Romanian statistics

Future sounds good for the food industry: 53 planned investments

Food industry seems to be among the few sectors protected by the economic recession. A study conducted by Prognosis in the first semester of 2009 shows that agriculture and food industry were the top industries for future investments in Romania.

This fact is emphasized by an internal study carried out by IBC Focus in July 2009 on the food industry in Romania, according to which this sector was the 3^rd most active in terms of industrial construction projects recorded in the Investment Report, with 16% from the total number of industrial projects verified by IBC Focus.

Moreover, the number of projects planned to be developed starting with the second half of this year represents 72.6% of the total number of investments in the local food industry.

Source: www.raportuldeinvestitii.ro and The Food Industry Investments Report

Half of the retail projects announced in 2009 are under construction

Approximately 48% out of the 350 retail projects announced since the beginning of this year are under construction or in the finishing stage. The rest are in the intention, designing or auction stage.

According to an internal study conducted in september by IBC Focus, in the 9 months of 2009 there have been announced a total of 350 retail projects - showrooms, cash&carry, hypermarkets, do-it-yourself centres, supermarkets, stores, mall/shopping centres, etc.

Last year was extreme for the local retail market – 300.000 sqm delivered in the entire country, when internal consumption dropped drastically from the highs recorded in 2007 and S1 of 2008.

Still, the retail segment is still supported by the super/hypermarkets and do-it-yourself centres which countfor 65% of the retails projects recorded in september in the greatest database with cosntruction sites in Romania: www.raportuldeinvestitii.ro

Romania ranked 8th in Europe in terms of delivered retail space in S1 2009:

Sources: IBC Focus, Cushman&Wakefield

What weighs more in the Romanian consumer basket?

Source: Gandul

Romanians prefer Coca-Cola over Pepsi

Coca Cola Hellenic has exceeded the annual sales threshold of 1 billion liters in 2007 when it reported a turnover of 515.8 million euro.

In 2007, the second largest player on the market and the most important competitor - Pepsi Americas, reported a business of 195 million euro.

Source: Ziarul Financiar