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Phone: (33) 1 43 12 70 79Website: http://www.buyusa.gov/france/en2/18/2010 Country Commercial Guide for France 46INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, U.S. & FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICEAND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, © 2010. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Computers and Software (CSF, CSV)OverviewReturn to top2008 2009 2010*Total Market Size 60,428 58,668 59,841Total Local Production 54,989 53,387 54,454Total Exports 11,300 10,970 11,189Total Imports 16,315 15,840 16,156Imports from the U.S. 8,822 8,565 8,736Euro exchange rate: $1.00 Euro 0.7 Euro 0.7 Euro 0.7(Figures in $millions) *EstimatesThe Market place for Business Process TechnologyWith a turnover of $58 billion, the French software and IT services market ranks #2 inEurope, after Germany. Overall turnover dropped by 3%, after four years of steadygrowth averaging over 5%. However, the French economy is the one that resisted bestto the crisis in the EU, as French GIP dropped by only 2.1% vs. 4.3% in the rest of theEuro zone.Over 6,000 French firms specialize in software services, 2,000 with 10 employees ormore. The market is essentially divided among the three following activities:• Software publishing: 29% or $17 billion• Technology Consulting Services: 14% or $8.3 billion• Consulting & Computer Services: 57% or $33 billionPublic and Utilities sectors have continued growing in 2009; Banking resisted well to thecrisis, especially during the second half of the year. Sectors more affected have beenTelecom/Media; the Industry; and Commerce/Distribution/Transport. Below is abreakdown of the situation in the field of Consulting & Computer Services:• Consulting: -6%• Projects & Integration: -3%• Development & Technical Assistance: -6%• Facilities management of applications: +4%• Facilities management of infrastructures: +2.5%While externalized R&D has suffered a drop of 9% in 2009, because of a serious drop inautomobile production during the first half of 2009, the development of on-boardsolutions for computer applications in science, technology and the industry, haveenabled this segment to fare better, with a 1% growth during the same period.According to Market Research Firm Pierre Audoin Conseil (PAC) the twenty softwareservices firms that dominate the French market are IBM ($3.6 billion); Capgemini ($2.9billion); Atos Origin ($2.3 billion); HP + EDS ($1.6 billion); Accenture ($1.3 billion); Logica($1.26); Orange Business Services ($1.15 billion); Sopra Group ($1.02 billion); Altran($1 billion); HP (without EDS) ($908 million); Alten ($873 million); Steria ($750 million);GFI Informatique ($719 million); Assystem ($673 million); CSC ($649 million); Thales 3S2/18/2010 Country Commercial Guide for France 47INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, U.S. & FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICEAND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, © 2010. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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