Poland position declining among the countries of Eastern Europe
- In terms of automobile production, Poland has seen its influence weaken over the past fifteen years in the Eastern European region. From the first place acquired in the early 2000s, this country gradually fell to fourth place in 2020, far behind the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
- Poland is now at the level of Romania and Hungary. But the gap between Romania, Poland and Hungary is so small that Poland could slip to fifth place in 2021, supplanted by Hungary. Indeed, the BMW plant in Debrecen in Hungary is expected to start its activity this year, and at the same time, the Stellantisplant in Gliwice in Poland is expected to cease the production of the Opel Astra, which will be transferred to the Rüsselsheim plant in Germany.
- For several years now, Poland was not chosen by carmakers when they decided to build new plants in Eastern Europe. This country was abandoned in favour of Slovakia (Kia plant in Zilina, PSA in Trnava, JLR in Nitra), Czech Republic (TPCA plant in Kolin, Hyundai in Nosovice), Hungary (Mercedes plant in Kecskemét, BMW in Debrecen) and even Ford preferred to expand its Craiova plant in Romania to produce its small Puma SUV.
- As a result, Poland's production volume fell from 600,000 vehicles in 2005 to 400,000 in 2020, while at the same time Czech Republic fell from 600,000 to 1,100,000 units, Slovakia from 200,000 to 800 000, Romania from 200,000 to 400,000 and Hungary from 200,000 to 400,000. There are only two remaining carmakers in Poland (Stellantis and Volkswagen) spread over four different plants (Tichy, Gliwice, Poznan and Wrzesnia), with one of which remains strongly vulnerable (Gliwice).
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