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Last reviewed: 20 July 2009 |
Country information
TRADE AND INVESTMENT
UK Development Assistance
The UK has offered development assistance to Poland through the Know How Fund, administered by the Department for International Development (DFID). The Know How Fund has disbursed over £100m on projects in Poland since 1989 and was wound up at the end of March 2003. A number of British pre-accession advisers have also been seconded to Poland under the EC funded institutional twinning scheme.
Trade and Investment with the UK
Bilateral trade and contacts between the UK and Poland are growing.
In 2008, the UK retained its position as Poland's fourth largest trading partner and Poland remained the UK's largest export market in Central and Eastern Europe. UK exports to Poland in 2008 exceeded £2.9 billion, 24% up on the previous year. 15% of Polish exports, worth £4.2 billion, went to the UK. The total value of trade amoutned to £7.1 billion, up 19% from 2007.
For more information, see: UK Trade & Investment Country Profile: Poland
