GUS: over 332 thousand. Companies on the eastern border Polish – Onet.pl

The external border of the EU in the Polish counts 1163 km, which constitutes 33 per cent. the length of the Polish border. The longest stretch of falls on the border with Ukraine – 535 km (or 46 per cent. The external border of the EU in Polish), slightly smaller with Belarus – 418 km (36 percent.), And the smallest of Russia (Kaliningrad Region) – 210 km (18 per cent. ).

In the border area of ​​the EU’s external border on the Polish side has 261 municipalities that comprise the area more than 42 thousand. sq. km, ie approx. 13.5 percent. Polish surface. He lives there over 3.2 million people (8.4 per cent. Of the Polish population). Most municipalities of this zone is located in the Lublin province – 73 (including cities and towns: Biala Podlaska and Chelm), then the Warmia-Mazury – 68 (including Elblag and Olsztyn), Podkarpackie – 43 (including industry), Podlasie – 43, Pomorskie – 29 (including Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot) and 5 in the Mazowieckie voivodship.

How calculated GUS at the end of 2015. in the municipalities belonging to the border area at the outer border of the EU in the Polish registry code entered it was 332.6 thousand. economic entities, which accounted for 7.9 percent. all entities in the country. In comparison with 2014. This number increased by 1.6 percent. (Similarly as in the country).

In the municipalities of the border zone in 2015. Per 1000 population accounted for 103 entities, which is below the national average, which amounted to 108.8. In 2014. These indicators were respectively 101.2 and 107.1. Most players on the 1000 population was recorded in the municipalities of the zone near the border with Russia – 124.7; much less on the border with Ukraine – Belarus and 71.1 – 69.7 (in 2014. respectively: 122.3; 70.5 and 68.9).

The vast majority of entities focused private sector. In the border area in 2015. Were registered approx. 319.3 thousand. entities and accounted for 96 percent. total (in the country – 96.3 percent.). In comparison with 2014. The number of entities of the national economy in the private sector in the municipalities of the border area was about 1 percent. higher (in the country – about 0.8 per cent. higher). In the public sector it was approx. 11.2 thousand. entities, ie. by 0.6 percent. less than in the previous year and 0.3 percent. less than in the country. Both in the municipalities belonging to the border area and in the country in the total number of entities had the largest share of natural persons engaged in business activity, respectively – 69.8 percent. and 71 per cent. In comparison with 2014. In the border area of ​​natural persons conducting economic activity was 0.7 percent. more (in the country – 0.4 percent.).

As for the structure of the national economy according to the nature of the business communities in the border zone, a relatively high share accounted entities of the trade; repair of motor vehicles – 22.1 percent. (In the country, respectively 25.3 per cent.), Construction – 10.6 percent. (In the country – 11.7 percent.), Professional, scientific and technical 6 – 9.3 percent. (In the country – 9.7 per cent.) And industrial processing – 9 per cent. (In the country also 9 percent.).