Foreign Trade in Special Economic Zones in Poland
Streszczenie
Given the lack of analyses covering that aspect of operations run by the SEZs in Poland, a decision has been made to launch research aimed, primarily, at identifying the actual impact of the special economic zones on foreign trade turnover of Poland’s economy. The research covers, amongst others, the directions of impact, scale, share in the domestic trade turnover, commodity structure, technological intensity, commodity and geographic concentration of foreign trade turnover generated by companies holding valid permits to carry out business operations in the SEZs relative to the overall Poland’s foreign trade.
The conducted research primarily aimed at responding to the following scientific questions:
1) What is the share of Poland’s exports/imports generated within the SEZs? Do the SEZs have a significant impact on the Poland’s trade turnover? What is the balance of foreign trade turnover in the SEZs?
2) How do the SEZs contribute to creating competitive edges in Poland’s foreign trade? Which commodity groups are characterised by the highest competitive advantage in terms of exports generated by entities operating in the SEZs? What types of commodities (i.e. of low, average or high competitiveness) prevail in the foreign trade turnover generated within the SEZs? Do the SEZs contribute to stimulating changes in the Poland’s foreign trade turnover?
3) What is the technological intensity of exports and imports in the SEZs, as compared to the non-SEZ part of the economy? Do we witness higher technological advancement of exported goods within the zones, as compared with non-SEZ ones?
4) What is the difference in the structure of Poland’s foreign trade turnover, as compared with the trade turnover structure typical of entities operating in the SEZs? What is the product concentration of exports and imports in the SEZs?
5) What are the main sale markets of companies operating in the SEZs? Are entities operating in the SEZs characterised by higher intensity of trade connections than the aggregate national economy? Are entities operating within the SEZs more prone to the transmission of negative shocks related to economic cycles via the trade channel?
6) Are entities operating in the SEZs characterised by a higher export/import activity than entities staying outside the zones? Is the financial standing of entities operating in the SEZs more dependent on the economic climate witnessed on external markets than the standing of entities located outside the zones?
The monograph summarizes a significant part of the results of the research project entitled “Foreign Trade in Special Economic Zones in Poland”, financed by the National Science Centre in Poland (project no. DEC-2013/11/D/HS4/04007). The project aimed at identifying the real impact of SEZs on Poland’s trade turnover. Its implementation focused on expanding the available scope of knowledge on the impact of the SEZs on the Poland’s trade and has enabled to join in the ongoing national and international academic debate on further functioning of various types of areas of special preference. Moreover, the research permitted for identification of microeconomic determinants of the impact of the SEZs on business entities in terms of their export activities contributing to a widening of scientific achievements in the field of economics.
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