Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Austria Commercial Banking Industry Report
Below Potential But Steady Growth Ahead BMI View: Growth is set to remain at 2.0% in Austria in 2011 as less favourable base effects are balanced by improving trade and investment dynamics. In parti... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2012 Europe / Austria Metals Industry Report
The Austrian steel industry will contract in 2012 due to the deterioration in external markets, but will not experience a collapse similar to that following the financial crisis in 2008, according to... Read More
Pub date: 18 Jan 2012 Europe / Austria Telecommunications Industry Report
Strong demand for broadband services in Austria in H111 pushed subscriber numbers for fixed and mobile accesses beyond the levels we had forecast for 2011 as a whole. Therefore, BMI has revised upwa... Read More
Pub date: 22 Dec 2011 Europe / Azerbaijan Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Project slippage remains the key threat to an Azeri energy sector capable of delivering much greater volumes and revenues. Gas export issues involving pipeline routes and other quasi-politi... Read More
Pub date: 11 Nov 2011 Europe / Azerbaijan Petrochemicals Industry Report
Progress is under way in establishing a world-scale petrochemicals complex in Azerbaijan, promising to turn around the country’s petrochemicals industry over the next decade, according to BMI’s lates... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Belarus Defence & Security Industry Report
In 2011 BMI estimates that the Belarusian government will have a defence expenditure of US$692mn. This is down significantly by 22% on 2010’s figure of US$886mn, as the Belarusian government cuts de... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2012 Europe / Belarus Food & Drink Industry Report
The consumer outlook for Belarus will remain extremely challenging, largely on account of massive currency devaluation and skyrocketing inflation levels. We expect consumer price inflation in the cou... Read More
Pub date: 16 Jan 2012 Europe / Belarus Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: The Belarusian pharmaceutical market has strong long-term potential given its position bordering the EU and Russia, its demographic profile and still low per capita spending on pharmaceuti... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2012 Europe / Belarus Telecommunications Industry Report
BMI has introduced a new quarterly format for reporting on developments in Belarus’ telecommunications market. Our 2012 report contains revised and extended forecasts that predict how the country’s ... Read More
Pub date: 02 Dec 2011 Europe / Belgium Freight Transport Industry Report
BMI is predicting a moderate to good year for the Belgium freight transport industry in 2012. some industry sub-sectors will retain a degree of dynamism. These include air freight which, supported by... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2012 Europe / Belgium Metals Industry Report
A decline in demand growth in export markets has dealt a blow for the Belgian steel industry, according to BMI’s latest Belgium Metals Report. In the first 10 months of 2011, Belgium’s crude steel ou... Read More
Pub date: 20 Dec 2011 Europe / Belgium Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Subdued oil demand growth means the prospects for refiners and fuels distributors – already faced with strong competition and the need to maintain investment for environmental reasons – are... Read More
Pub date: 12 Dec 2011 Europe / Belgium Petrochemicals Industry Report
While Belgium is by no means the worst positioned economy in Europe, weakening external demand on the back of fiscal austerity throughout the continent over forthcoming years, in addition to spending... Read More
Pub date: 09 Dec 2011 Europe / Belgium Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: The expected growth of Belgium’s ageing population will have an unprecedented effect on the provision of healthcare. The elderly require more medical check-ups and care than young people du... Read More
Pub date: 11 Nov 2011 Europe / Belgium Telecommunications Industry Report
This quarter, BMI has extended its forecasts for Belgium's mobile, broadband and fixed telephony markets to 2016, taking into account the latest developments in each of these markets as well as inco... Read More
Pub date: 30 Dec 2011 Europe / Bosnia-Herzegovina Commercial Banking Industry Report
Steady For Now, But Risks Still Mounting BMI View: Bosnia’s banking sector has held firm in light of the escalating eurozone debt crisis and slowdown in European economic growth. However, given the ... Read More
Pub date: 09 Jan 2012 Europe / Bosnia-Herzegovina Defence & Security Industry Report
