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Polish furniture industry - possibilities for cooperation with Canada

 

Key facts and figures:

• Poland is sixth world’s largest producer of furniture – total production 9,2 billions of EUR in 2015 (following: China – EUR 160 bn, USA – EUR 35 bn, Germany – EUR 16,9 bn, Italy – EUR 15 bn, India – EUR 11,4 bn).

 

Graph 1. Sold production of furniture in Poland (data in millions of USD)

 

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* forecast

Source: Polish Statistical Office

 

Graph 2. Production of selected furniture in Poland (data in thousands of pieces)

 

 

 

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Source: Polish Statistical Office

 

• Poland is fourth world’s largest exporter of furniture in terms of value of exported furniture – 10,3 billions of USD in 2015 (following: China – USD 60,6 bn, Germany – USD 13,6 bn, and Italy – USD 12 bn) and second world’s largest exporter in terms of volume of exported furniture (3,2 mln t).

 

Graph 3. Furniture exports from Poland (data in millions of USD)

 

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Source: Polish Statistical Office

 

Graph 4. Top ten Polish furniture export destinations in 2015 (data in millions of USD)

 

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Other countries of furniture export (chosen one): Russia (15th place; USD 141,3 mln), China (17th place; USD 125,4 mln), Canada (21st place; USD 97,7mln)

Source: Polish Statistical Office, Statistics Canada

 

• Poland is fifth largest supplier of furniture to Canada (following: United States, China, Mexico and Italy) – in 2015 total supplies of Polish furniture exceeded 97,7 millions of USD (in 2014: USD 117,3 mln).
• Polish furniture industry generates approximately 2% of Polish GDP.
• More than 25,000 companies in Poland are producing furniture (including 91 large companies – employing more than 250 employees, 327 middle-size companies – employing 50-249 employees, 1445 small companies
  – employing 10-49 employees, and more than 23,000 micro firms – employing less than 9 employees).
• About 135,000 people is employed in Polish furniture sector (second result in Europe, after Germany).

 

Competitive advantages of Polish furniture industry:

• Very good quality of products with attractive competitive price
• Long lasting experience in furniture production
• Continuous works on design, innovations and brand
• Low costs of production
• Good resource base
• Ability to compete with world’s key players

 

Major business organizations:

• Polish Chamber of Commerce of Furniture Manufacturers (http://www.oigpm.org.pl/)
• Polish Economic Chamber of Wood Industry (http://www.przemysldrzewny.pl/)
• Klaster Mebel-Elbląg (http://www.klastermebel.pl/)

 

Major industry’s events (more information on fairs and shows at: http://www.targi.com):

• International Furniture Fair, Ostróda, 6-9.09.2016 (http://www.mtmostroda.pl/en#home_expo)
• International Trade Fair of Components for Furniture, Poznań, 13-16.09.2016 (http://www.furnica.pl/en/)
• International Furniture Fair, Poznań, 14-17.03.2017 (http://meble.mtp.pl/en/)

 

Looking for some additional information – contact us:

Polish Trade Commissioner’s Office

address: 3501 Avenue du Musée, Montréal, QC H3G 2C8, Canada

tel.: +1 514 282 0080

fax: +1 514 282 1784

e-mail: montreal@trade.gov.pl

website: www.canada.trade.gov.pl