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In times of increased uncertainty the 7% insolvency decrease expected in 2017 is mainly due to statistical adjustments, but not economic resilience.

2017 est une grande année électorale en Europe. Les succès électoraux des partis populistes pourraient miner la coopération européenne et menacer les futures réformes économiques.

9 entreprises sur 10 interrogées par Atradius en Europe occidentale ont fait état de retards de paiement sur les factures B2B domestiques et export.

There has been a modest increase in the percentage of overdue B2B invoices of Austrian respondents in 2017 (37.4%), compared to one year ago (36.3%).

Despite a strong aversion to granting trade credit to B2B customers, Belgium saw a modest increase in the use of credit- based transactions (31.8%).

The percentages of B2B sales on credit terms in Denmark (56.4%) are, as in previous years, significantly higher than in Western Europe overall (38.8%).

En 2017, 29,3 % des ventes B2B en France ont été réalisées à crédit, ce qui est nettement inférieur à la moyenne régionale de 38,9 %. Ce chiffre est identique à celui de l’année dernière.

In 2017, the total value of overdue B2B invoices in Germany (40.6%) is in line with the regional average (41.0%) and almost at the 2016 level (40.0%).

Compared to one year ago (31.5%), Greece has seen an increase of almost seven percentage points in the percentage of overdue B2B invoices in 2017 (38.6%).

After Denmark (56.4%) and Greece (52.1%), Ireland has the highest average of sales made on credit terms (48.2%) in the Western European countries surveyed.