Europe: World leader of the food industry

• € 965 billion turnover in 2008
• 1st food exporter in the world: 20% of world exports
• 1st manufacturing sector in the EU (13.4%):
  • 310,000 companies
  • 1st employer in the European Union with a 4.4 million workforce
• the 5 European leaders: France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain
• 70% of the EU agricultural production is processed by the European food processing industries

Source: CIAA

France: European leader of the food industry, ranks second in the world after the United States

• First French industry: € 139 billion in 2009
• 400,000 people

Source: ANIA

Source: ANIA