Bosnia is still without a government, despite parliamentary elections having taken place in October 2011,with the country showing few promising signs of resolving the stalemate. This in turn has resu... Read More
Pub date: 18 Jan 2012 Europe / Bosnia-Herzegovina Infrastructure Industry Report
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is likely to register lacklustre growth in construction activity over the next few years, as the relatively small sector struggles to return to strong expansion rates see... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Bosnia-Herzegovina Real Estate Industry Report
Bosnia & Herzegovina has a positive period ahead as it rebounds from the recession from which it emerged at the end of 2010. It has a renewed enthusiasm for business – following neighbour Croatia’s ... Read More
Pub date: 30 Jan 2012 Europe / Bosnia-Herzegovina Telecommunications Industry Report
The BMI Q311 report on the telecoms market in Bosnia & Herzegovina includes analyses of the country's mobile, fixed-line and broadband subscriber markets. It also depicts growth in the number of inte... Read More
Pub date: 15 Dec 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Autos Industry Report
BMI expects Bulgaria’s automotive market to continue to recover in 2011. We forecast that 21,416 vehicles will be sold in the country in 2011, an increase of 9.94% on the previous year. A total of 10... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Commercial Banking Industry Report
Still Cautious Towards The Banking Sector Risks to Bulgaria's banking sector stability remain elevated given the sector's high exposure to Greece by way of bank ownership – a little less than 30% of... Read More
Pub date: 16 Dec 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Consumer Electronics Industry Report
Bulgaria’s domestic consumer electronics devices market, defined as the addressable market for computing devices, mobile handsets and AV products, is projected to be worth around US$1.4bn in 2011. 2... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Defence & Security Industry Report
In October 2011 it does not appear that the security issues – or the overall situation of Bulgaria’s defence industry – have changed significantly from the previous quarter. The country faces no obvi... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Food & Drink Industry Report
Bulgaria will remain considered one of the less attractive Central and Eastern Europe food and drinks markets. In fact, following the roll-out of our more rewards-sensitive ratings methodology, Bulga... Read More
Pub date: 20 Dec 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Freight Transport Industry Report
BMI View The rail freight sector is going to lead the way in terms of Bulgaria's year-on-year (y-o-y) growth prospects by sector, increasing by an impressive 7.78% in 2012 to average 7.21% average a... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Information Technology Industry Report
The total size of the Bulgarian IT market in 2012 is estimated by BMI at around US$1.1bn, up from US$1.0bn in 2011. BMI expects a market CAGR of 5% for 2012-2016, below the pre-economic crisis trend... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Double-digit contractions in the Bulgarian construction sector during H111 have done little to bolster our outlook for the Bulgarian infrastructure segment, and have damaged the chances of ... Read More
Pub date: 22 Dec 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks In many ways, Bulgaria remains an archetypal Central and Eastern European insurance market – albeit one that is (very) underdeveloped by most metrics. Its weaknesses are t... Read More
Pub date: 22 Jul 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Mining Industry Report
Bulgaria’s mining industry grew slightly faster than the country’s economy in 2010, as both continued to emerge from deep contractions. Europe’s poorest country by GDP per capita has a relatively sma... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Infighting between local authorities and key refinery operator Lukoil hardly bodes well for the downstream oil segment, while upstream prospects rest on early and significant success at Bla... Read More
Pub date: 09 Dec 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Petrochemicals Industry Report
The future of downstream petrochemicals operations is dependent on continuing operations at Lukoil’s Burgas refinery, which is the subject of a dispute with the government over taxation and anti-trus... Read More
Pub date: 15 Dec 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: Out-of-pocket spending will continue to be the main driver behind the growth of Bulgaria’s pharmaceutical market, though this feature also makes the market highly vulnerable to the wider e... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Real Estate Industry Report
