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Annual Report on Foreign Investment in France
Press conference, April 9, 2019
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➢Results are similar to those for 2017 ➢Best results in the last five years
Annual Report on Foreign Investment in France 2018 Press - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Annual Report on Foreign Investment in France 2018 Press - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Annual Report on Foreign Investment in France 2018 Press conference, April 9, 2019 France is increasingly attractive for foreign investors Results are similar to those for 2017 Best results in the last five years 2 Solid rebound in
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Solid rebound in France’s attractiveness in 2018
740 734 814 967 978 1 143
200 400 600 800 1 000 1 200 1 400 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Constant criteria Wider criteria Project average 1,297 1,117 962 1,014
2018: A record year for the number of investments
1,323
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Solid rebound in France’s attractiveness in 2018
Type of investment
56% (741 projects) of investments involved opening new sites + 14% compared with 2017 and + 9% average annual growth since 2014
519 476 569 651 741 393 394 452 550 500 300 400 500 600 700 800 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Création Extension
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Creation Expansion
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2014 2018
82 %
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25 investment decisions per week in France in 2018
19 2016 21 25
The numbers are steadily increasing
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30,302 jobs created or maintained,
- f which 91% are new jobs
+ 8% average annual rise in jobs created for the last five years The number of jobs created through investments remains high
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Number of jobs created or maintained through investments
Decrease in the number of jobs identified linked to the decrease in jobs maintained in 2018 (- 63%) following a reduction in acquisitions of ailing companies
20 124 21 773 24 810 26 384 27 646 6 411 11 909 5 298 7 090 2 656 5 000 10 000 15 000 20 000 25 000 30 000 35 000 40 000 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Emplois Créés Emplois Maintenus Moyenne des emplois
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30,820
Average no. of jobs Jobs created Jobs maintained
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Investment projects benefitting all of France
Since 2014, the number of investments in France’s regions have increased. The regions that saw the largest increases between 2014-2018 were Auvergne-Rhône- Alpes (15%), Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (14%), Brittany (15%), Hauts de France (10%), Nouvelle Aquitaine (13%), and Pays de la Loire (17%), with rates higher than the national average of + 7%. Breakdown of investment projects
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The United States and Germany believe in France
Top 15 investor countries in 2018 Top 5 investor countries 2014-2018
50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 210 230 250 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 United States Germany Italy United Kingdom Japan
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+ 33% rise in the number of
investment projects identified in 2018
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Brexit could affect the way in which companies establish themselves in Europe
5 10 15 20 25 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Commerce et distribution Conseil, ingénierie Services financiers
Wholesale and retail Consulting and engineering Financial services
British companies responsible for
39% of investments in the financial
sector
58% of foreign decision-makers
and 54% of foreign businesses in France plan to review their European expansion strategy
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Driving forces behind France’s attractiveness: industry and innovation
2,078 (36%) projects over five years
- f which 449 (34%) projects were identified in 2018
+ 77,600 (50%) jobs over five years
- f which 14,088 (47%) jobs were created in 2018
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France, leader in Europe for industrial investments
United Kingdom Germany
Change in industrial investments in France, Germany and the United Kingdom, 2013-2017
Source: EY Attractiveness Survey, 2018 (IBM, 2017)
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France attracts industrial investors
40 50 60 70 200 250 300 350 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Production / Réalisation Allemagne (axe droite) États-Unis (axe droite)
Production / Manufacturing Germany (right axis) United States (left axis)
Change in investments in industrial activities
Germany and the United States are responsible for 31% of industrial investments
German and American decision-makers hail France’s industrial base
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Change in investments in industrial activities since 2014
Regional breakdown of production/manufacturing projects 1/ < 5% 2/ 5% to 10% 3/ 10% to 20%
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+ 22% of jobs created by R&D investments
2018 2017
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Innovation responsible for upward trend in R&D investments
Change in R&D investments
Germany (right axis) United States (right axis) Italy (left axis)
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Key findings
ATTRACTIVENESS index INNOVATION index
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Les POSITIVE ❑ 1/4 of foreign investment decisions in France in 2018 were manufacturing projects ❑ Innovation accounted for 10% of foreign investment in France ❑ + 22% of the total number of jobs created were from R&D investments ❑ 56% of investments involved opening new sites LESS POSITIVE ❑ - 10% in the number of jobs created through investment decisions
Key findings
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CONNECT – FAST-TRACK – SUCCEED