Cel przekraczania granicy uczestników handlu przygranicznego a struktura towarowa transgranicznych zakupów na pograniczu Polsko-Ukraińskim
The purpose of crossing the border by cross-border traders and the commodity structure of cross-border purchasing in the Polish-Ukrainian border regio

Summary/Abstract: Cross-border trade was dynamically developing in the Polish section of the eastern border of the European Union, specifically in the Polish-Ukrainian border region. During the past decade there was an increase in the proportion of border crossings which were mainly aimed at cross-border purchasing. The share of Ukrainian citizens in the total number of the participants of cross-border trade was increasing and, at the same time, the share of Polish citizens was decreasing. Ukrainians mostly bought building materials in Poland, while Poles fuel in Ukraine. We must therefore conclude that price had the greatest impact on the commodity structure of cross-border trade carried out by Poles, while in the case of Ukrainians, the price, supply shortages in the internal market and the quality of goods were the main factors affecting this structure.

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