Cement in France

Cement in France industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2009-13, and forecast to 2018). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the France cement market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

For the purposes of this profile, cement is taken to be hydraulic cement (e.g. Portland cement) used for construction and similar purposes. Volumes are for the annual consumption of cement within the specified geography, whether produced domestically or imported. The profile focuses on manufacturers, so volumes include cement sold by them in dry form, cement sold as a component of ready-mix concrete slurry, and so on. Values are calculated by multiplying total volumes by the average annual bulk price of dry cement per tonne. All currency conversions were carried out using constant average annual 2013 exchange rates.

The French cement market had total revenues of $2,535.5m in 2013, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -1.6% between 2009 and 2013.

Market consumption volumes declined with a CARC of -1.5% between 2009-2013, to reach a total of 19.8 million tonnes in 2013.

The performance of the market is forecast to decline even faster, with an anticipated CARC of -2.9% for the five-year period 2013 – 2018, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $2,184.3m by the end of 2018.

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the France economy

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What was the size of the France cement market by value in 2013?

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How has the market performed over the last five years?

Companies mentioned

Holcim, Italcementi SpA, Lafarge S.A. and Vicat SA

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary 2

Market value 2

Market value forecast 2

Market volume 2

Market volume forecast 2

Geography segmentation 2

Market rivalry 2

Market Overview 7

Market definition 7

Market analysis 7

Market Data 8

Market value 8

Market volume 9

Market Segmentation 10

Geography segmentation 10

Market Outlook 11

Market value forecast 11

Market volume forecast 12

Five Forces Analysis 13

Summary 13

Buyer power 14

Supplier power 15

New entrants 16

Threat of substitutes 17

Degree of rivalry 18

Leading Companies 19

Holcim 19

Italcementi SpA 22

Lafarge S.A. 25

Vicat SA 28

Macroeconomic Indicators 32

Country Data 32

Appendix 34

Methodology 34

Industry associations 35

Related MarketLine research 35

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: France cement market value: $ million, 200913 8

Table 2: France cement market volume: million tonnes, 200913 9

Table 3: France cement market geography segmentation: $ million, 2013 10

Table 4: France cement market value forecast: $ million, 201318 11

Table 5: France cement market volume forecast: million tonnes, 201318 12

Table 6: Holcim: key facts 19

Table 7: Holcim: key financials ($) 20

Table 8: Holcim: key financials (CHF) 20

Table 9: Holcim: key financial ratios 20

Table 10: Italcementi SpA: key facts 22

Table 11: Italcementi SpA: key financials ($) 22

Table 12: Italcementi SpA: key financials (€) 23

Table 13: Italcementi SpA: key financial ratios 23

Table 14: Lafarge S.A.: key facts 25

Table 15: Lafarge S.A.: key financials ($) 26

Table 16: Lafarge S.A.: key financials (€) 26

Table 17: Lafarge S.A.: key financial ratios 26

Table 18: Vicat SA: key facts 28

Table 19: Vicat SA: key financials ($) 29

Table 20: Vicat SA: key financials (€) 29

Table 21: Vicat SA: key financial ratios 30

Table 22: France size of population (million), 200913 32

Table 23: France gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 200913 32

Table 24: France gdp (current prices, $ billion), 200913 32

Table 25: France inflation, 200913 33

Table 26: France consumer price index (absolute), 200913 33

Table 27: France exchange rate, 200913 33

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: France cement market value: $ million, 200913 8

Figure 2: France cement market volume: million tonnes, 200913 9

Figure 3: France cement market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2013 10

Figure 4: France cement market value forecast: $ million, 201318 11

Figure 5: France cement market volume forecast: million tonnes, 201318 12

Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the cement market in France, 2013 13

Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the cement market in France, 2013 14

Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the cement market in France, 2013 15

Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the cement market in France, 2013 16

Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the cement market in France, 2013 17

Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the cement market in France, 2013 18

Figure 12: Holcim: revenues & profitability 21

Figure 13: Holcim: assets & liabilities 21

Figure 14: Italcementi SpA: revenues & profitability 23

Figure 15: Italcementi SpA: assets & liabilities 24

Figure 16: Lafarge S.A.: revenues & profitability 27

Figure 17: Lafarge S.A.: assets & liabilities 27

Figure 18: Vicat SA: revenues & profitability 30

Figure 19: Vicat SA: assets & liabilities 31

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