furniture exports go to Germany, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom. Our furniture market analysis shows that the industry accounts for 2.3% of Polish GDP, which is the largest share of GDP among the furniture-producing countries of the European Union.
Statistics Poland (GUS) reports that in 2020 just under 33 million motor vehicles and tractors, as well as almost 1.7 million motorcycles, were registered in Poland. This is an increase of just under a million motor vehicles and tractors and of more than 80,000 motorcycles compared with 2019. Our automotive market analysis shows that the number of registered passenger cars rose from 24.4 million in 2019 to more than 25.1 million in 2020.
We recently carried out an extensive analysis of the market for commercial and military drones, or UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), in Poland, in Europe and globally.
Our aviation market analysis shows that Polish airports handled as many as 9.3 million passengers in the third quarter of 2021. During this period, Poles travelled most often to the United Kingdom, Germany and Greece. In charter traffic, most people flew to or from Turkey, Greece and Egypt.
The countries with the largest production capacity for petrochemical products are China, India, Iran, Russia and the USA. This does not mean, however, that Poland is not investing in petrochemicals. This market analysis shows what the refining and petrochemical market looks like and how it is developing.
Copper is, alongside coal, one of the main natural resources extracted and processed in Poland. However, it is not the only important raw material in the Polish metal mining market. Our metal mining market analysis shows that Poland also has deposits of silver, gold and ores such as zinc, lead, nickel and uranium.
Vending machines are free-standing sales machines placed in public spaces such as railway stations, universities, office buildings, public offices and schools. They are the simplest form of buying and selling. Our vending machine market analysis shows that although vending is not a new sector in Poland, it is still developing.
Over the last few years, parcel lockers (also called parcel machines) have become not only a familiar sight in Poland but also an important link in the parcel delivery and e-commerce markets. They make it easy to collect and send parcels 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
In 2020, 444 vessels were repaired in Polish shipyards. Our shipbuilding market analysis shows that cargo turnover in Polish seaports fell over this period. Passenger traffic and the number of ships calling at Polish seaports also decreased.
Our analysis of the pharmaceutical innovation market showed that breakthroughs in medicine are linked, among other things, to the development of new drugs. New drugs make previously incurable diseases curable and turn fatal diseases into chronic ones. A drug can be regarded as an innovation in the pharmaceutical market if it addresses unmet or inadequately met health needs in a new way.
