2017 ORECE SURVEY OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN HAUTS-DE-FRANCE HAUTS-DE-FRANCE: OPEN TO THE WORLD SEPTEMBER 2017 ORECE - Observatoire Régional des Entreprises à Capitaux Etrangers KEY FIGURES ON DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN HAUTS-DE-FRANCE Source: ORECE* / URSSAF IN HAUTS-DE-FRANCE: 1,857 establishments OPEN TO THE WORLD or 1.5% of the total establishments in the region Foreign subsidiaries represent only 1% of companies in France, yet they contribute significantly to our country’s 141,000 employees economy. or 10% of the region’s paid jobs In Hauts-de-France, these subsidiaries are even more heavily involved in our region’s economic vitality and its internationalization, accounting for up to 24% of the region’s turnover and 47% of its exports. 35% of the region’s 5% of the region’s It is especially noteworthy in the manufacturing industry, where they generate more than a third of the region’s manufacturing tertiary turnover and more than half of its exports. This provides a wonderful boost for employment in our region. In 2016 jobs jobs alone, nearly 4,600 jobs were created or protected in Hauts-de-France, following new foreign investments. In terms of global competition, Hauts-de-France attracts and retains foreign investments. Our territory has been one of the top 3 most attractive regions in France for the past 20 years. 69% of the workforce employed in foreign groups works in We have adopted a proactive policy for coming out ahead in terms of employment and increasing our attractiveness, manufacturing, 31% in the tertiary sector (services and trade) namely through the help of our regional agency Nord France Invest. With NFI, we have equipped ourselves with a genuine decision accelerator and project support, bringing together all of the players involved in the setting up of 20% of foreign-owned establishments have more than new businesses. It’s really paying off. The recent setting up of a new affiliate of the chinese company BYD, which will create at least 100 jobs in Allonne, Oise, is yet more proof of this. 100 employees and account for 76% These foreign groups, which have chosen Hauts-de-France, are also our most ardent ambassadors: 85% of of the employees of foreign-invested enterprises foreign companies interviewed by KPMG say that they recommend Hauts-de-France to project managers. Our region also boasts an effective pro-business and pro-jobs policy with customized support for companies. The region serves as a facilitator for all seeking to invest in Hauts-de-France. TOP 10 JOBS Sources: ORECE 2016 Xavier BERTRAND Karine CHARBONNIER 40,000 37,513 20,000 18,771 President of the Vice President in charge 35,000 INVESTOR COUNTRIES 18,000 BUSINESS SECTORS 15,458 16,000 14,725 Hauts-de-France Region of Training and Corporate 30,000 14,582 14,328 14,012 14,000 12,485 25,000 22,473 Relations 12,000 20,000 10,000 9,060 13,695 7,765 15,000 8,000 6,592 9,344 7,461 7,318 6,000 10,000 7,287 6,558 6,225 4,288 4,000 5,000 2,000 0 0 JAPAN ITALY GERMANYBELGIUM SWEDEN TRANSPORT UNITED STATES SWITZERLANDLUXEMBOURGNETHERLANDS METALLURGY RETAIL TRADE UNITED KINGDOM OTHER INDUSTRYAND FISHING The Hauts-de-France region has 1,857 foreign-owned establishments employing 141,000 employees. That means BUSINESS SERVICES WHOLESALE TRADE CHEMICALS & PLASTICS AGRIFOOD, AGRICULTUREAUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY that 10% of the region’s workforce works for a foreign company. While naysayers may point out the fragility of GLASS,WOOD CERAMICS, AND PAPER MINERALS, INDUSTRY our economic fabric, the stable and ongoing presence and investment of these companies in particular confirms the real attractiveness of the Hauts-de-France with heightened risks of relocation. They are not wrong, but they also should not forget that the takeovers of struggling regional companies by foreign investors have consequently AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL allowed hundreds of jobs to be kept in our territory. France ranks 3rd among economically developed countries in the UNCTAD’s world ranking of countries hosting direct This is also a wonderful opportunity for our productive ecosystem to move upmarket by attracting new talent foreign investment, behind the United States and the United Kingdom, and 7th when developing countries are included and stimulating innovation. Faced with these challenges, the Regional Board and the region’s CCI are working in (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Brazil). According to INSEE, France is home to 22,571 branches of foreign groups, close collaboration to maintain and to highlight the policy of the Hauts-de-France to attract investors, especially totalling nearly 1.8 million people, which represents 12% of the country’s workforce, 19% of its GDP, and 30% of its