Bulgaria’s economy continues to improve from recession levels but this has yet to feed through into improvement in the real estate market. Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) has cut its growth forecast for t... Read More
Pub date: 09 Dec 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Retail Industry Report
The Q112 BMI Bulgaria Retail Report forecasts that the country’s total retail sales will grow from an estimated BGN14.54bn (US$10.89bn) in 2011 to BGN17.69bn (US$13.26bn) in 2015. Key factors behind... Read More
Pub date: 12 Dec 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Shipping Industry Report
BMI View Over the mid term to 2016, average year-on-year (y-o-y) total tonnage growth is expected to be a steady if unimpressive 3.57%, reaching a total of 11mn tonnes by the end of our forecast per... Read More
Pub date: 11 Nov 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Telecommunications Industry Report
The Q112 update to the Bulgaria telecommunications report contains BMI’s extended and revised forecasts for the mobile, fixed-line and broadband markets, as well as for mobile ARPUs through to 2016. ... Read More
Pub date: 31 Oct 2011 Europe / Bulgaria Tourism Industry Report
Tourism Overview Over the first eight months of 2011, Bulgaria welcomed 6,378,465 visitors, according to figures released by the National Statistical Institute (NSI). This was an increase of just ov... Read More
Pub date: 10 Jan 2012 Europe / Croatia Autos Industry Report
Croatia’s new vehicle sales market has witnessed something of a rebirth in 2011, after two consecutive years of heavy decline. Indeed, after plunging 53.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2009 to fewer than ... Read More
Pub date: 02 Dec 2011 Europe / Croatia Commercial Banking Industry Report
Weak Recovery To Persist, Mounting Risks To Outlook BMI View: We maintain a guarded outlook for the Croatian banking sector on account of the weak domestic economic recovery and mounting global macr... Read More
Pub date: 21 Dec 2011 Europe / Croatia Consumer Electronics Industry Report
Croatia’s domestic consumer electronics devices market, defined as the addressable market for computing devices, mobile handsets and AV products, is projected to be worth around US$1.1bn in 2012. Dem... Read More
Pub date: 06 Dec 2011 Europe / Croatia Defence & Security Industry Report
In terms of the main defence and security issues, Croatia has much in common with other countries in south eastern Europe. An aspirant member of the European Union (which BMI expects Croatia to join ... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Europe / Croatia Food & Drink Industry Report
Croatian consumer confidence has been severely impacted by two years of economic contraction, with real GDP having declining by 6.0% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2009 and by 1.2% in 2010. In our view, 201... Read More
Pub date: 04 Jan 2012 Europe / Croatia Freight Transport Industry Report
Following a year in which BMI believes there were increasing volumes, 2012 will signal further growth in all freight modes, albeit only marginal in most of them. Total trade is projected to contract... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Europe / Croatia Information Technology Industry Report
Overview Croatian IT spending is estimated by BMI at around US$1.1bn in 2012, up from US$1.0bn in 2011, when the IT market was expected to record modest single-digit growth. BMI expects a market CAG... Read More
Pub date: 20 Dec 2011 Europe / Croatia Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The outlook for the Croatian infrastructure sector continues to remain grim in the face of slackened economic growth both domestically and within the region. Although the government’s pledg... Read More
Pub date: 06 Jan 2012 Europe / Croatia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Like most of its peers in Central and Eastern Europe, Croatia could be described as an insurance market that is small and stagnant. In fact, the figures published by HANFA... Read More
Pub date: 16 Dec 2011 Europe / Croatia Oil & Gas Industry Report
This latest Croatia Oil & Gas Report from BMI comes as Croatian oil consumption begins to show signs of pulling out of the period of stagnation that accelerated followed the onset of the global econo... Read More
Pub date: 10 Nov 2011 Europe / Croatia Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: At best, Croatia’s pharmaceutical market will continue to represent a very modest prospect for foreign companies. A subdued demographic outlook and economic difficulties, which are also we... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Croatia Real Estate Industry Report
