INSEE
Project team: Ali BENHADDOUCHE, Melanie Christanval, Gaelle Philibert, Pierre Valadou (INSEE) Ludovic de Gaillands (DRIRE)
Guadeloupe has known for 40 years of strong economic growth and sustained, so much so that it has long figured in the top spots of the French regions in terms of growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Nevertheless, from 2004 to 2009, there was a sharp slowdown in its development: the GDP grew only 1.3% per year on average a pace growth almost three times slower than in the previous 40 years.
Composed of nearly 3,400 establishments, the industry employs 8,500 employees Guadeloupe. Like the other overseas departments, its share of regional value added is low. In Guadeloupe, it accounts for 5% to the regional value added. However, the need for its development is required for reasons
- economic, with the need to develop job creation, reduce dependency vis-à-vis the mainland France and the European Union and thus the costs of products;
- strategic because Guadeloupe is an advanced position of the European Union in the middle of the Caribbean, with full exploitation of its comparative advantages (high tech of its workforce, great potential research and development, modern facilities and strong integration of new technologies) to start regional economic partnerships;
- cultural and social ties with the population's attachment to local production, reaffirmed in the social movement in early 2009 and under the Estates General of Overseas.
A partnership between the antenna of Guadeloupe from the Regional Directorate for Industry, Research and Environment (Drire) Antilles-Guyane and INSEE, this folder "Industry in Guadeloupe 'has several objectives. First, this publication provides an overview of the regional economy and puts the industry in context. Then the main industry sectors in Guadeloupe are studied through records detailing the sectoral strengths and weaknesses of each. Finally this issue aims to identify key issues for Guadeloupe industry of tomorrow through the analysis of issues such as environment and waste treatment, energy, innovation and ICT, human resources and the transfer of business ...
This study does not look cyclical industry on Guadeloupe in a time of international crisis, but provides an analysis over several years (the previous monographs dating from 1994 and 2003) and points the way to enable it to ensure competitiveness in a changing environment and increasingly open to international markets.
May all actors and stakeholders, both public and private industry involved in Guadeloupe, in these pages to find material to support their decisions.
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