THE SHARE OF CROSS-BORDER SHOPPING IN POLAND'S TRADE TURNOVER OF FOOD PRODUCTS WITH THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES ON THE EU'S EXTERNAL BORDER

Abstract

The paper contains an analysis of the changes in the share of food products in the structure of Poland's trade turnover with Ukraine, Belarus and Russia taking into account registered and unregistered turnover. Also, trends related to the share of unregistered sector in the total value of turnover of food products are presented. By considering registered and unregistered sectors together, it was concluded that in the years 2010-2012 Poland's exports of foodstuffs into Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian markets were definitely higher than its imports of food products from these countries. At the same time, considerable differences were noted in the volume of Poland's exports and imports with the particular countries. As regards the trade with Ukraine, the volumes of imports and exports were similar, while in the case of Russia and Belarus Polish exports were definitely higher than imports, which was recorded in both registered and unregistered sector.