Poland is the major destination for U.S. investments in Central and Eastern Europe with direct investments worth over €11 billion (out of 29 billion invested in the CEE region in 2012). The actual value of U.S. investments in Poland approaches PLN 91 billion or €22 billion.
Companies with American capital employ approx. 200,000 people in Poland. This makes American investors one of the most important employer groups. The average pay of a person employed in an American-owned company was nearly €1,600, or 1.7 times more than the average pay in Poland’s.
The majority of companies with American capital first entered Poland in the early 1990s and made reinvestments in the last decade. According to KPMG estimates, more than two thirds of American companies made reinvestments in Poland, e.g. opened another branch, a manufacturing plant, or a business or R&D centre.
As far as bilateral trade is concerned, the USA is the most important non-European market for Polish goods: in 2013, Poland exported €3.6 billion worth of goods to the USA. The United States is also the second largest (after China) non-European supplier of goods to Poland: in 2013, American exports to Poland totalled €4.4 billion. Despite a considerable geographic distance between Poland and the USA, the latter is also an important partner in the exchange of services. In 2012, the USA was the third largest supplier of services to Poland and the fifth largest buyer of services.
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