Except for Turkey, where the average domestic payment delay
levelled off over the past two years, most of the countries surveyed
in Eastern Europe saw a decrease in payment timing of
domestic past due trade debts over this time frame. This finding
contrasts with what was observed in Western Europe, where the
average domestic payment delay increase in most of the countries
surveyed. In Eastern Europe, the average decrease ranges
from three days in the Czech Republic to nine days in Poland. The
biggest decrease was recorded in Hungary, where domestic trade
debts are settled in half the time they were two years ago.