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Economic relations
Qatar - France
September 2014
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General trade (Source: French customs, 2013 data except when
mentioned)
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Total trade: €1.58bn in 2013 (€1.56bn in 2012), + 1.7%.
Trade balance between France and Qatar: + €110.6m in 2013 (€6.8m in 2012)
in favor of Qatar.
Total French exports: €736.8m in 2013 (€775.0m in 2012), - 4.9%.
Total French imports: €847.4m (€781.8m in 2012, + 8.4%). + 973% since 2009
(€79m).
French exports to Qatar (Source: French customs, 2013 data
except when mentioned)
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Qatari imports ranking: France ranks as the 9th supplier of Qatar.
French market share: 3.68% (4.36% in 2012) with positive projections due to
recent contract awards (airplanes and construction projects).
Main export items: Airbus (€288m, 39% exports), capital goods (around 20%),
consumer goods (increasing share).
French imports from Qatar (Source: French customs, 2013 data
except when mentioned)
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Qatari exports ranking: France ranks as the 15th client of Qatar.
Main items: Hydrocarbon, 86.3% in 2013 (89.5% in 2012). LNG accounts for
79.1%, imports and refined oil for 7.2%.
French investments in Qatar (Source: French Central Bank)
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French Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) stocks in Qatar: €1.93bn in 2012
(€1.68bn in 2011), + 15%. Multiplied by 5 since 2005.
Qatar is the first destination for French FDI in GCC countries.
Main French FDI sectors: oil and gas extraction (60%), petrochemical industries
(25%), financial services (7%), engineering, environment and retail.
Around 100 French companies in Qatar, around 50 franchises.
Main French companies in Qatar: Total (3rd foreign investor in Qatar), Technip,
GDF-Suez, Air Liquide, Bouygues, Vinci, Airbus, Thales, SuezEnvironnement, Veolia, Egis, Systra, BNP Paribas, Carrefour, Monoprix…
4500 French residents in Qatar (mainly top level management), ie. the 3rd
Western community in Qatar.
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Qatari investments in France
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Qatari investment stock in France: $22-25bn (estimation).
France is the 2nd destination of Qatar’s foreign investments.
Main QIA portfolio investments in France: Total, Vinci, Veolia, Lagardère,
LVMH, Groupama building on the Champs-Elysées, Vivendi and Airbus
Group.
Main hotels investments: Katara Hospitality owns Royal Monceau, Peninsula
and Buddha Bar hotels in Paris, and Carlton hotel in Cannes. Private Qatari
investors also own hotels such as Hôtel du Louvre (Paris), Concorde-Lafayette
(Paris) and Méditerranée (Nice).
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Main recent portfolio investments: Vente Privée.com, Société Foncière
Lyonnaise.
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Future French Champions (joint venture between Caisse des Dépôts and Qatar
Holding), was created in June 2013 to invest in dynamic French SMEs.
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