While we remain tentatively upbeat with regard moderate growth in Croatia’s commercial real estate sector, exposure to the eurozone debt crisis is very real and downside risks for the sector signific... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Europe / Croatia Retail Industry Report
The Q112 BMI Croatia Retail Report forecasts that the country’s total retail sales will rise by 13% between 2011 and 2015, growing from a predicted HRK79.52bn (US$16.12bn) to HRK89.47bn (US$18.13bn)... Read More
Pub date: 15 Dec 2011 Europe / Croatia Shipping Industry Report
The Port of Rijeka is set to hold the top position in Croatia's maritime sector in terms of both total tonnage and container throughput in 2012, after an estimated return to positive growth in total ... Read More
Pub date: 09 Dec 2011 Europe / Croatia Telecommunications Industry Report
The Q112 report on Croatia’s Telecommunications market includes extended forecasts through to 2016. These forecasts cover mobile subscriptions, monthly blended ARPUs for the mobile market, fixed-line... Read More
Pub date: 31 Oct 2011 Europe / Croatia Tourism Industry Report
Tourism Overview Recovery in the tourism sector, which began in 2010, continued in 2011. Data for the first eight months of 2011 show foreign tourist arrivals grew by a relatively favourable 7.6% ye... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Czech Republic Autos Industry Report
With passenger car sales in the first seven months of this year reaching 100,402 units, down 0.01% from the same period last year, BMI has lowered its forecast for passenger car sales growth from 2.8... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Commercial Banking Industry Report
Banking Sector Stable But Exposed To Eurozone Crisis BMI View: While we hold to our positive outlook on the Czech Republic’s banking sector, we highlight that commercial banks remain highly suscepti... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Czech Republic Consumer Electronics Industry Report
The Czech Republic’s consumer electronics devices market, defined as the addressable market for computing devices, mobile handsets and video, audio and gaming products, is projected at US$4.7bn in 2... Read More
Pub date: 30 Nov 2011 Europe / Czech Republic Defence & Security Industry Report
BMI expects an incremental rise in defence budgets in the short and medium term, as the Czech Republic’s economy and budget slowly pick up. However, it should be noted that the budget is not rising ... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Europe / Czech Republic Food & Drink Industry Report
The Czech consumer outlook will remain challenging, at least in the short term. Household and government spending are expected to remain in the doldrums over the course of 2012, as they were through... Read More
Pub date: 09 Dec 2011 Europe / Czech Republic Freight Transport Industry Report
BMI View We have revised down our real GDP growth forecast for 2012 to 0.8%, from 2.3% previously. The ongoing deterioration in the external environment, which has recently seen us forecast the euro... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Information Technology Industry Report
Market Overview The Czech Republic's IT market is forecast to increase from US$4.9bn in 2012 to around US$6.2bn in 2016. Consumer and business IT spending are expected to stabilise in 2011 after ano... Read More
Pub date: 25 Nov 2011 Europe / Czech Republic Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The Czech Republic has fared far better than much of the region and the power sector has provided a huge boost to the infrastructure sector, thought the future is slightly less certain in a... Read More
Pub date: 03 Jan 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks One of the major changes that is clearly visible from the latest figures published by the CAP, the insurers’ trade association, in relation to the first three quarters of ... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Metals Industry Report
With Czech export performance a major determinant of the performance of the country’s steel industry, the crisis in the eurozone could reverse the output growth experienced since 2009, according to B... Read More
Pub date: 22 Jul 2011 Europe / Czech Republic Mining Industry Report
As the global economy continues a protracted recovery, demand for metals has bounced back and BMI expects the Czech mining sector to post growth in 2011 as a result. The resumption of growth in 2011 ... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Czech Republic Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Refining capacity looks set to shrink thanks to unfavourable economics, while long-term exploration upside potential hangs on preliminary interest in shale gas permits. Overall, there is re... Read More
