Summary France is a world class competitor in agriculture products and food processing and clearly intends to maintain that position. France's major promotion organizations include the Societe pour l'Expansion des Ventes des Produits Agricoles et Alimentaires (SOPEXA) and the Centre Francaise du Commerce Exterieur (CFCE). In addition, the Compagnie Francaise d'Assurances pour le Commerce Exterieur (COFACE), France's export credit insurance agency, offers credit guarantees to exporters for market research and promotion, including participation in trade …
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…invested considerable sums of money into research. Agribusiness has benefited from an immense amount of public research. Research institutes (INRA, CNRS, etc.) covering a variety of areas and research topic, more than forty technical Centers (ACTIA) throughout the country and a host of public Agencies (ANVAR, etc.) all aid companies in developing highly sophisticated programs, which in turn help create new products and processes that are marketed around the world. <Tab/>