25 lat polskiego handlu zagranicznego
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1970
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Wydział Prawa i Administracji UAM
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25 Years of Polish Foreign Trade
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With regard to the role which foreign trade should assume many conflicting
views have been put forward. In the middle of 1950-ties, we witnessed the appearance
of some autarchic tendencies — which, however, had nothing to do with the
true essence of the socialist economy — as at the bottom of said tendencies lay
above all the "cold war" and its economic consequences. Those tendencies were
strengthened by serious balance of payment difficulties, caused primarily by the
industrialization drive. A certain role was played also by the prevailing economic
model, resting mainly on administrative, central directives and only in small degree
on economic incentives. In the last few years the said tendencies have been checked
— the industrial development reaching such a level, that the course on international
specialization is becoming an objective necessity. The changes in the economic
model and the abatement in discriminatory practices against the socialist countries
by our western partners point also to that direction.
Next, the author comes to the analysis of the commodities structure (pointing
to the ever greater importance of industrial export goods) and to geographical
directions of the Polish foreign trade. The trade with the socialist countries constitutes
the driving force of our foreign trade. The respective turnover in the period
of 1947 - 1968 rose roughly 17-times, whereas that with the capitalist countries
increased less than 6-times. Trade with the underdeveloped countries in the period
of 1950 - 1968 rose more than 9-times. The main reason for the dynamic development
of trade relations with the socialist countries should be attributed to the
common economic and political goals of these countries. Poland attaches also great
importance to the development of trade relations with the capitalist world (which
at present assume only small proportions). Our export commodity structure should
comprise in an ever higher degree our industrial goods (of the I and IV commodity
groups). We are also looking for new forms of activating trade with those countries
by concluding cooperation agreements, cooperation on third markets, setting up
mixed companies and so on. There is a distinctly favourable trend in our trade
relations with the underdeveloped countries (in the last 15 years the highest rate
of growth has shown trade with countries of the third world).
Summing up, the author comes to the conclusion that the overpassing of the
industrialization barrier by Poland, rendered our economy more sensitive to the
external impulses and more or less forced us to take a more active part in the
world economy and trade.
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Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny 32, 1970, z. 3, s. 221-247
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0035-9629