Pub date: 28 Mar 2012 Europe / Austria Commercial Banking Industry Report
Financial conditions in the eurozone have improved markedly over recent months thanks to the European Central Bank (ECB)'s long-term refinancing operation in December 2011 and February 2012. The pro... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Austria Metals Industry Report
Austria will not escape the effects of the eurozone debt crisis and its effects on downstream industries, notably the automotive industry, and BMI's Austria Metals Report anticipates a downturn in st... Read More
Pub date: 10 Apr 2012 Europe / Austria Telecommunications Industry Report
The Q212 update to BMI's Austria Telecommunications Report includes analysis trends in the country's mobile, fixed-line and broadband markets. In doing so it draws on data and analysis of the perform... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Europe / Azerbaijan Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Project delays remain 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-political... Read More
Pub date: 18 May 2012 Europe / Azerbaijan Petrochemicals Industry Report
In 2011, petrochemicals and downstream industries reported stellar growth as the industry enjoyed an influx of fresh investment and strong demand. In the first 10 months of 2011, Azerbaijan’s industr... 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: 04 Apr 2012 Europe / Belarus Food & Drink Industry Report
As we previously noted, the consumer outlook for Belarus will remain extremely challenging, with inflation expected to skyrocket. As imported goods become more and more expensive, consumers will mos... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Europe / Belarus Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: We continue to believe the Belarusian pharmaceutical market has long-term potential due to the country's favourable geographic position, demographic profile and low per capita spending. No... 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: 09 Mar 2012 Europe / Belgium Freight Transport Industry Report
Following a year of estimated growth in all freight modes, BMI forecasts further expansion in 2012, with the country's largest maritime facility, the Port of Antwerp, expected to return to pre-downtu... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Belgium Metals Industry Report
The Belgian steel industry is set for a poor year with a sharp downturn in external demand leading to the closure of domestic production capacity, according to BMI's latest Belgium Metals Report. In... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Europe / Belgium Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Subdued oil demand growth means the prospects for refiners and fuels distributors - which are already facing strong competition and a need to maintain investment for environmental reasons -... 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: 02 Mar 2012 Europe / Belgium Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: Belgium, much like most of the other regional markets, is expected to post negative year-onyear (y-o-y) value growth in its 2012 pharmaceutical sales because of patent expirations and the ... Read More
Pub date: 18 May 2012 Europe / Belgium Telecommunications Industry Report
In the period to September 2011, Belgium's mobile and broadband internet markets recovered some of the momentum lost in the first half of the year. In the case of broadband, however, it was mobile br... Read More
Pub date: 28 Mar 2012 Europe / Bosnia-Herzegovina Commercial Banking Industry Report
BMI View: The Bosnian banking sector posted robust growth in 2011 and is set for further expansion in 2012. This coalesces with our fairly upbeat longer-term view predicated on expansion in the indus... 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: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / Bosnia-Herzegovina Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: A highly uncertain political set-up and vulnerability to the eurozone debt crisis are likely to act as major dampeners for solid growth in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)'s construction activi... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / Bosnia-Herzegovina Real Estate Industry Report
Bosnia & Herzegovina (BiH) officially came out of its recession towards the end of 2010. The impetus came largely from strong growth in demand from the country's main trading neighbours, most of whic... Read More
Pub date: 16 Feb 2012 Europe / Bosnia-Herzegovina Telecommunications Industry Report
BMI's Q2 2012 report on the telecoms market of Bosnia & Herzegovina includes analyses of the country's mobile, fixed-line and broadband subscriber markets. It also forecasts growth in the number of i... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Autos Industry Report
BMI foresees new auto sales of 24,037 in Bulgaria over the course of 2012, which will represent yearly growth of 3.83%. However, this is unlikely to be totally filled with domestic produce. It seems ... Read More
Pub date: 15 Mar 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Commercial Banking Industry Report
BMI View: The Bulgarian banking sector remains at risk from the ongoing eurozone sovereign debt crisis, given its high exposure to Europe's periphery. We expect the banking industry's recovery to rem... Read More
Pub date: 14 May 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Consumer Electronics Industry Report
BMI expects difficult trading conditions to persist in many segments of Bulgaria's consumer electronics market in 2012. The deterioration in the external environment and persistent concerns regarding... Read More
Pub date: 25 Apr 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Defence & Security Industry Report
The government of Bulgaria remains focused on an armed forces modernisation initiative, which was launched to enhance compatibility with NATO, and to re-orientate these forces away from their former ... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Food & Drink Industry Report
The Bulgarian consumer outlook will remain challenging over the short- to medium-term at least. Issues such as economic difficulties - largely caused by the slowdown in its main export partners - and... 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: 04 Apr 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Sitting on the outskirts of the EU, Bulgaria's investment environment has been badly dented by lack of confidence in the wake of the eurozone crisis. Reticence from the private sector, comb... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks As of late January 2012, the latest data that has been published by Bulgaria's insurance regulator continues to portray a market that is small, stagnant (at best), fragmen... 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: 15 May 2012 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: 02 Mar 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: Bulgaria's pharmaceutical market will be under some pressure in 2012 due to a weakening economic outlook and the tightening of publicly funded healthcare services. However, we have broadly ... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Real Estate Industry Report
