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Mirosława Tereszczuk EFFECT OF SUBSIDIZING EXPORT OF AGRO-FOOD PRODUCTS ON
DEVELOPMENT OF EXPORT AFTER THE ACCESSION OF POLAND TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
commercial companies from the EU-15. Therefore, the relatively high rate export
refunds, obtained smaller enterprises (mainly in export of sugar, dairy and meat
products) served, in most cases, for coverage of margin for mediator who facilitated
obtaining contracts with the customers, e.g. in the countries of the South-East Asia and
Africa but also in CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) and in certain other
former Soviet Republics.
During the first years of Poland’s membership in the EU, the participation of subsidies
in value of export to third countries increased quickly, reaching 7.5% in 2006. In 2007,
it was, however, decreased to 4.2% only. Such situation was affected by the successive
decrease of the level of refunding rates by the European Commission and their
suspension for export of certain agro-food products.
FIG.3. Value of export and the sum of the paid export subsidies (million PLN)
10 000
9 000
8 000
7 000
6 000
5 000
4 000
3 000
2 000
1 000
0
8 625,1
119,9
6 649,1
1,4% 2,5%
166,1
Source: own elaboration, based on AMA data
7 433,6
7 762,3
7 402,2
420,4
581,5
308,1
Accession of Poland to the European Union animated foreign trade of agro-food
products. Export subsidies were one of the factors which affected growth of export to
third countries; they compensated a difference between the price of products on the
internal market and a lower price on the world market, supporting thus the discussed
export. They constitute the main instrument which supports entrepreneurs and
tradesmen in export of market surpluses, occurring during the over-production period.
Export subsidies have contributed to improvement of price competitivity of Polish agroalimentary
products on the markets of third countries. At present, they exist only in
export of certain agro-alimentary products to third countries, i.e. sugar, beef, pork,
poultry and eggs.
5,6%
7,5%
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Value of export of agro-alimentary products to third countries
sum of refunds paid
4,2%
Participation of subsidies in value of export of agro-alimentary products to third states (%)
342
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0