Manufacture of food products

Sector overview

The  Manufacture of food products Sector counts some 987 enterprises employing 10 or more persons. Among the sector enterprises 207 are producing for the export market.

Breakdown of enterprises employing 10 or more persons by activity and regime

Activity	TE*	OTE*	Total
Vegetable oils and animal fats industries	27	242	269
Fruits & Vegetables Industries	23	38	61
Cold Storage	94	85	179
Seafood Industries	37	37	74
Cereals and derivatives Industries	10	214	224
Beverages Industries	3	58	61
Milk and derivatives Industries	1	44	45
Sugar and derivatives Industries	4	27	31
Meat Indutries	0	17	17
Other Food Processing industries	18	61	79

* TE: Totally exporting
*OTE: Other than totally exporting.
Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Employment

The Manufacture of food products sector enterprises employing 10 or more workers account for 78,546 jobs of which 19,864 positions are with wholly exporting enterprises and 58,682 positions are with other than totally exporting.

Activity	Employment TE*	Employment OTE*	Total
Vegetable oils and animal fats industries	1,147	6,067	7,214
Fruits & Vegetables Industries	1,317	4,047	5,364
Cold Storage	12,460	3,518	15,978
Seafood Industries	3,496	4,214	7,710
Cereals and derivatives Industries	864	17,417	18,281
Beverages Industries	113	8,870	8,983
Milk and derivatives Industries	18	7,316	7,334
Sugar and derivatives Industries	276	5,079	5,355
Meat Indutries	0	2,948	2,948
Other Food Processing industries	830	5,278	6,108

* TE: Totally exporting
*OTE: Other than totally exporting.
Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Exports / Imports

For further information, please click the link below:  National Institute of Statistics

Development perspectives

The Center for Studies and Industrial Prospects (CEPI) has identified more than 50 project ideas and 11 professional files.

Partnership

The total number of enterprises with foreign participation is 96 , 24 are 100% foreign owned. 52 are totally exporting enterprises.

reakdown of partnership enterprises by country
France (28)	Italie (23)	Allemagne (4)	Belgique (1)	Autres (55)

Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Source: Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation - April 2025