Key Competitive Attractions
Close to Paris and served by three motorways, the Seine-Maritime County is a key area for business relocation. Seine-Maritime provides assistance to businesses setting up or relocating to the area.
Seine-Maritime County is ranked fifth in France in terms of economic power, and second for foreign trade, due mainly to Seine-Maritime ports. Seine-Maritime has a tradition in shipping and maritime industries, which has come to be France’s biggest port complex for foreign trade, and one of the biggest in the whole of Europe.
The diversity of our county can be illustrated by the clusters in the following sectors:
- Logistics
- Automobile
- Aircraft and Engineering industries
- Energy - providing 11% of France's energy requirements
- Petrochemicals
- Chemicals