considering that opportunities to attract new foreign investments are abundant, particularly due to Brexit. exports. Sources: UNCTAD 2017, Business France 2017 METHODOLOGY Philippe HOURDAIN President In this study, a foreign-invested company is a company whose main shareholder is foreign and owns at least 50% of CCI for Hauts-de-France the capital. Several sources were used to produce this study, including the business files of Hauts-de-France CCI and Nord France Invest. Some service activities (or secondary establishments) were not taken into account. For retail businesses, only the head office was considered. The geographical divisions are the CCI territories. * ORECE: Regional Observatory of Foreign-Invested Enterprises RANKING OF FOREIGN COMPANIES BY NATIONALITY, 1. ORIGIN ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES NATIONALITY OF INVESTMENT EMPLOYEES ESTABLISHMENTS OF INVESTORS UNITED STATES 37,513 253 GERMANY 22,473 262 BELGIUM 13,695 490 45 nationalities are represented among foreign companies in the Hauts-de-France region. The United States, Belgium, and JAPAN 9,344 74 Germany form the top 3 in the rankings in terms of both workforce and establishments. SWITZERLAND 7,461 68 LUXEMBOURG 7,318 51 The European Union is very highly represented, with 1,411 establishments and 86,634 employees, or 76% and 61% of the total, NETHERLANDS 7,287 120 respectively. Outside of the EU, the United States and Japan are most prevalent in our region, with 26% and 7% of the employees, UNITED KINGDOM 6,558 93 respectively. ITALY 6,225 86 SWEDEN 4,288 37 CANADA 3,263 17 IRELAND 2,249 64 DISTRIBUTION BY NATIONALITY OF THE MAIN SHAREHOLDER SPAIN 2,033 34 CHINA 1,999 31 DENMARK 1,998 25 FINLAND 999 12 1,857 ESTABLISHMENTS 141,000 EMPLOYEES INDIA 895 10 AUSTRIA 746 13 BELGIUM OTHER 17% UNITED STATES NORWAY 683 16 OTHER 26% MONACO 513 3 26% ITALY 4% 26% OTHER 3,431 98 UNITED KINGDOM 5% GRAND TOTAL 140,971 1,857 JAPAN 4% Source: ORECE 2016 GERMANY NETHERLANDS 5% GERMANY ITALY 5% 14% LUXEMBOURG 5% 16% UNITED KINGDOM 5% SWITZERLAND 5% NETHERLANDS 6% UNITED STATES BELGIUM 14% JAPAN 7% 10% INVESTMENT PROJECTS Source: ORECE 2016 Source: ORECE 2016 OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS (2012-2016) OF WHICH NATIONALITY JOBS ACQUISITIONS PROJECTS UNITED STATES 10,318 6,306 47 GERMANY 2,026 401 52 DISTRIBUTION BY NATIONALITY OF THE MAIN SHAREHOLDER UNITED KINGDOM 1,438 0 38 BELGIUM 1,424 394 56 (ESTABLISHMENTS WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYEES) NETHERLANDS 1,043 592 20 ITALY 916 249 31 JAPAN 684 0 20 ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYEES CHINA 671 573 10 AUSTRIA 468 450 3 CANADA 456 75 9 UNITED STATES UNITED STATES SWEDEN 438 0 8 OTHER 24% INDIA 414 365 4 OTHER 26% 26% 30% LUXEMBOURG 380 0 8 IRELAND 339 272 5 BELGIUM 5% SWITZERLAND 312 0 9 JAPAN 5% GERMANY OTHER 893 324 32 NETHERLANDS 5% NETHERLANDS 5% 18% GRAND TOTAL 22,220 10,001 352 SWITZERLAND 6% GERMANY Source: ORECE 2016 ITALY 6% BELGIUM LUXEMBOURG 6% JAPAN 17% SWITZERLAND 6% 8% 7% In five years, more than 22,000 jobs were created or saved in Hauts-de-France. Accounting for nearly 50% of jobs created or saved, the United States is by far the top foreign investor in the region over the past five Source: ORECE 2016 Source: ORECE 2016 years. In addition to the takeover of Arc International by Peaked Hill Partners in 2015 (5,144 saved jobs), US companies are behind mega-installations, such as IBM, Amazon, and Booking, totalling nearly 3,000 There are 369 sites with 100 [or more] employees, which represent 20% of the total number of foreign-owned establishments in Hauts- created jobs. Western Europe (Germany, United Kingdom, and Benelux) is also highly visible, with nearly de-France. They employ 106,728 people, or 76% of the total workforce. The United States and Germany have many large companies. 6,000 created or maintained jobs. Conversely, Belgian-owned establishments are rather small organisations. 4 2016 ORECE SURVEY 5 PER EMPLOYMENT ZONE TOP 8 INVESTOR COUNTRIES Number of employees - 100 100-500 500-1000 + 1000 Number of sites 99 DUNKERQUE DUNKERQUE CALAIS 12 CALAIS 32 #1 UNITED STATES 2 #3 BELGIUM 4 FLANDRE - LYS ROUBAIX - FLANDRE - LYS ROUBAIX - TOURCOING TOURCOING BOULOGNE/MER SAINT-OMER 7 22 BOULOGNE/MER SAINT-OMER 33 86 5 3 BÉTHUNE - BRUAY LILLE 17 15 BÉTHUNE - BRUAY LILLE 58 153 37,513 EMPLOYEES 253 ESTABLISHMENTS BERCK - MONTREUIL 7 13,695 EMPLOYEES 490 ESTABLISHMENTS BERCK - MONTREUIL 8 VALENCIENNES VALENCIENNES 5 LENS - HÉNIN DOUAI 5 LENS - HÉNIN DOUAI ARRAS 11 4 11 ARRAS 19 14 28 Twenty establishments account for half of the employees of US Belgian-owned establishments are mainly located near the border, ABBEVILLE MAUBEUGE ABBEVILLE MAUBEUGE establishments, with more than 6,000 in two glass manufacturers (Arc 10 CAMBRAI primarily in the Lille metropolitan area.