Streszczenie:
An identifi cation of barriers limiting export and import activity of Polish enterprises located in south-east Poland is an object of the article. The most important factors limiting the international cooperation are: the lack of the access to the information about foreign markets, high transport costs, linguistic problems, the lack of the appropriate staff and the ignorance of export and import procedures. The lack of the international cooperation among examined enterprises results from kind of activity, satisfaction from the present profi ts and the lack of the knowledge about foreign markets