Manufacture of food products

Sector overview

The  Manufacture of food products Sector counts some 980 enterprises employing 10 or more persons. Among the sector enterprises 202 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	25	217	242
Fruits & Vegetables Industries	18	36	54
Cold Storage	87	74	161
Seafood Industries	37	35	72
Cereals and derivatives Industries	10	207	217
Beverages Industries	3	57	60
Milk and derivatives Industries	1	43	44
Sugar and derivatives Industries	4	25	29
Meat Indutries	0	17	17
Other Food Processing industries	17	57	74

* 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 77,565 jobs of which 19,135 positions are with wholly exporting enterprises and 58,430 positions are with other than totally exporting.

Activity	Employment TE*	Employment OTE*	Total
Vegetable oils and animal fats industries	1,056	6,075	7,131
Fruits & Vegetables Industries	1,139	3,769	4,908
Cold Storage	11,998	3,140	15,138
Seafood Industries	3,358	4,069	7,427
Cereals and derivatives Industries	914	16,861	17,775
Beverages Industries	115	9,048	9,163
Milk and derivatives Industries	18	7,974	7,992
Sugar and derivatives Industries	270	4,888	5,158
Meat Indutries	0	2,923	2,923
Other Food Processing industries	606	5,370	5,976

* 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 89 , 28 are 100% foreign owned. 47 are totally exporting enterprises.

reakdown of partnership enterprises by country
France (26)	Italie (22)	Allemagne (4)	Belgique (1)	Autres (51)

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

Source: Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation - August 2026