The aim of this article was to define the essence, scope and goal of clusters in the agri-food sector, in the context of its internationalization. The characteristic of the internationalization of Polish food economy as well clusters activities were presented. The results indicated the...

The volume of international trade and the share of foreign capital in companies as well as their dynamics in 2005 and 2010 have been analysed. It enabled a verification of the hypotheses on changes, forms and levels of internationalisation. The process of internationalisation depends on the size...

The food processing sector is one of the greatest and most important industry sectors in Europe. It is the second largest (after the metallurgical industry) in the manufacturing industry, with 14.5% of the industrial overall turnover (917 EUR billion) in the EU-27. Employment in the food...

The enlargement of the European Union caused changes in the Polish foreign trade in agri- food products. Since the first year after the Polish accession the foreign trade turnover has been growing and the EU member states have become Polish main trade partners in exchange of many products. /...

The aim of this article is to present the situation of the milk and dairy products market in the EU countries and in the countries which are the world’s major milk producers in view of changes caused by the potential liberalisation of the global milk trade. The volume of trade in milk and...

Poland is one of the largest global producers and particularly exporters of apples. The export is of great importance to domestic producers of these fruits. The objective of the article was to assess Poland’s competitiveness in world trade in apples in the years 2003–2013. In connection with...

In the article the state of foreign trade in meat products between Belarus and Poland is analyzed. Our countries for long years have been partners in this trade, first of all in pork products. However since March 2007 Belarus has ceased import purchases of Polish meat. In the article problems...

The paper presents analyses of changes in direction and dynamics of Polish import and export of the ornamental nursery material in the years 2005-2011 as well as the turnover balance. Apart from the total turnovers these changes were investigated for particular groups of nursery plants separated...

Pork meat plays an important role in the Polish, European and global market. In the article volume of swines’ production, consumption of pork and also the data connected with export and import this kind of meat in 2000-2012 were characterized. In 2012 pork production occupied a dominant...

Some possible scenarios of Polish agri-food trade development are presented in the paper. Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP), a computable general equilibrium model, was used to make some trade forecasts. The analysis showed that escalation of agricultural trade liberalization can result in a...