Pub date: 25 Nov 2011 Europe / Czech Republic Petrochemicals Industry Report
The Czech petrochemicals industry is facing a period of falling sales and lower margins as the German market experiences a sharp slowdown, according to BMI’s latest Czech Republic Petrochemicals Repo... Read More
Pub date: 18 Jan 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: It is now clear that the Czech Republic pharmaceutical and healthcare market will be under intense pressures in 2012, with the combination of drug policy reforms and a worsening economic o... Read More
Pub date: 06 Jan 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Power Industry Report
BMI View: The future of the country’s power sector is largely dependent on nuclear and renewables, although gas has a key role to play over the medium-term, as it helps reduce reliance on coal in el... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / Czech Republic Real Estate Industry Report
There are signs of healthy recovery in the Czech Republic’s real estate market in 2011, mainly because of a big increase in investment in new projects. Overall investment in the market is expected to... Read More
Pub date: 09 Dec 2011 Europe / Czech Republic Retail Industry Report
The Q112 BMI Czech Republic Retail Report forecasts that the country’s retail sales will grow by 11% between 2011 and 2015, from a predicted CZK911.01bn (US$87.79bn) in 2011 to CZK1,010.86bn (US$97.... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Europe / Czech Republic Telecommunications Industry Report
The Q112 update to the Czech Republic Telecoms market report contains extended forecasts for the mobile, ARPU, fixed-line and internet sectors through to the end of 2016. It also contains analysis of... Read More
Pub date: 10 Nov 2011 Europe / Czech Republic Tourism Industry Report
Tourism Overview There has been a strong rebound in foreign tourist arrivals to the Czech Republic over the last 12 months or so, with growth averaging over 8% year-on-year (y-o-y) in each of the fo... Read More
Pub date: 16 Dec 2011 Europe / Denmark Oil & Gas Industry Report
The latest Denmark Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 1.34% of regional oil consumption by 2015, while accounting for 5.33% of supply. In Developed Europe, overall ... Read More
Pub date: 03 Nov 2011 Europe / Denmark Telecommunications Industry Report
While there is no new regulatory data available this quarter, BMI has updated our forecasts for the mobile, mobile ARPU and fixed-line markets based on fresh data sourced from Denmark's fixed-line, ... Read More
Pub date: 11 Nov 2011 Europe / Sweden Power Industry Report
BMI View: Our power industry forecasts for the Nordic countries have been revised this quarter following the release of new historical data by two of our main reference sources. Although, as a resu... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Europe / Estonia Autos Industry Report
The entire automotive industry in Estonia suffered significantly during the economic downturn. Despite showing some signs of improvement in Q409, the increase in sales and growth did not continue to ... Read More
Pub date: 28 Nov 2011 Europe / Estonia Food & Drink Industry Report
Estonia is still considered one of a lower medium-tier food and drink investment destinations in the Emerging Europe region. While its risk profile is one of the most benign in the region, its reward... Read More
Pub date: 04 Jan 2012 Europe / Estonia Freight Transport Industry Report
BMI View: Steady Growth The freight sector is set for steady growth in 2012 and over the medium term term to 2016. The air freight sector will lead the way, growing by 7.14% in 2012 and 8.28% on ave... Read More
Pub date: 10 Jan 2012 Europe / Estonia Infrastructure Industry Report
Although with much downside risk remaining, Estonia’s construction industry saw a recovery through most of 2011 after two years of decline. Much of this recovery has been driven by European Union (EU... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Europe / Estonia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Estonia is par excellence an example of a Central and Eastern European country where the vast majority of players in the insurance sector see the sector in regional terms,... Read More
Pub date: 10 Nov 2011 Europe / Estonia Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: Estonia’s pharmaceutical market will remain of marginal interest to multinationals, given its small population size and a modest growth outlook. We expect the market to post a five-year com... Read More
Pub date: 15 Dec 2011 Europe / Estonia Shipping Industry Report
BMI View: Moderately Positive as Headwinds Increase We are moderately positive on prospects for the Estonian ports and shipping sector in 2012. In 2011 the country was the fastest-growing economy in... Read More
