The Market of Goods. Adaptation of New Eastern European Member States to EU Requirements with Special Reference to Poland

Abstract

The aim of the article is to present main tendencies in the market of goods in the European Union and in Poland as the accession country , with special reference to foreign trade and competitiveness indices. Poland achieved during the adaptation period to EU requirements big progress in structural adjustments in its foreign trade calculated according to factors of endowment . This progress was connected with restructuring of production and the increase of the share of manufacture products and highly processed agriculture products and with the better access to the EU internal market.