Poland in Thailand

Poland and Thailand have enjoyed long and amicable political cooperation throughout the history of its diplomatic relations. High level contacts included visits to Thailand by the Prime Minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz in 1996 and President Aleksander Kwasniewski in 2004. In 2013 Yingluck Sinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand paid a visit to Poland. Members of the Thai Royal Family have also frequently paid private visits to Poland: Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (1996), Princess Chulabhorn (2006, 2008, 2009) and the current King of Thailand (at that time Crown Prince) Maha Vijiralongkorn (2010, 2011, 2016). Deputy Foreign Ministries of both countries meet regurarly. In February 2020, Deputy Foreign Ministers of Poland and Thailand, respectively, M. Przydacz and V. Isarabhakdi held consultation in Bangkok. Previous sessions took place in September 2018 in Warsaw (Deputy Foreign Ministers, B. Cichocki and V. Futrakul) and in April 2018 in Bangkok (Deputy Foreign Ministers M. Magierowski oraz V. Futrakul). Interparliamentary relations are also maintained.

Thailand is for Poland second major trade partner is ASEAN. Bilateral trade registers double digit percentage YoY growth. Thanks to its location and EU membership Poland is one of the most attractive locations for foreign investments. Main Thai investors who recognized the opportunity are as follows: Indorama in 2002, Thai Union in 2014, CPF in 2016 and U City in 2017. Poland offers a wide range of investment incentives. There are 14 Special Economic Zones (SEZ) with favourable conditions like tax holidays, attractive tax exemptions, employment incentives as well as well-prepared investment lots. International reports highlight economic and political stability of Poland, educated and competent human capital and a large domestic market.  Thai investors look at Poland’s 38-million strong consumer market also as a gateway to other EU markets and countries like Belarus, Russia or Ukraine. Poland’s central geographic  location in Europe, where the main communication routes intersect, connects north and south and eats with west of the continent and makes it possible to export goods to all European countries and thus reach over 500 million consumers via well connected networks of railways, motorways or over the air. Polish capital which find location of its investments attractive belongs to the following companies: Mercator Medical (2006), PCC Rokita S.A. (2018) and Comarch S.A. (2017).

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Polish Investment and Trade Agency -
Electronic Services Portal of the Customs Service  
Information about conducting business in Poland  

The Embassy actively promotes Polish Culture in Thailand within the framework of its public diplomacy activities. The Polish school has weekly meetings in Bangkok since 2019. 

Number of students from Thailand in Poland grows constantly. Poland offers high quality English language programmes at our state and private universities, with relatively lower costs of tuition and maintenance in comparison to other EU countries.  Polish universities present the highest standards of teaching, meet all quality criteria and are becoming more and more international. They constantly move forward and develop, being a driving force of Poland’s success story. Excellent and open-minded professors, student-centred staff, modern facilities and a variety of courses taught in foreign languages make Polish universities very attractive for foreign students.

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National Agency for Academic Exchange
Studies in Poland