Pub date: 30 Nov 2011 Europe / Estonia Telecommunications Industry Report
BMI’s Q112 report on Estonia’s telecoms market contains updated and extended forecast for the fixedvoice, broadband, mobile subscriber and mobile ARPU markets through to 2016. Our new forecasts refl... Read More
Pub date: 25 Nov 2011 Global / Europe Tourism Industry Report
2010 was a strong year for the Baltic tourism industry. In all three Baltic countries tourist arrival numbers rose sharply. Latvia welcomed the most tourists overall (5.04mn), with Estonia attracting... Read More
Pub date: 25 Jan 2012 Europe / Finland Telecommunications Industry Report
In the absence of new fixed-line, broadband and mobile telephony data from Finland’s regulator, FICORA, BMI’s quarterly update is based on new figures published by the country’s three major mobile o... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Europe / France Agribusiness Industry Report
BMI View: Fears for the French grains harvest, which was hit by drought in spring, have been partially relieved by rains later in the summer. We expect to see a drop in production on the previous yea... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Europe / France Autos Industry Report
The France Automotives Report has been researched at source, and features latest-available data covering production, sales, imports and exports; company rankings and competitive landscapes for multina... Read More
Pub date: 25 Nov 2011 Europe / France Commercial Banking Industry Report
Banking Sector Stability Assured, Headwinds Remain BMI View: While French banks’ exposure to peripheral eurozone sovereign debt will remain a major headwind to growth over the medium term, we note t... Read More
Pub date: 16 Jan 2012 Europe / France Defence & Security Industry Report
In late October 2011 France concluded its support of NATO military operations over Libya and around the country’s coastline, following the conclusion of the Alliance’s efforts to protect civilians ag... Read More
Pub date: 30 Dec 2011 Europe / France Food & Drink Industry Report
The French market has been primarily driven by trends toward value, with private labels and discount retail the big winners in this scenario. Consumer spending on food and drink in France has remaine... Read More
Pub date: 06 Jan 2012 Europe / France Freight Transport Industry Report
BMI is forecasting growth in all of France's freight transport modes in 2012. This will be driven by a projected 3.6% real growth in France's total trade (imports plus exports). We note that there is... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2012 Europe / France Information Technology Industry Report
Market Overview The French IT market is the third largest in Europe and, despite current economic headwinds, is projected to grow at a CAGR of 2.8% over 2012-2016, an increase on the 2011-2015 CAGR ... Read More
Pub date: 10 Jan 2012 Europe / France Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI’s overall forecast for France’s infrastructure sector remains positive, and we expect the industry to report annual growth of around 5.5% between 2011 and 2016, rising from growth of slightly mor... Read More
Pub date: 18 Jan 2012 Europe / France Metals Industry Report
The French steel industry is set for a contraction in 2012 as exports contract and the domestic market comes under pressure, although it will remain one of the better performing in Europe with constr... Read More
Pub date: 15 Dec 2011 Europe / France Oil & Gas Industry Report
This latest France Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 14.25% of regional oil consumption by 2015, while making only a 0.50% contribution to supply. In Developed Eu... Read More
Pub date: 16 Dec 2011 Europe / France Petrochemicals Industry Report
The French petrochemicals industry is showing strong growth, but remains vulnerable to a potential slowdown in domestic demand as well as increased competition with imports and cost pressures, accor... Read More
Pub date: 21 Dec 2011 Europe / France Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: Despite the government’s focus on fiscal consolidation – which includes various costcontainment measures impacting the country’s healthcare and pharmaceutical spending – France will remain... Read More
Pub date: 26 Jan 2012 Europe / France Power Industry Report
BMI View: No change of direction for the French power industry. It remains committed to nuclear technology, embracing the latest generation reactors and expanding its generating base in order to rem... Read More
Pub date: 06 Jan 2012 Europe / France Real Estate Industry Report
France's business environment remains among the best in the world. This is underpinned by a welleducated and highly skilled workforce, strong institutions and advanced transport and communications i... Read More