Real GDP flash estimates released by statistics agencies across Central and South Eastern European countries largely confirm our expectations for a general slowdown in economic activity across emergi... Read More
Pub date: 17 Feb 2012 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: 28 Mar 2012 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: 04 May 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Telecommunications Industry Report
The ongoing sale of the incumbent Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (Vivacom) is the major development in the Bulgarian market in the past quarter. At the time of writing, negotiations for the sal... 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 Mar 2012 Europe / Croatia Commercial Banking Industry Report
BMI View: The Croatian banking sector is facing a number of monumental risks to its stability given a high degree of reliance on external funding, especially from Italy, France and Austria, which thr... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 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: 18 May 2012 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 May 2012 Europe / Croatia Food & Drink Industry Report
With Croatian consumers still facing high unemployment and relatively weak credit growth – in tandem with an increasingly poor economic outlook – we see little scope for improvement in the consumer ... 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: 04 May 2012 Europe / Croatia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks The Croatia Insurance Report considers the prospects for both life and non-life insurers in that country. The latest statistics from HANFA, the financial regulator, indica... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Europe / Croatia Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Uncertainty over LNG hangs over the Croatian energy sector, with a decision over a proposed Adriatic hub still a year away, while a floating LNG scheme has yet to find full support. Croatia... Read More
Pub date: 19 Mar 2012 Europe / Croatia Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: Based on Croatia's deteriorating macroeconomic outlook, combined with our expectations that the new Kukuriku coalition government will pursue more severe austerity measures and the fact th... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Croatia Real Estate Industry Report
The centre-left coalition government formed on December 4 is faced with a rough year and tough decisions. Exposure to the eurozone sovereign debt crisis is impacting export demand and will also mani... 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: 28 Mar 2012 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: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Croatia Telecommunications Industry Report
The Q212 report on Croatia's telecoms market leaves BMI's forecasts for mobile, fixed and broadband subscriber levels and growth to 2016 unchanged following revisions in the Q112 report. Our five-yea... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Europe / Croatia Tourism Industry Report
Tourism Overview The recovery in foreign tourism in 2010 (after negative growth in 2009) accelerated last year. Complete preliminary data for 2011 show foreign tourist arrivals grew by a solid 9% ye... Read More
Pub date: 26 Mar 2012 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: 27 Apr 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Commercial Banking Industry Report
BMI View: We maintain a sanguine view on the Czech Republic's commercial banking sector and believe it will remain one of the most stable in the CEE region. Strong risk metric readings, subdued but ... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 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 May 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Food & Drink Industry Report
The Czech consumer outlook remains very challenging. As austerity measures continue, both household and government spending are expected to remain in the doldrums over the course of 2012, as they wer... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Freight Transport Industry Report
Following a year which, according to BMI's estimates, saw a recovery begin in the Czech Republic's road freight sector and continued growth in other freight modes, 2012 is forecast to signal further ... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Information Technology Industry Report
Market Overview BMI View: The Czech Republic's IT market is forecast to increase to US$4.9bn in 2012, up by around 3%, with our projection unchanged from Q112. Consumer and business IT spending are ... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: In line with significantly revised GDP estimates from the Czech Statistical Office, the Czech Republic's construction and infrastructure industry value has become a victim of limited cash f... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks At a first glance, the Czech Republic appears to be a medium-sized market for insurance that is growing only moderately and that could be vulnerable to unfavourable econom... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Metals Industry Report
The Czech steel industry is likely to enter recession in 2012 as exports come under pressure amid a slump in European demand, according to BMI's latest Czech Republic Metals Report. In 2011 Czech cr... Read More
Pub date: 18 May 2012 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: 22 Mar 2012 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: 11 May 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Petrochemicals Industry Report
The Czech Republic Petrochemicals Report examines the competitiveness and potential of the country's well-integrated petrochemicals sector, but warns that there will be a deterioration in the outlook... Read More
Pub date: 05 Apr 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: We retain our negative outlook for the pharmaceutical market in the Czech Republic, expecting a 1.8% contraction in its value in local currency terms in 2012, following the 1.0% year-onyear... Read More
