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Resources Return to top EquipAuto 2009-Trade Show – October 2009 Website: [http://www.equipauto.com] French Vehicle Equipment Industries Association Website: [http://www.fiev.fr] French Association of Automotive Independent Distributors Website: [http://feda.fr] Embassy U.S. Commercial Service Trade Specialist: [Stephanie.Pencole@mail.doc.gov] Phone: (+33-1) 43 12 71 38 Website: [http://www.buyusa.gov/france/en] 2/15/2008 Country Commercial Guide for France 58 INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, U.S. & FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, © 2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Plastics (PMR) Return to top Overview Return to top 2006 2007* (estimated) 2008* (estimated) Total Market Size 37,250 43,840 45,150 Total Local Production 34,530 40,420 41,400 Total Exports 8,360 10,100 10,650 Total Imports 11,080 13,520 14,400 Imports from the U.S. 359 440 470 Exchange rate: USD 1.00 0.8 0.7 0.7* (Figures in USD millions: * estimated figures) Source FIEV (French Plastics Industry Association) The French plastics industry ranks second in Europe after Germany and fourth in the world after the United States, Japan and Germany. With 3,750 companies and a workforce of approximately 151,808, the French plastics industry generated a turnover of USD 37,250 million in 2006. Turnover in plastics processing increased by almost 3% in 2006, sustained by the market for tubes, pipes and profiles, by packaging and by the construction industry. Since 2002, the turnover of the industry continuously increased and an increase of 3% per year is estimated for 2007 and 2008. At the end of the first half of 2007, preliminary estimates for plastic products production indicate a rise of 2.5% in value compared to the first half of 2006. As with its European counterparts, France’s industrial plastics processing companies faced rising costs, especially for raw materials. Production of technical parts decreased mainly due to the weakness of the automotive market, whereas plastic products for the building and construction as well as for the packaging markets increased by approximately 7% in 2006. This tendency is expected to continue in the next few years. In 2006, sales of processed plastics products was broken down as follows: technical parts accounting for 36%, packaging for 24%, building products for 18% and semifinished products for 16%. The European Union (mainly Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium and Italy) is the main trading partner of France with 75% of exports and 80% of imports. Outside of Europe, the main non-EU suppliers of plastics products to France are China, the U.S. and Switzerland. In 2006, the U.S. sold USD 359 million in plastic products to France, (+ 7% compared with 2005), mostly technical parts worth USD 168 million, semifinished products for USD 135 million, packaging USD 50 million and building products 2/15/2008 Country Commercial Guide for France 59 INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, U.S. & FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, © 2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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