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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.

Despite a decrease in 2017, the average value of B2B sales on credit in Italy (42.5%) is still higher than that registered in Western Europe (38.8%).

After a sharp increase in sales on credit terms in 2016 (55.8%), the total value of B2B sales on credit in Sweden decreased again this year (47.8%).

Among the Western European countries surveyed, respondents in Switzerland reported late payments most frequently (domestic: 97.0%; foreign: 93.9%).

After a slight decrease in sales on credit terms in 2016 (44.3%), the total value of B2B sales on credit in Great Britain increased again this year (45.7%).

Compared to the 2016 survey results there has been a reduction in the percentage of both domestic and foreign B2B sales made on credit in the Netherlands.

Compared to 2016, respondents in Spain sold less on credit terms, underlining the downward trend in sales on credit terms observed in previous surveys.

Depuis 2015, de fortes incertitudes politiques et économiques minent les performances économiques de la Turquie, et ce davantage encore après la tentative de coup d’État de Juillet 2016.

Le rythme de la croissance des biens de consommation durables a ralenti depuis 2014, plombé par une croissance économique plus faible et la volatilité accrue du marché de l’immobilier.

Les ventes d’appareils ménagers en France ont augmenté de 1,7% en 2016 et les petits appareils ont poursuivi leur tendance à la hausse en s’adjugeant une croissance en valeur de 3,2%.

La concurrence est vive dans tous les segments et la pression sur les prix qui en découle neutralise la croissance du volume des ventes.