Poland The Attractive Place for Investment and Trade

Poland The Attractive Place for Investment and Trade PAIi. IZ 26 September 2006

POLAND – Destination of japanese investments

Why Japan? • Competitiveness • Technological Advancement • Global reach • Top world brands* *According to the Rank of international brands in 2004 the following Japanese brands were well recognised in Poland: • Sony – ranked 7 th • Panasonic – ranked 15 th • Kodak – ranked 23 rd • Toyota – ranked 26 th • Honda – ranked 39 th *source: Pentor

Why Japanese companies have chosen Poland Japanese investment in Poland (automotive sector)

Why Japanese companies have chosen Poland? Japanese investment in Poland (others)

Why Japanese companies have chosen Poland?

Well educated young society Percentage of population in higher education in the 20 -29 age group Source: Education at Glance OECD 2005

Japanese Faculties in Polish Universities Adam Mickiewicz University Oriental Institute • Warsaw University Oriental Institute Warsaw Poznan Jagiellonian University Faculty of Filology Bytom Cracow • Polish Japanese Institute of Information Technology in Warsaw and it’s Branch in Bytom

Location benefit Labour cost per hour in 2005 - 2009 (USD) Source: EIU 2006

Corporate Income Tax EU COUNTRIES CIT GERMANY 38. 34% SPAIN 35% FRANCE 33. 33% THE UK 30% GREECE 29% CZECH REPUBLIC 24% SLOVAKIA 19% POLAND 19% Vs. ASIAN COUNTRIES CIT JAPAN 40. 7% INDIA 33. 66% CHINA 33% MALAYSIA 28% REPUBLIC OF KOREA Source: KPMG 27. 5%

Our response (i) Dedicated team, speaking Japanese (ii) Publications in Japanese (iii) PAIi. IZ is an active member of Poland-Japan Economic Committee, provides Secretariat and is the key contact point

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