On March 14, 2017 Export Promotion Office together with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine held an informal meeting «Export Talks: Poland», where issues of export of the Ukrainian goods to the Polish market were discussed. The event took place in the framework of preparations for the Ukrainian trade mission to Poland, which will be held in spring 2017.
During the event, participants discussed the opportunities that Ukrainian entrepreneurs will gain after joining the programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium sized Enterprises (COSME), ways in which Ukrainian business can join the government procurement in Poland, peculiarities and potential of Ukrainian exports, etc.
Maryana Kahanyak, Head of Export Promotion Office, opened the meeting and invited participants to join the Ukrainian trade mission.
Volodymyr Bachynskyi, Counselor of the Embassy of Ukraine in Poland, joined the meeting via skype-conference and noted that every year more and more small and medium sized enterprises come to the Polish market, and turnover has increased for almost 14% compared to last year. He also mentioned that when entering the Polish market enterprises should take into account its specifics, and recommended them to try taking part in specialized exhibitions.
Dmytro Nosov, Head of Market Intelligence at Export Promotion Office, highlighted the benefits of the enterprise development agreement, signed by the President of Ukraine last week.
Opportunities for Ukrainian businesses under the GPA agreement were emphasized by Taras Shymko, Head of GPAinUA at Export Promotion Office. He stressed that the GPA can be a powerful tool for discovering new markets without opening representative offices and spending advertisement costs.
At the invitation of the organizers, Yaroslav Romanchuk, managing partner of International Legal Center EUCON, president of the Ukrainian Business Association in Poland, joined the meeting. Yaroslav focused on nuances that must be considered by Ukrainian businessmen when entering the Polish market and shared his personal experience of doing business in Poland. He reminded that the duty a company that intends to enter the foreign market is to examine its peculiarities. “When entering the EU markets and promoting their export positions, Ukrainian exporters should keep in mind all the specifics and nuances inherent in Western countries” – said Yaroslav Romanchuk. He also focused on the new projects: Ukrainian Startup School and Student Job Market.
At the end of the meeting, Maryana Kahanyak noted that she shares the views of the speakers and recommends Ukrainian exporters to study carefully the peculiarities of the market before entering it.