Pub date: 25 Apr 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: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Real Estate Industry Report
There are signs of healthy recovery in the Czech Republic's real estate market after our 2011 full year data collection, mainly because of a large increase in investment in new projects, strong renta... Read More
Pub date: 10 Feb 2012 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 May 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Telecommunications Industry Report
The Q212 update to the Czech Republic Telecoms market report contains BMI's forecasts for the mobile, ARPU, fixed-line and internet sectors through to the end of 2016. It also contains analysis of ne... Read More
Pub date: 03 May 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Tourism Industry Report
Tourism Overview Final data for 2011 record annual growth of almost 8% in foreign visitor arrivals in the hospitality sector. This represents a good pick-up in foreign tourism following a rebound in... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Europe / Denmark Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Denmark is hoping that it can avoid becoming an oil importer for another few years, despite declining near-term production. The government is confident the country will sustain its position... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Europe / Denmark Telecommunications Industry Report
The Q212 telecommunications market report for Denmark provides an analysis of operator performance and market development based on operator data for the country's mobile, broadband, fixed-line and pa... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Europe / Sweden Power Industry Report
BMI View: We have revised our power industry forecasts for the Nordic countries this quarter, after new historical data was released by one of our main reference sources. We have also incorporated BM... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Europe / Estonia Autos Industry Report
New passenger car sales in Estonia grew a robust 92.0% y-o-y to 19,766 units during 2011 on the back of stellar real GDP growth, estimated at 8.0% during the year. Although the growth makes Estonia a... 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: 17 Feb 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 was driven by European Union (EU) su... 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: 24 Feb 2012 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: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / Estonia Shipping Industry Report
BMI View: Positive But Less Dynamic We remain positive on prospects for the Estonian ports and shipping sector in 2012, but have had to rein in some of our forecasts. The main reason for this is tha... 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: 27 Apr 2012 Europe / Finland Telecommunications Industry Report
In this quarter's update of BMI's Finland Telecommunications Market Report, relatively few changes have been made to our forecasts for the country's mobile sector as the latest results reported by th... Read More
Pub date: 03 May 2012 Europe / France Agribusiness Industry Report
BMI View: We expect lower production growth for French grains in 2012/13, as cold snaps have destroyed parts of the wheat, barley and corn plantings. In addition, the recent decision by the country's... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / France Autos Industry Report
Cumulative new passenger car sales in France just about managed to remain in positive growth territory during the first ten months of 2011, growing 0.4% on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis to 1.84mn unit... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Europe / France Commercial Banking Industry Report
BMI View: While French banks have staged a shaky return to stability, divesting high-risk and capitalintensive assets, they remain highly leveraged and serious questions still linger over their asset... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Europe / France Defence & Security Industry Report
France continues to maintain one of the world's largest armed forces and the largest combined military service in Western Europe. With more than 300,000 military and civilian personnel, the armed for... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Europe / France Food & Drink Industry Report
We expect households to be hard hit over 2012, with unemployment at 9.9% (a 12 year high) and likely to rise further and leading indicators showing signs of softness. France's synthetic consumer conf... 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: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / France Information Technology Industry Report
Market Overview BMI View: French IT spending is expected to reach US$46.4bn in 2012, up 1%, with BMI downwardly revising its forecast after the PC market reported a further contraction in Q411. Fren... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Europe / France Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: A worsening outlook for the French economy has resulted in BMI downgrading its forecast for the country's construction industry value from growth of 1.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) last quarter t... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 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: 05 Apr 2012 Europe / France Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Subdued oil demand growth means the prospects for refiners and fuels distributors - already facing strong competition and struggling to maintain investment - are not good. The gas market ha... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / France Petrochemicals Industry Report
Output in 2011 was supported by household spending and export growth, although these diminished as the year progressed. French chemical industry association UIC has cut its growth forecast for the c... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Europe / France Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: Despite concerted progress made on the fiscal consolidation front in the first half of 2011, the French government's medium-term fiscal targets remain on the optimistic side, particularly g... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Europe / France Power Industry Report
BMI View: Nuclear generation remains the first choice for the French power industry, but there are challenges ahead. A review by the Nuclear Security Authority, published in January 2012, has called ... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 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