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Nord-Pas de Calais, export-oriented region
Situated traditional commercial and very well equipped for transport infrastructure, Nord-Pas de Calais is the third largest exporter to France.





In figures, the export sector

Nord-Pas de Calais of exports around 1 / 3 of its agricultural production and agro-food, particularly in the grain industry (60% of export sales), beverages (33%) and fruit and vegetables (23%).

This underlines the scale and the strong internationalization of firms in the region.

100 million consumers!

Integrating the key cities in northern Europe within a radius of 300 km, the region is at the center of a basin by more than 100 million.

This package:
- constitutes the largest concentration of people in the world
- includes people with the final the highest in Europe.

Attraction of the leaders of the distribution

The region is home to all the leaders of the distribution (Auchan) and mail order and distance (La Redoute, Les Trois Suisses, la Blanche Porte, Daxon…).

A policy of export

The COREX (Regional Conference for export) is responsible for coordinating the actions of all regional organizations supporting businesses to export.

This networking skills can offer a wide range of services tailored to business needs:

  • Selecting a target market

  • exploration of foreign markets,

  • mastery of the legal and regulatory environment,

  • assessment and coverage of business and financial risks,

  • promotion of products abroad,

  • training,

  • creation or development of an export department,

  • creating a structure abroad

  • information on opportunities and conditions for receiving foreign investors



Chains in the world

Regional bodies of export assistance to make available to businesses of skills centers through the intervention of specialists geography.

There are in the region a range of geographic clusters to the following countries: South Africa, Algeria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Denmark, United States, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Quebec, Czech Republic, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine.