The seminar, organised by the Polish Embassy in Zagreb and the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK), was held within the ongoing Autumn Trade Fair with Poland as the partner country.
Polish Ambassador Wieslaw Tarka has said that the current Polish presidency of the European Union was important for both countries, recalling that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk would arrive in Zagreb on Friday evening to present the Croatian authorities with the English-language version of the draft of Croatia's Treaty of Accession with the European Union.
Tarka said he was certain that by the end of the Polish EU presidency, which expires on 31 December, Croatia would sign the accession treaty.
Poland hopes that with Croatia's admission to the EU, it will get a good and interesting partner and that their bilateral cooperation will be enhanced, the ambassador added.
The director of the European affairs department in the Polish economy ministry, Marek Korowajczyk, said that Croatia was a significant trading partner for Poland and an interesting destination for Polish investors.
Polish companies are interested in cooperation in furniture production, electrical appliances manufacturing, pharmaceutical and chemical industry as well as in joint ventures with Croatian partners on third markets, according to Korowajczyk, who called on Croatian companies to invest in Poland and be active players on the Warsaw stock exchange.
HGK official Suncanica Skupnjak-Kapic said that trade between the two countries was below their actual potential, and expressed hope that this seminar would help change things for the better.
The Croatia-Poland trade totalled USD 279.6 million in the first six months of this year, with Croatia's imports from Poland amounting to USD 212.1 million, up 18.7% as against H1 2010. Croatia's exports went up 30% to HRK 67.5 million in H1 2011.
At the end of the seminar, business people from some 30 Croatian and Polish companies held one-on-one talks.