한국기업의 중동부유럽 진출 성과와 과제(Achievements and Challenges of Korean Firms’ Investment in Central and Eastern Europe)

Cheolwon Lee, Suyeob Na and You Jin Lim
Additional contact information
Cheolwon Lee: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
Suyeob Na: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
You Jin Lim: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)

No 25-17, Policy Reference from Korea Institute for International Economic Policy

Abstract: 2000년대 들어 중동부유럽 국가의 EU 가입이 본격화되면서 EU 내 새로운 제조업 생산거점이 중동부유럽에 구축되었다. 한국기업은 EU 역내 시장을 겨냥해 중동부유럽 진출을 본격화하였으며, 2000년대 들어 중동부유럽 진출은 V4(폴란드, 헝가리, 체코, 슬로바키아 등 비세그라드 4개국) 국가를 중심으로 2006~07년에 집중되었다. 2010년대 말부터 최근까지 한국기업의 중동부유럽 진출은 배터리, 전기차, 재생에너지, R&D 등에 대한 투자로 전환하여 친환경 및 첨단산업과 주요 공급망 중심으로 투자 패턴이 변화했다. 최근 LG에너지솔루션과의 협력업체는 폴란드에, SK이노베이션, 삼성SDI 등과의 협력업체는 헝가리에 각각 이차전지 부문 진출을 완료하여, EU의 포괄적 환경 규제와 공급망 재편에 대응하는 한편 유럽시장 진출의 교두보를 마련했다. 한편 중국의 글로벌 공급망 재편 전략의 일환으로 친환경 전자부품과 완성차 산업을 중심으로 중국의 대규모 그린필드 투자가 이어지며, 헝가리는 중국의 유럽 진출 전략에서 핵심적인 거점으로 자리매김하고 있다. Beginning in the 2000s, as Central and Eastern European countries began to join the EU in earnest, new manufacturing production bases within the EU were established in Central and Eastern Europe. This marked the beginning of a full-scale expansion of Korean companies targeting the EU market. This expansion was concentrated in the V4 (Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia) countries between 2006 and 2007. From the late 2010s until recently, Korean companies’ expansion into Central and Eastern Europe shifted to investments in batteries, electric vehicles, renewable energy, and R&D, shifting investment patterns toward eco-friendly and cutting-edge industries and key supply chains. Recently, LG Energy Solution and its partners completed their secondary battery expansion in Poland, while SK Innovation, Samsung SDI, and their partners completed their secondary battery expansion in Hungary. These efforts not only address the EU’s comprehensive environmental regulations and supply chain restructuring but also establish a bridgehead for entry into the European market. Meanwhile, as part of China’s global supply chain restructuring strategy, large-scale greenfield investments are continuing, focusing on eco- friendly electronic components and finished automobiles. Hungary is establishing itself as a key base for China’s European expansion strategy.

Keywords: Korean Firms; Investment; Central and Eastern Europe; Economic Cooperation; Industrial Policy; EU (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 120
Date: 2026-03-24
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published in

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.kiep.go.kr/gallery.es?mid=a10101030000 ... no=12307&cg_code=C05 Full text

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ris:kiepre:022567

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Policy Reference from Korea Institute for International Economic Policy [30147] 3rd Floor Building C Sejong National Research Complex 370 Sicheong-daero Sejong-si, Korea. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by KIEPPUB ().