Sunday, February 1, 2015

To help businesses affected by the Russian embargo even … – Polish Radio

To help businesses affected by the Russian embargo even … – Polish Radio

On this support the government has reserved 500 million – said Labour Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak- Kamysz. He explained that the 250 million US Dollars will be sent this year and 250 million next year. The money will come from the Guaranteed Employee Benefits Fund.

Who will be able to apply for assistance?
Minister pointed out that the threshold at which you will be able to apply for support, it is a 15 per cent drop in turnover in the three months after 6 August 2014. Compared with the same period a year earlier.

He added that the new solutions will benefit businesses operating in the field of manufacturing, trade, transport, animal husbandry and services resulting from these activities. Will be able to apply for funding to maintain employment. It is the job protection is the main objective of the amendment to the Act – emphasized Minister Kosiniak- Kamysz.

The possibility of introducing economic downtime
Entrepreneurs will be able to apply for maintenance of employment, inter alia by the introduction of an economic standstill. At that time, the employees miss work but receive a salary. It will be also possible to reduce the time employed and for funding. You will be also apply for finance training.

In total, the amendment gives entrepreneurs the one hand, the time to find a new market and can change the profile of the company, on the other workers to adapt to the new challenges ahead of them will.

The amendment will be effective until the end of 2016 years.
ban on imports of fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, milk and dairy products from the European Union, the USA Australia, Canada, Norway, Russia introduced on August 6 last year.

Russian embargo could strengthen the Polish agriculture ?

Source: Newseria

Not all companies coped with the Russian embargo

Although introduced by Russian embargo, many Polish companies found other outlets and coped with the export of food. According to Michael Kolesnikov
of BGZ hardest are companies which export to Russia was significant. This probably applies to some companies from the fruit and vegetables and some dairy that produced a lot of cheese exported to Russia. The problem may also have some transport companies that have specialized in the export of food – he said. According to Michael Kolesnikov, these companies may be quite a few.

Andrzej Gantner, Polish Federation of Food on the export of food products.

Source: Newseria

The weaker trade with Russia

According to the data of the Central Statistical Office show that the effects of the Russian embargo are severe. A spokesman for the institution, Arthur Satora cites data for 11 months of 2014 years. They show that sales to CIS countries decreased by 16.4 percent, including Russia (13.5 percent), Ukraine (27.3 percent), Belarus (9.4 percent).
To the east we sent not just food. Satora Arthur explains that in 2013 were mainly machinery and equipment, chemical products and transport equipment.
After 11 months of last year, the value of exported goods amounted to nearly 150 billion 500 million and was higher by 4.8 percent compared with the same period of 2013. Import into Polish at the same time increased by 5 per cent to 152 billion 200 million.

“Farmers certainly useful support for the embargo”

Farmers certainly useful support for the Russian embargo – consider the representatives of the industry.
Andrzej Gantner stresses that Russia was, until recently, our major partner. By the embargo hurt our exports. Manufacturers pinned great hopes in Moscow, estimated at 1-1.5 billion.
The support has also president of the National Council of Agricultural Chambers, Victor Neumann. Warns not to treat last year’s export growth as improvement. About 15 percent of the increase, the manufacture, most of which remained in the country. If we take this food imported, then the result of a decline in purchase prices. Support was therefore necessary – he says.
The money will also suppliers of apples. It is they who have suffered at the embargo hardest. Before closing the Russian market, where we sent 800,000 tons of fruit – Miroslaw Maliszewski reminiscent of Polish Horticulture Association. The search for new markets is in fact a long proce ss, and this segment of the production was the most dependent on Russia

IAR, bless

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